Heat stress response mechanisms in pollen development

P Chaturvedi, AJ Wiese, A Ghatak… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Being rooted in place, plants are faced with the challenge of responding to unfavourable
local conditions. One such condition, heat stress, contributes massively to crop losses …

Hot topic: Thermosensing in plants

S Hayes, J Schachtschabel, M Mishkind… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plants alter their morphology and cellular homeostasis to promote resilience under a variety
of heat regimes. Molecular processes that underlie these responses have been intensively …

Phytochrome B photobodies are comprised of phytochrome B and its primary and secondary interacting proteins

C Kim, Y Kwon, J Jeong, M Kang, GS Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phytochrome B (phyB) is a plant photoreceptor that forms a membraneless organelle called
a photobody. However, its constituents are not fully known. Here, we isolated phyB …

Alternative splicing of TaHSFA6e modulates heat shock protein–mediated translational regulation in response to heat stress in wheat

J Wen, Z Qin, L Sun, Y Zhang, D Wang, H Peng… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat stress greatly threatens crop production. Plants have evolved multiple adaptive
mechanisms, including alternative splicing, that allow them to withstand this stress …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of RBGD2/4 is required for heat stress resistance in Arabidopsis

S Zhu, J Gu, J Yao, Y Li, Z Zhang, W Xia, Z Wang… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
As sessile organisms, plants are highly sensitive to environmental stresses. In response to
stresses, globally repressed translation initiation leads to stress granule (SG) formation …

Heat shock signaling in land plants: from plasma membrane sensing to the transcription of small heat shock proteins

B Bourgine, A Guihur - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress events are major factors limiting crop productivity. During summer days, land
plants must anticipate in a timely manner upcoming mild and severe temperature. They …

Stress-related biomolecular condensates in plants

J Solis-Miranda, M Chodasiewicz, A Skirycz… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelle-like structures that can concentrate
molecules and often form through liquid-liquid phase separation. Biomolecular condensate …

Phenolic acid-induced phase separation and translation inhibition mediate plant interspecific competition

Z Xie, S Zhao, Y Li, Y Deng, Y Shi, X Chen, Y Li, H Li… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Phenolic acids (PAs) secreted by donor plants suppress the growth of their susceptible plant
neighbours. However, how structurally diverse ensembles of PAs are perceived by plants to …

ALBA proteins confer thermotolerance through stabilizing HSF messenger RNAs in cytoplasmic granules

J Tong, Z Ren, L Sun, S Zhou, W Yuan, Y Hui, D Ci… - Nature Plants, 2022 - nature.com
High temperature is one of the major environmental stresses affecting plant growth and
fitness. Heat stress transcription factors (HSFs) play critical roles in regulating the expression …

Emerging roles for phase separation in plants

RJ Emenecker, AS Holehouse, LC Strader - Developmental Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The plant cell internal environment is a dynamic, intricate landscape composed of many
intracellular compartments. Cells organize some cellular components through formation of …