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 …

Regulation of cellulose synthesis via exocytosis and endocytosis

Y Zhu, HE McFarlane - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose is a critical component of plant cell walls. Cellulose is made at the plasma
membrane by cellulose synthase (CESA) enzymes organized into large, multi-subunit …

R-SNARE protein YKT61 mediates root apical meristem cell division via BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1 recycling

T Ma, JR Tan, Y Zhang, S Li - Plant Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Root growth is sustained by cell division and differentiation of the root apical meristem
(RAM), in which brassinosteroid (BR) signaling mediated via the dynamic targeting of …

Exocyst functions in plants: secretion and autophagy

V Žárský - FEBS letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tethering complexes mediate vesicle–target compartment contact. Octameric complex
exocyst initiate vesicle exocytosis at specific cytoplasmic membrane domains. Plant exocyst …

Actomyosin and CSI1/POM2 cooperate to deliver cellulose synthase from Golgi to cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis

L Liu, T Wang, Y Bai, P Yan, L Dai, P Du… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As one of the major components of plant cell walls, cellulose is crucial for plant growth and
development. Cellulose is synthesized by cellulose synthase (CesA) complexes (CSCs) …

Basally distributed actin array drives embryonic hypocotyl elongation during the seed‐to‐seedling transition in Arabidopsis

X Cui, M Zou, J Li - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seed germination is a vital developmental transition for the production of progeny by sexual
reproduction in spermatophytes. The seed‐to‐seedling transition is predominately driven by …

Exploring the role of the plant actin cytoskeleton: from signaling to cellular functions

G Yuan, H Gao, T Yang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The plant actin cytoskeleton is characterized by the basic properties of dynamic array, which
plays a central role in numerous conserved processes that are required for diverse cellular …

Open questions in plant cell wall synthesis

HE McFarlane - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Plant cells are surrounded by strong yet flexible polysaccharide-based cell walls that
support cells while also allowing growth by cell expansion. Plant cell wall research has …

Myosin XI-mediated BIK1 recruitment to nanodomains facilitates FLS2–BIK1 complex formation during innate immunity in Arabidopsis

B Wang, Z Zhou, JM Zhou, J Li - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Plants rely on immune receptor complexes at the cell surface to perceive microbial
molecules and transduce these signals into the cell to regulate immunity. Various immune …

The EXO70 inhibitor Endosidin2 alters plasma membrane protein composition in Arabidopsis roots

X Li, P Zhu, YJ Chen, L Huang, D Wang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
To sustain normal growth and allow rapid responses to environmental cues, plants alter the
plasma membrane protein composition under different conditions presumably by regulation …