Investigation of soft matter nanomechanics by atomic force microscopy and optical tweezers: A comprehensive review

A Magazzù, C Marcuello - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft matter exhibits a multitude of intrinsic physico-chemical attributes. Their mechanical
properties are crucial characteristics to define their performance. In this context, the rigidity of …

Connecting the plant cytoskeleton to the cell surface via the phosphoinositides

C Goldy, MC Caillaud - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants have developed fine-tuned cellular mechanisms to respond to a variety of
intracellular and extracellular signals. These responses often necessitate the rearrangement …

Three novel adenylate cyclase genes show significant biological functions in plant

Z Liu, Y Yuan, L Wang, X Zhao, L Wang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Adenylate cyclase is the key enzyme solely synthesizing cAMP which participates in cell
metabolism regulations and functions as an intracellular second messenger. However, the …

Moonlighting proteins shine new light on molecular signaling niches

I Turek, H Irving - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants as sessile organisms face daily environmental challenges and have developed
highly nuanced signaling systems to enable suitable growth, development, defense, or …

The emerging roles of diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) in plant stress tolerance, growth, and development

IC Kue Foka, T Ketehouli, Y Zhou, XW Li, FW Wang… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) is recognized as the key enzyme of the lipid signaling pathway,
which involves the transduction of messages from hormones, neurotransmitters, and …

Signalling pinpointed to the tip: the complex regulatory network that allows pollen tube growth

P Scholz, J Anstatt, HE Krawczyk, T Ischebeck - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants display a complex life cycle, alternating between haploid and diploid generations.
During fertilisation, the haploid sperm cells are delivered to the female gametophyte by …

Fertilization in flowering plants: an odyssey of sperm cell delivery

PB Adhikari, X Liu, X Wu, S Zhu, RD Kasahara - Plant molecular biology, 2020 - Springer
Key message In light of the available discoveries in the field, this review manuscript
discusses on plant reproduction mechanism and molecular players involved in the process …

DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE 5 regulates polar tip growth of tobacco pollen tubes

P Scholz, P Pejchar, M Fernkorn… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pollen tubes require a tightly regulated pectin secretion machinery to sustain the cell wall
plasticity required for polar tip growth. Involved in this regulation at the apical plasma …

Mechanobiology of the cell wall–insights from tip-growing plant and fungal cells

C Municio-Diaz, E Muller, S Drevensek… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
The cell wall (CW) is a thin and rigid layer encasing the membrane of all plant and fungal
cells. It ensures mechanical integrity by bearing mechanical stresses derived from large …

Metabolic regulation and lipidomic remodeling in relation to spermidine-induced stress tolerance to high temperature in plants

Z Li, B Cheng, Y Zhao, L Luo, Y Zhang, G Feng… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Beneficial effects of spermidine (Spd) on alleviating abiotic stress damage have been
explored in plants for hundreds of years, but limited information is available about its roles in …