Sorting of proteins to storage vacuoles: how many mechanisms?

abstract：:The secretory pathway encloses functionally interlinked organelles for the synthesis and deposition of most of the building blocks of eukaryotic cells, such as lipids, proteins and sugars. The coat protein complex II (COPII) is a specialized protein complex for the transport between secretory organelles, specifically ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Marti L,Fornaciari S,Renna L,Stefano G,Brandizzi F

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs) as gene regulators has led to a paradigm shift in the understanding of post-transcriptional gene regulation in plants and animals. miRNAs have emerged as master regulators of plant growth and development. Evidence suggesting that miRNAs play a role in plant stress responses arises f...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Sunkar R,Li YF,Jagadeeswaran G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through multifaceted genome-scale research involving phylogenomics, targeted gene surveys, and gene expression analyses in diverse basal lineages of angiosperms, our studies provide insights into the most recent common ancestor of all extant flowering plants. MADS-box gene duplications have played an important role in...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Soltis DE,Ma H,Frohlich MW,Soltis PS,Albert VA,Oppenheimer DG,Altman NS,dePamphilis C,Leebens-Mack J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines, such as spermine, spermidine and putrescine, are ubiquitous polycationic compounds that are produced by almost all living organisms, including plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. Polyamines are multifunctional and interact with polyanionic biomolecules such as DNA or protein. However, despite their potent...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Yamasaki H,Cohen MF

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding regulatory genes that perform important roles in plant development and physiology. With the increasing power of next generation sequencing technologies and the development of bioinformatic tools, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of studies surveying the miRNAomes ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Taylor RS,Tarver JE,Hiscock SJ,Donoghue PC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a long-standing hypothesis that specialist and generalist insects interact with plants in distinct ways. Although many tests exist, they typically compare only one species of each, they sometimes confound specialization and feeding guild, and often do not link chemical or transcriptional measures of the...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Ali JG,Agrawal AA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine/threonine-specific phosphoprotein phosphatases (PPPs) are ubiquitous enzymes in all eukaryotes, but their regulatory functions are largely unknown in higher plants. The Arabidopsis genome encodes 26 PPP catalytic subunits related to type 1, type 2A and so-called novel phosphatases, including four plant-specific...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Farkas I,Dombrádi V,Miskei M,Szabados L,Koncz C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study reports partner manipulation for an interaction that was considered a reward-for-defence mutualism. Secretions of lycaenid caterpillars altered ant locomotion and aggressiveness, likely by manipulating dopaminergic signalling. This study opens the question whether such manipulation is common and whether...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Heil M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Waxy (Wx) gene that governs amylose synthesis is an old but widely used target in improving the quality of starchy crops. New genome-editing strategies are being deployed to create beneficial Wx alleles with finely tuned amylose content (AC). Precise targeting must be combined with traditional approaches to develo...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Huang L,Sreenivasulu N,Liu Q

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for plant image analysis tools is established and has led to a steadily expanding literature and set of software tools. This is encouraging, but raises a question: how does a plant scientist with no detailed knowledge or experience of image analysis methods choose the right tool(s) for the task at hand, or sa...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Pridmore TP,French AP,Pound MP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a misconception among plant scientists that osmosis is driven by the tendency of solutes to dilute water. In this opinion article, we discuss the quantitative and qualitative failures of this view, and go on to review the correct kinetic picture of osmosis as it appears in physics textbooks. ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Kramer EM,Myers DR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants downregulate their defences against insect herbivores upon impending competition for light. This has long been considered a resource trade-off, but recent advances in plant physiology and ecology suggest this mechanism is more complex. Here we propose that to understand why plants regulate and balance growth an...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： de Vries J,Evers JB,Poelman EH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) is a central metabolite involved in numerous anabolic and catabolic pathways, as well as in protein acetylation. Beyond histones, a large number of metabolic enzymes are acetylated in both animal and bacteria, and the protein acetylome is now emerging in plants. Protein acetylation is influence...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Xing S,Poirier Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Arabidopsis genome encodes approximately 20 different mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that are likely to be involved in growth, development and responses to endogenous and environmental cues. Several plant MAPKs are activated by a variety of stress stimuli, including pathogen infection, wounding, tempera...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Zhang S,Klessig DF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotenoids not only play a crucial role in their intact form but also are an important reservoir of lipid-derived bioactive mediators. The process is initiated by tailoring enzymes that cleave carotenoids into apocarotenoids. Apocarotenoids act as visual or volatile signals to attract pollinating and seed dispersal a...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Bouvier F,Isner JC,Dogbo O,Camara B

