Volume 176, Issue 3, March 2018

Plant lipid droplets and their associated oleosin and other proteins have evolved and diversified in functions and cell species specificities and have been probed for commercial uses.

A new BSMV system with high cargo capacity allows large protein overexpression for rapid functional genomic and proteomic studies in monocot and dicot plant species.

Aneuploidy primes evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds.

Fluctuating light influences stomatal responses in Arabidopsis independently of the growth light intensity.

Insertional mutagenesis of mannosidase 1A and xylosyltransferase 1A results in altered N-glycan compositions, indicating diverse roles in the trimming and modification of N-glycans in C. reinhardtii.

Serotonin biosynthesis is dramatically elevated, and closely linked with dark-brown color of the endosperm, in high-lysine rice.

LRR extensins are extracellular proteins that associate with and influence processes at the plasma membrane that are important for pollen grain germination and pollen tube growth.

Four Leu-rich repeat extensin chimeras, LRX8–11, are redundantly involved in pollen germination and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis.

Recovery from N deprivation follows a distinct transcriptional program in Chlamydomonas.

The Arabidopsis cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase CKX1 plays a key role in cytokinin degradation in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Exocyst subunit EXO70H4 localizes to the apical subdomain of the trichome. Here, it is responsible for callose synthase secretion; callose is essential for cell wall silicification.

After a virus movement protein interacts with the HIPP26 stress sensor, the complex relocalizes to the nucleus, activating the drought stress response and thereby facilitating virus long-distance movement.

The plant hormone ethylene and its associated signaling pathway are involved in cortical microtubule reassembly, a process that is critical for the salt stress response in Arabidopsis.

Knockdown of microRNA166 increases drought resistance in rice via decreased stem water conductivity and reduced leaf transpiration rates.

The kinetics of changes in the ethylene transcriptome in light-grown roots combined with mutant analyses reveal a central role of the ETR1 receptor and a limited role of EIN3 in root development.

MCTPs exhibit diverse and overlapping patterns of gene expression and protein localization, and might be involved in Arabidopsis development with potential functional divergence or redundancy.

The soybean genome encodes over 6,000 long intergenic noncoding RNAs implicated in many biological processes, including transcription, development, and possibly influencing agronomic traits.

OsFBK1 mediates the turnover of OsCCR14 via the 26S proteasome pathway, resulting in changes in secondary cell wall content in anthers and roots, without changes in auxin signaling.

The Arabidopsis genome replicates in two noninteracting compartments during early/mid and late S phase.

Arabidopsis CEL6 and MAN7 proteins affect cell morphology and silique dehiscence, which can be manipulated to different degrees by altering their activities.

A cotton pectin methylesterase inhibitor interacts with pectin methylesterases, rendering plants more resistant to fungal infection.

The bZIP17 and bZIP28 transcription factors have noncanonical target genes and redundantly contribute to both ER homeostasis and root elongation.

Thioredoxin-dependent redox modification regulates plant regeneration via modulation of ROS homeostasis.

REI1-LIKE ribosome biogenesis factor homologs guide cold acclimation and 60S subunit accumulation for plant growth at alternating temperatures.

The OHP1 complex is indispensable for protein synthesis and the assembly machinery during de novo synthesis of PSII in plants.

ERF17 transcriptional regulation activity in apple fruit peel degreening increases with serine repeat number.

Alteration of photosynthetic electron transport, caused by a mitochondrial mutation, showed experimentally that algae better endure light damage targeting photosystem II instead of photosystem I.

The nodule-specific transporter MtMATE67 is activated by iron and is required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula

The hexose transporters STP8 and STP12 may contribute to the nutrition of reproductive tissues, whereas the pentose-specific STP7 might be involved in cell wall sugar recycling in Arabidopsis.

The CURT1A component of the CURT1 protein complex mediates thylakoid membrane curvature and modulates photosynthesis to maintain plant fitness during fluctuating environmental conditions.

The second B-box domain in BBX21 is essential for its direct binding of T/G-box cis-element present in the HY5 promoter, regulating HY5 and HY5-controlled gene expression, and promoting photomorphogenesis.

Transcriptome profiling of spring and winter wheat and their near-isogenic lines growing under field conditions reveals the regulatory interactions between vegetative/reproductive transition and cold tolerance.

A plant secondary metabolite modifies chromatin, primes defense, and controls plant disease in Arabidopsis.

Endoplasmic reticulum-localized small heat shock protein sHSP22 integrates ABA and auxin signaling in Arabidopsis.

The G protein β-subunit, AGB1, interacts physically with receptor-like kinase FERONIA, and AGB1 plus extra-large Gα proteins and Gγ proteins participate in RALF1-FER regulation of stomatal movement.

The deubiquitinase OTU5 is required for the interpretation of environmental cues that alter the abundance of root hair- and chromatin-related proteins.

HsfA1a is essential for Mi-1.2-mediated resistance to Meloidogyne incognita and regulates Wfi1 transcription and H₂O₂ production.

New insights into the regulation of GUN1 uncover its function in early chloroplast biogenesis and suggest a role in developmental phase transitions.

The elicitor-active cell wall moiety of the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica, cellotriose, modulates the plant-fungus symbiosis by activating a poly(A) ribonuclease in Arabidopsis.

A PROHIBITIN family protein promotes salicylic acid production via the isochorismate pathway in response to stress.

Lipopolysaccharides induce a long-lasting burst of reactive oxygen species that is largely associated with chloroplasts.

Ribosome pausing in chloroplasts is caused by multiple features of mRNA and nascent peptide chain and influences transmembrane protein folding and cofactor integration.