Keep in contact: multiple roles of endoplasmic reticulum–membrane contact sites and the organelle interaction network in plants

P Wang, P Duckney, E Gao, PJ Hussey… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Functional regulation and structural maintenance of the different organelles in plants
contribute directly to plant development, reproduction and stress responses. To ensure …

A glossary of plant cell structures: current insights and future questions

BH Kang, CT Anderson, S Arimura, E Bayer… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this glossary of plant cell structures, we asked experts to summarize a present-day view of
plant organelles and structures, including a discussion of outstanding questions. In the …

Homeostasis of branched-chain amino acids is critical for the activity of TOR signaling in Arabidopsis

P Cao, SJ Kim, A Xing, CA Schenck, L Liu, N Jiang… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
The target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is an evolutionarily conserved hub of nutrient sensing
and metabolic signaling. In plants, a functional connection of TOR activation with glucose …

ER bodies in plants of the Brassicales order: biogenesis and association with innate immunity

RT Nakano, K Yamada, P Bednarek… - Frontiers in plant …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms highly organized network structures composed of
tubules and cisternae. Many plant species develop additional ER-derived structures, most of …

Maintaining the structural and functional homeostasis of the plant endoplasmic reticulum

F Brandizzi - Developmental Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a ubiquitous organelle that is vital to the life of eukaryotic
cells. It synthesizes essential lipids and proteins and initiates the glycosylation of …

Arabidopsis reticulons inhibit ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE3 to form a stable tubular endoplasmic reticulum network

W Wang, H Zheng - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a network of interconnected tubules and sheets
stretching throughout the cytoplasm of plant cells. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) …

ER-associated VAP27-1 and VAP27-3 proteins functionally link the lipid-binding ORP2A at the ER-chloroplast contact sites

L Renna, G Stefano, MP Puggioni, SJ Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contacts heterotypic membranes at membrane
contact sites (MCSs) through largely undefined mechanisms. For instance, despite the well …

The dynamin-like GTPase Sey1p mediates homotypic ER fusion in S. cerevisiae

K Anwar, RW Klemm, A Condon, KN Severin… - Journal of Cell …, 2012 - rupress.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms a network of tubules and sheets that requires
homotypic membrane fusion to be maintained. In metazoans, this process is mediated by …

Atlastin 2/3 regulate ER targeting of the ULK1 complex to initiate autophagy

N Liu, H Zhao, YG Zhao, J Hu, H Zhang - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
Dynamic targeting of the ULK1 complex to the ER is crucial for initiating autophagosome
formation and for subsequent formation of ER–isolation membrane (IM; autophagosomal …

ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE3 family of dynamin-like GTPases mediates homotypic endoplasmic reticulum fusion and is essential for Arabidopsis development

M Zhang, F Wu, J Shi, Y Zhu, Z Zhu, Q Gong… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
In all eukaryotic cells, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms a tubular network whose
generation requires the fusion of ER membranes. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the …