A plant virus uses plant metacaspase for its own benefit
Plant Science Research WeeklyA recent study by Pi et al. decoded previously unknown mechanism through which a virus manipulates the plant defense pathway for successful infection. Focusing on the interaction between barley and the devastating barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV), researchers identified a critical regulatory hub centered…
Thermoprotection by a metacaspase
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhou et al. examine the fundamental functions of metacaspases in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad289
By Yong Zou, Adrian N. Dauphinee, Simon Stael and Peter V. Bozhkov
Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University…
Metacaspases meet stress granules
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellRuiz-Solaní et al. examine how a cysteine protease interacts with stress granules, a type of membrane-less condensate, under heat stress and aging
By Nerea Ruiz-Solaní1,2, Laia Armengot1,2 and Núria S. Coll1,3
1 Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra…