Membrane-associated proteins perceive and transduce early heat stress signals
Plant Science Research WeeklyElucidating the pathways in which plants can recognize and respond to heat stress is a key step in developing more resilient plants and crops. Work by Li et al. provides a more in-depth understanding of the early factors in heat stress-responsive (HSR) gene expression in Arabidopsis. They first identified…
Discovery and engineering of synthetic RLKs
Plant Science Research WeeklyReceptor-like kinases (RLKs) are abundant genes that have diversified and expanded throughout plant evolution, with most plants having hundreds or more RLKs. In this exciting new paper, Ngou et al. decided to deconstruct the recognition sites of these proteins in order to be able to make predictions…