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Hot and SUMOylated: Heat-induced SUMOylation controls effectors in plant cells

Li et al. examine heat-induced SUMOylation of bacteria effectors in Arabidopsis. (Plant Cell. 2024) By Wenliang Li and Jianbin Lai (South China Normal University) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae049 Background: Bacterial pathogens deliver effectors into plant cells to interfere with host…

A new regulatory module controls chlorophyll catabolism in bananas under high temperature

Wei et al. discover a new transcriptional and post-translational regulatory module, MaBAH1-MaMYB60, that regulates chlorophyll catabolism and green ripening in bananas under high temperature. By Wei Wei, Yingying Yang, Prakash Lakshmanan, Jianfei Kuang, Wangjin Lu, Xuequn Pang, Jianye Chen and Wei…