Proximity labeling to examine viral replication complexes
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellQ. Zhang, Z. Wen, and X. Zhang, et al. use proximity labeling with the TurboID system to identify proteins that are important for replication in plant viruses.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad146
Yongliang Zhang1, Xiaofeng Wang2
1 State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience and…
Intracellular neighborhood watch - mitochondria help the endoplasmic reticulum to cope with reductive stress
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFuchs et al. report that reductive stress triggers retrograde signaling to safeguard the endoplasmic reticulum by boosting mitochondrial respiratory capacity. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac017
By Philippe Fuchs, Markus Schwarzländer
Background: A strict division into specialized…
Isoform specificity in plant COPII gene families
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChang et al. discover the phenotypic consequences of different isoforms of Coat Protein Complex II genes in the moss Physcomitrium patens.
Background: Vesicles that form on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and are bound for the Golgi apparatus are coated in a complex of proteins known as Coat Protein…
Lipid Droplet Biogenesis in Plants: LDIP is a Linchpin
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellPyc and Gidda et al. investigate the role of the lipid droplet biogenetic protein LDIP. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab179
Michal Pyc, John Dyer and Robert Mullen, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, U.S. Department of Agriculture,…