When posttranslational modifications meet splicing to regulate stress responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellAgrofoglio et al. explore how the methylation of arginine residues on a key splicing factor affects alternative splicing.
Julieta Mateos, María José Iglesias, Yamila Agrofoglio. IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae051
Background: Plants are constantly subjected to a variety…
Pan-transcriptomic analysis reveals mechanisms regulating crop cold responses
The Plant Cell: In a Nutshellhttps://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae039
Zhong, Luo, Sun, et al.
Yuanyuan Zhong, Guangxi University; Yuhong Luo, Guangxi University; Jinliang Sun, Guangxi University; Xuemei Qin, Guangxi University; Ping Gan, Guangxi University; Zuwen Zhou, Guangxi University; Yongqing Qian, Guangxi University; Rupeng…
SnRK1 and TOR—in a different light
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellSaile et al. explore the role of SnRK1 and TOR in light-dependent seedling development and splicing.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad168
Jennifer Saile and Andreas Wachter
Institute for Molecular Physiology (imP), University of Mainz
Background: Plants adjust their development to light…
Pre-mRNA retention in Cajal bodies as a mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellBy Dariusz Jan Smoliński, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Rudzka and colleagues characterize the retention of Sm pre-mRNAs that retain introns in Cajal bodies over the course of microsporocyte development in European larch (Larix decidua)
Background: Reports in both animals and plants have…
The splicing factor RNA BINDING PROTEIN 45d regulates temperature-responsive flowering (Plant Cell)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPosttranscriptional events such as splicing are part of the gene regulation toolbox. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for U-rich small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) such as U1 in the control of splicing. In a recent paper in The Plant Cell, Chang et al. identified a splicing factor, RNA…