Mechanisms of woody-plant mortality under rising drought, CO2 and vapour pressure deficit

NG McDowell, G Sapes, A Pivovaroff… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Drought-associated woody-plant mortality has been increasing in most regions with multi-
decadal records and is projected to increase in the future, impacting terrestrial climate …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolomics-centered mining of plant metabolic diversity and function: Past decade and future perspectives

S Shen, C Zhan, C Yang, AR Fernie, J Luo - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Plants are natural experts in organic synthesis, being able to generate large numbers of
specific metabolites with widely varying structures that help them adapt to variable survival …

Integrated transcriptome, proteome and metabolome analyses revealed secondary metabolites and auxiliary carbohydrate metabolism augmenting drought tolerance …

AK Dwivedi, V Singh, K Anwar, A Pareek… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is one of the major consequences of climate change and a serious threat to rice
production. Drought stress activates interactions among genes, proteins and metabolites at …

The autophagy receptor NBR1 directs the clearance of photodamaged chloroplasts

HN Lee, JV Chacko, AG Solís, KE Chen, JAS Barros… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The ubiquitin-binding NBR1 autophagy receptor plays a prominent role in recognizing
ubiquitylated protein aggregates for vacuolar degradation by macroautophagy. Here, we …

The lowdown on breakdown: Open questions in plant proteolysis

NA Eckardt, T Avin-Wittenberg, DC Bassham… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Proteolysis, including post-translational proteolytic processing as well as protein
degradation and amino acid recycling, is an essential component of the growth and …

Plant autophagosomes mature into amphisomes prior to their delivery to the central vacuole

J Zhao, MT Bui, J Ma, F Künzl, L Picchianti… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Autophagosomes are double-membraned vesicles that traffic harmful or unwanted cellular
macromolecules to the vacuole for recycling. Although autophagosome biogenesis has …

Vacuolar degradation of plant organelles

MS Otegui, C Steelheart, W Ma, J Ma, BH Kang… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plants continuously remodel and degrade their organelles due to damage from their
metabolic activities and environmental stressors, as well as an integral part of their cell …

Autophagy in maternal tissues contributes to Arabidopsis seed development

OA Erlichman, S Weiss, M Abu Arkia… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Seeds are an essential food source, providing nutrients for germination and early seedling
growth. Degradation events in the seed and the mother plant accompany seed …

Autophagy during maize endosperm development dampens oxidative stress and promotes mitochondrial clearance

JAS Barros, EC Chatt, RC Augustine… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The selective turnover of macromolecules by autophagy provides a critical homeostatic
mechanism for recycling cellular constituents and for removing superfluous and damaged …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular machinery of lipid droplet degradation and turnover in plants

Z Qin, T Wang, Y Zhao, C Ma, Q Shao - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lipid droplets (LDs) are important organelles conserved across eukaryotes with a
fascinating biogenesis and consumption cycle. Recent intensive research has focused on …