Roadmap for the next decade of plant programmed cell death research

J Kacprzyk, R Burke, L Armengot, M Coppola… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Programmed cell death (PCD) is fundamentally important for plant development, abiotic
stress responses and immunity, but our understanding of its regulation remains fragmented …

Aggrescan4D: A comprehensive tool for pH‐dependent analysis and engineering of protein aggregation propensity

M Zalewski, V Iglesias, O Bárcenas, S Ventura… - Protein …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aggrescan4D (A4D) is an advanced computational tool designed for predicting
protein aggregation, leveraging structural information and the influence of pH. Building upon …

Sequestration of DBR1 to stress granules promotes lariat intronic RNAs accumulation for heat-stress tolerance

C Wu, X Wang, Y Li, W Zhen, C Wang, X Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Heat stress (HS) poses a significant challenge to plant survival, necessitating sophisticated
molecular mechanisms to maintain cellular homeostasis. Here, we identify SICKLE (SIC) as …

A3D model organism database (A3D-MODB): a database for proteome aggregation predictions in model organisms

AE Badaczewska-Dawid, A Kuriata… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Protein aggregation has been associated with aging and different pathologies and
represents a bottleneck in the industrial production of biotherapeutics. Numerous past …

Type II metacaspase mediates light-dependent programmed cell death in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

L Lambert, F De Carpentier, P André… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Among the crucial processes that preside over the destiny of cells from any type of organism
are those involving their self-destruction. This process is well characterized and …

A prion-like domain is required for phase separation and chloroplast RNA processing during cold acclimation in Arabidopsis

J Legen, B Lenzen, N Kachariya, S Feltgen… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants can produce photosynthetic tissue with active
chloroplasts at temperatures as low as 4° C, and this process depends on the presence of …

In vivo proteolytic profiling of the type I and type II metacaspases in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to salt stress

GA Vergou, AK Bajhaiya, L Corredor… - Physiologia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metacaspases are cysteine proteases present in plants, fungi and protists. While the
association of metacaspases with cell death is studied in a range of organisms, their native …

Stress induced factor 2 is a dual regulator for defense and seed germination in Arabidopsis

C Chan, YJ Liao, SP Chiou - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) constitute a diverse superfamily of proteins pivotal for various
plant physiological processes, including responses to pathogens, hormone perception …

Genome-Wide Association Study on Candidate Genes Associated with Soybean Stem Pubescence and Hilum Colors

M Zhou, J Wang, H Chen, Q Jia, S Hu, Y **ong… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
The colorations of stem pubescence and hilum are crucial criteria for discerning diverse
soybean germplasms, governed by multiple genes that substantially influence the seed's …

Focus on biomolecular condensates

E Gutierrez-Beltran, L Strader, PV Bozhkov - The Plant Cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biomolecular condensates, a term first coined by Banani et al. only 6 years ago (Banani et
al. 2017), are nano-or microscale, intra-or extracellular assemblies that often form via liquid …