Plant Biology

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1. 1. Plant Biology

   Dynamic ubiquitination determines transcriptional activity of the plant immune coactivator NPR1

   Michael J Skelly et al.

   Expression of plant immune genes is controlled by the opposing actions of ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases that modify the master coactivator NPR1, thereby regulating its intrinsic transcriptional activity.
2. 1. Plant Biology

   Proximity labeling of protein complexes and cell-type-specific organellar proteomes in Arabidopsis enabled by TurboID

   Andrea Mair et al.

   Proximity-labeling using engineered biotin ligases TurboID and miniTurbo enables detection of cell-type-specific and low abundance protein complexes and subcellular proteomes in Arabidopsis and other plants.
3. 1. Plant Biology

   Anion channel SLAH3 is a regulatory target of chitin receptor-associated kinase PBL27 in microbial stomatal closure

   Yi Liu et al.

   S-type anion channel activity, which promotes stomatal closure and improves anti-fungal immunity in plants, is directly regulated through phosphorylation by a kinase of the chitin receptor complex.
4. 1. Plant Biology
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Protein engineering expands the effector recognition profile of a rice NLR immune receptor

   Juan Carlos De la Concepcion et al.

   Structure-led protein engineering can expand the effector recognition profile of plant intracellular NLR immune receptors, providing a proof-of-principle for the development of novel disease resistance mechanisms in plants.
5. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Two mechanisms regulate directional cell growth in Arabidopsis lateral roots

   Charlotte Kirchhelle et al.

   In lateral roots, cells employ a novel pathway to cell edges to control directional growth, which acts independently of the leading paradigm of oriented deposition of cellulose microfibrils at faces.
6. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Natural selection and repeated patterns of molecular evolution following allopatric divergence

   Yibo Dong et al.

   The genomic architecture of allopatric species is a mosaic of many conserved genes and a few adaptive ones, reflecting balance between conservation of ancestral functions and evolution of new features.
7. 1. Evolutionary Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Speciation: How predictable is genome evolution?

   Matthew J Coathup et al.

   Similar patterns of genomic divergence have been observed in the evolution of plant species separated by oceans.
8. 1. Genetics and Genomics
   2. Plant Biology

   Epigenetic silencing of a multifunctional plant stress regulator

   Mark Zander et al.

   Interplay between histone demethylation and chromatin remodeling shapes the chromatin environment of the essential stress regulator ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE2.
9. 1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
   2. Plant Biology

   Two bifunctional inositol pyrophosphate kinases/phosphatases control plant phosphate homeostasis

   Jinsheng Zhu et al.

   Genetic and biochemical analysis of two enzymes reveals that inositol pyrophosphate signaling molecules allow plants to sense and regulate cellular phosphate levels, and to take up more phosphate when needed.
10. 1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Plant Biology

    Epimutations are associated with CHROMOMETHYLASE 3-induced de novo DNA methylation

    Jered M Wendte et al.

    Simultaneous targeting of loci by pathways that promote euchromatin and heterochromatin primes transcribed genes for epimutations in the form of CG DNA methylation.