Plant genomes encode hundreds of proteases, which represent dozens of unrelated
families. The biological role of these proteases is mostly unknown, but mutant alleles, gene …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are important regulators that control myriad aspects of plant growth
and development, including biotic and abiotic stress responses, such that modulating BR …

Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) catalyzes the penultimate step in monolignol biosynthesis.
We show that downregulation of CCR in transgenic poplar (Populus tremula× Populus alba) …

Grain weight is a major determinant of grain yield. GS5 is a positive regulator of grain size
such that grain width, filling, and weight are correlated with its expression level. Previous …

Serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) proteins have recently emerged as a new group of
plant acyltransferases. These enzymes share homology with peptidases but lack protease …

Both animal and plant steroids mainly rely on transcriptional factors to bring about specific
physiological responses; however, the signaling mechanisms that regulate these …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of steroid hormones regulating a wide range of
physiological processes during the plant life cycle from seed development to the modulation …

Tandem zinc finger (TZF) proteins are characterized by two zinc‐binding CCCH motifs
arranged in tandem. Human TZFs such as tristetraproline (TTP) bind to and trigger the …

Verticillium longisporum (VL) is one of the most devastating diseases in important oil crops
from the family of Brassicaceae. The fungus resides for much time of its life cycle in the …

Abstract The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome encodes 51 proteins annotated as
serine carboxypeptidase-like (SCPL) enzymes. Nineteen of these SCPL proteins are highly …