The rhizobial effector NopT and two Nod factor receptors of Lotus japonicus, NFR1 and NFR5, mutually interact to precisely regulate rhizobial symbiosis.
Crystallography, molecular dynamics simulations, and biochemical analyses of Calvin-Benson-Bassham sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) from the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii identify a redox module that controls oligomeric states for the activation of the enzyme.
Maryam Rahmati Ishka, Hayley Sussman ... Magdalena M Julkowska
Salt stress disrupts root-shoot growth coordination through SR3G, a negative regulator of salt tolerance, that affects shoot growth, root suberization, and sodium accumulation, revealing new targets for environmental resilience.
Zigmunds Orlovskis, Archana Singh ... Saskia A Hogenhout
Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks previously unknown MADS-box protein roles in plant-insect interactions by modulating plant biotic stress responses to male leafhoppers and facilitating female attraction and reproduction on male-exposed leaves.
Programmed cell death during plant development (dPCD) is crucial for Arabidopsis thaliana root defense, limiting microbial invasion and maintaining a balanced relationship with beneficial microbes.
A plant autophagy pathway transports chloroplast stroma and envelope components into the vacuole through the division and encapsulation of the site of chloroplasts that is associated with developing autophagosome.