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cellular redox imbalances leading to oxidative stress and metal toxicity in plants has been studied intensely over the past decades. This interdependency was often considered to reflect a rather indirect metal effect of cellular disregulation and progressive secondary damage development. By co...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Sharma SS,Dietz KJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomes Uncoupled 1 (GUN1) plays a critical role in various retrograde signaling pathways. Despite numerous studies, the precise molecular mechanism underlying GUN1-mediated retrograde signaling remains elusive. Recently, MORF2 and cpHSC70 have been identified as GUN1-interacting proteins, linking retrograde signaling...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Jia Y,Tian H,Zhang S,Ding Z,Ma C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimensionless numbers are ubiquitous in the physical sciences because they provide insight into physical processes, organize large quantities of data, facilitate 'scale analysis' and establish 'similarity'. Here I explore the use of dimensionless numbers in plant biology, focusing on the expansive growth rate of plant...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Ortega JKE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed the genomic decoding of a wide range of photosynthetic organisms from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and the complex genomes of important crop species to single-celled marine phytoplankton. The comparative sequencing of green, red and brown algae has provided considerable insight into...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Fernie AR,Obata T,Allen AE,Araújo WL,Bowler C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfur-containing amino acid methionine is a nutritionally important essential amino acid and is the precursor of several metabolites that regulate plant growth and responses to the environment. Methionine production is largely regulated by cystathionine gamma-synthase, the first specific enzyme for its synthesis....

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Amir R,Hacham Y,Galili G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade there has been rapidly increasing interest in the role of plant volatiles in insect-plant interactions and the induction of plant defence systems by both pathogens and herbivores. Scientists are striving to link the proximate studies elucidating pathways and genes with the ultimate adaptive stud...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Pickett JA,Poppy GM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transduction pathways often modulate both positively and negatively acting components to optimize the efficiency of a signal. Recent results have shown that plants make extensive use of regulated proteolysis to modulate signal transduction pathways. An emerging theme from hormone (e.g. auxin and gibberellin) an...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Huq E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolism depends on inorganic phosphate (P(i)) as reactant, allosteric effector and regulatory moiety in covalent protein modification. To cope with P(i) shortage (a common situation in many ecosystems), plants activate a set of adaptive responses to enhance P(i) recycling and acquisition by reprogramming metabolism...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Ticconi CA,Abel S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants constantly sense the changes in their environment; when mineral elements are scarce, they often allocate a greater proportion of their biomass to the root system. This acclimatory response is a consequence of metabolic changes in the shoot and an adjustment of carbohydrate transport to the root. It has long bee...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Hermans C,Hammond JP,White PJ,Verbruggen N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently established links between the tomato cyclophilin A-type protein DIAGEOTROPICA and the regulation of polar auxin transport provide first mechanistic insights into the function of this enigmatic locus. ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Retzer K,Luschnig C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gating of K(+) and other ion channels is 'hard-wired' within the channel protein. So it remains a puzzle how closely related channels in plants can show an unusually diverse range of biophysical properties. Gating of these channels lies at the heart of K(+) mineral nutrition, signalling, abiotic and biotic stress resp...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Dreyer I,Blatt MR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants need to acquire nitrogen (N) efficiently from the soil for growth. Nitrate is one of the major N sources for higher plants. Therefore, nitrate uptake and allocation are key factors in efficient N utilization. Membrane-bound transporters are required for nitrate uptake from the soil and for the inter- and intrac...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Wang YY,Hsu PK,Tsay YF

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crop selection process has created a genetic bottleneck ultimately restricting breeding output. Wild relatives of major crops as well as the so-called 'neglected plant' species represent a reservoir of genetic diversity that remains underutilized. These species could be used as a tool to discover new alleles of ag...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Jacob P,Avni A,Bendahmane A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant Protein Phosphorylation, 12-15 September 2001, Vienna, Austria. ...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Mundy J,Schneitz K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a son of an engineer who traveled widely during his career, Heribert Hirt began his life in the exotic country of Iran, before receiving his high-school education in Germany and then studying biochemistry at the University of Cape Town and then later at the University of Vienna, from where he received his PhD in 19...

journal_title：Trends in plant science

authors： Hirt H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00