Dual Mechanisms of Coniferyl Alcohol in Phenylpropanoid Pathway Regulation (open access)

Dual Mechanisms of Coniferyl Alcohol in Phenylpropanoid Pathway Regulation

This article reports that a major monomer unit of the lignin polymer can function as a signal molecule to trigger proteolysis of the enzyme L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, the entry point into the lignin biosynthetic pathway, and feedback regulate the expression levels of lignin biosynthetic genes.
Date: May 6, 2022
Creator: Guan, Mengling; Li, Changxuan; Shan, Xiaotong; Chen, Fang; Wang, Shufang; Dixon, R. A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcriptional Programs and Regulators Underlying Age-Dependent and Dark-Induced Senescence in Medicago truncatula (open access)

Transcriptional Programs and Regulators Underlying Age-Dependent and Dark-Induced Senescence in Medicago truncatula

Article presents a study that reveals the dynamics of transcriptomic responses to age- and dark-induced senescence in M. truncatula and identifies senescence-associated TFs that are attractive targets for future work to control senescence in forage legumes.
Date: May 6, 2022
Creator: Mahmood, Kashif; Torres-Jerez, Ivone; Krom, Nick; Liu, Wei & Udvardi, Michael K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cluster Transfer Function of AtNEET Supports the Ferredoxin–Thioredoxin Network of Plant Cells (open access)

The Cluster Transfer Function of AtNEET Supports the Ferredoxin–Thioredoxin Network of Plant Cells

This article develops an inducible expression system to study AtNEET function in mature plants using a time-course proteomics approach. The authors report that the suppression of AtNEET cluster transfer function results in drastic changes in the expression of different members of the ferredoxin (Fd), Fd-thioredoxin (TRX) reductase (FTR), and TRX network of Arabidopsis, as well as in cytosolic cluster assembly proteins.
Date: August 6, 2022
Creator: Zandalinas, Sara I.; Song, Luhua; Nechushtai, Rachel; Mendoza-Cózatl, David & Mittler, Ron
System: The UNT Digital Library
Editorial: Lipid metabolism and membrane structure in plant biotic interactions (open access)

Editorial: Lipid metabolism and membrane structure in plant biotic interactions

Article discusses how Lipid bilayers represent the interface between cells (or organelles) and their environment. Authors claim that this special topic brings together new reports on several of these lipid classes to shed light on the impacts of plant lipid metabolism and membrane organization on plant immunity.
Date: December 6, 2022
Creator: Goggin, Fiona L.; Shah, Jyoti & Gillaspy, Glenda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase  modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide  oxylipin levels (open access)

Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide oxylipin levels

Article asserts that polyunsaturated N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) can be hydrolyzed by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) or oxidized by lipoxygenase (LOX). Altogether, the authors conclude that the growth of cotton seedlings involves fine-tuning of 9-NAE-HOD levels via FAAH-mediated hydrolysis and LOX-mediated production, expanding the mechanistic understanding of plant growth modulation by NAE oxylipins to a perennial crop species.
Date: December 6, 2022
Creator: Gaguancela-Arias, Omar; Aziz, Mina & Chapman, Kent Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library