A5071236073- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Light effects on plants
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant responses to water stress
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Advanced Data Storage Technologies
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Trace Elements in Health
University of Nottingham
2022-2025
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
2016-2023
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-2023
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017-2018
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
2016-2018
Functionally similar to the tight junctions present in animal guts, plant roots have evolved a lignified Casparian strip as an extracellular diffusion barrier endodermis seal root apoplast and maintain nutrient homeostasis. How this is structured has been partially defined, but its lignin polymerization assembly steps remain elusive. Here, we characterize family of dirigent proteins (DPs) essential for both localized required biogenesis cell wall attachment plasma membrane apoplast. We...
Arabidopsis thaliana high-affinity potassium transporter 1 (AtHKT1) limits the root-to-shoot sodium transportation and is believed to be essential for salt tolerance in A. thaliana. Nevertheless, natural accessions with 'weak allele' of AtHKT1, e.g. Tsu-1, are mainly distributed saline areas more tolerant salinity. These findings challenge role AtHKT1 call into question involvement salinity adaptation Here, we report that indeed drives variation coastal so-called weak allele, actually...
Ion homeostasis is essential for plant growth and environmental adaptation, maintaining ion requires the precise regulation of various transporters, as well correct root patterning. However, mechanisms underlying these processes remain largely elusive. Here, we reported that a choline transporter gene, CTL1, controls ionome by regulating secretory trafficking proteins required plasmodesmata (PD) development, transport some transporters. Map-based cloning studies revealed CTL1 mutations alter...
Protein sorting is an essential biological process in all organisms. Trafficking membrane proteins generally relies on the machinery of Golgi apparatus. However, many have been found to be delivered target locations via Golgi-independent pathways, but mechanisms underlying this delivery system remain unknown. Here, we report that Sec24C mediates direct secretory trafficking phytochelatin transporters ABCC1 and ABCC2 from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) prevacuolar compartments (PVCs) Arabidopsis...
The primary cell wall is a fundamental plant constituent that flexible but sufficiently rigid to support the shape. Although many studies have demonstrated reactive oxygen species (ROS) serve as important signaling messengers modify structure and affect cellular growth, regulatory mechanism underlying spatial-temporal regulation of ROS activity for maintenance remains largely unclear. Here, we demonstrate role Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) multicopper oxidase-like protein skewed 5...
Abstract Plants have evolved diverse defense mechanisms encompassing physical and chemical barriers. Cotton pigment glands are known for containing various metabolites, but the precise regulation of gland size to modulate compound levels remains enigmatic. Here, it is discovered that VQ domain‐containing protein JAVL negatively regulates biosynthesis compounds, while MYC2‐like transcription factor GoPGF has opposite effect. Notably, directly activates expression , whereas suppresses...
Adventitious roots (ARs) are an important root type for plants and display a high phenotypic plasticity in response to different environmental stimuli. Previous studies found that dark-light transition can trigger AR formation from the hypocotyl of etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana, which was used as model identification regulators biogenesis. However, central regulatory machinery darkness-induced (HAR) remains elusive. Here, we report photoreceptors suppress HAR biogenesis through regulating...
Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for plant growth and development, Zn derived from crop plants in the diet also important human health. Here, we report that genetic variation Heavy Metal-ATPase 4 (HMA4) controls natural leaf content. Investigation of content a world-wide collection 349 Arabidopsis thaliana wild collected accessions identified two accessions, Van-0 Fab-2, which accumulate significantly lower when compared with Col-0. Both quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis bulked...
Abstract Cell type-specific mapping of element distribution is critical to fully understand how roots partition nutrients and toxic elements with aboveground parts. In this study, we developed a method that combines fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) assess the ionome different populations within Arabidopsis thaliana roots. The reveals most exhibit radial concentration gradient increasing from rhizodermis inner layers, detected...