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 …

Shaping the endoplasmic reticulum into a social network

H Zhang, J Hu - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
In eukaryotic cells, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is constructed as a network of tubules
and sheets that exist in one continuous membrane system. Several classes of integral …

Electron microscopy for imaging organelles in plants and algae

E Weiner, JM Pinskey, D Nicastro, MS Otegui - Plant Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent developments in both instrumentation and image analysis algorithms have allowed
three-dimensional electron microscopy (3D-EM) to increase automated image collections …

Salicylic acid-independent role of NPR1 is required for protection from proteotoxic stress in the plant endoplasmic reticulum

YS Lai, L Renna, J Yarema, C Ruberti… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is an ancient signaling pathway designed to protect
cells from the accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum …

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 …

Plant endoplasmic reticulum–plasma membrane contact sites

P Wang, C Hawes, PJ Hussey - Trends in plant science, 2017 - cell.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) acts as a superhighway with multiple sideroads that
connects the different membrane compartments including the ER to the plasma membrane …

NeurodegenERation: the central role for ER contacts in neuronal function and axonopathy, lessons from hereditary spastic paraplegias and related diseases

PC Fowler, ME Garcia-Pardo, JC Simpson… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative
conditions whose characteristic feature is degeneration of the longest axons within the …

COPII paralogs in plants: functional redundancy or diversity?

KP Chung, Y Zeng, L Jiang - Trends in Plant Science, 2016 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, the best-described mechanism of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) export is
mediated by coat protein complex II (COPII) vesicles, which comprise five conserved …

From shaping organelles to signalling platforms: the emerging functions of plant ER–PM contact sites

EM Bayer, I Sparkes, S Vanneste, A Rosado - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•ER–PM contacts sites (EPCS) regulate cytoskeleton organization and cER
geometry.•EPCS architecture changes throughout plant development.•EPCS tether …