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G3BP1 Phosphorylation Regulates Plant Immunity in Arabidopsis

Authors: Hirt, H., Abdulhakim, F., Abdulfaraj, A., Rayapuram, N.

Date: 2025-05-08 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.06.652493

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study identifies the RNA‑binding protein AtG3BP1 as a phosphorylation target of MAPKs MPK3, MPK4, and MPK6 at Ser257 in Arabidopsis thaliana and shows that this modification promotes susceptibility to bacterial pathogens, suppresses ROS accumulation and salicylic acid biosynthesis, and maintains stomatal opening. Phospho‑mimic and phospho‑dead mutants reveal that phosphorylation stabilizes AtG3BP1 by preventing proteasomal degradation, highlighting a novel post‑translational control layer in plant immunity.

MAPK signaling AtG3BP1 phosphorylation plant immunity stomatal defense

Actin Depolymerization Factors (ADFs) Moonlighting: Nuclear Immune Regulation by Interacting with WRKY Transcription Factors and Shaping the Transcriptome

Authors: Li, P., Kelley, B., Li, Z., Procter, B., Corrion, A., Xie, X., Sheick, R., Lu, Y.-j., Nomoto, M., Wei, C.-i., Tada, Y., He, S.-Y., Xiao, S., Day, B.

Date: 2025-04-30 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.29.651294

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study reveals that Arabidopsis actin depolymerization factors (ADF2/3/4) have a nuclear moonlighting role, directly interacting with WRKY transcription factors to regulate immune‑related gene expression. Nuclear, rather than cytosolic, ADFs are essential for defense against both virulent and avirulent Pseudomonas syringae, highlighting a non‑canonical mechanism linking actin dynamics to transcriptional control in plant immunity.

actin depolymerization factors nuclear transcription regulation WRKY transcription factors plant immunity Arabidopsis thaliana

SnRK1.1 Coordinates Organ-Specific Growth-Defense Programs via Transcriptomic Rewiring in Arabidopsis thaliana

Authors: Kalachova, T., Muller, K., Lacek, J., Pree, S., Antonova, A., Bondarenko, O., Burketova, L., Retzer, K., Weckwerth, W.

Date: 2025-04-29 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.25.650715

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study shows that the SnRK1 catalytic subunit KIN10 directs tissue-specific growth‑defense programs in Arabidopsis thaliana by reshaping transcriptomes. kin10 knockout mutants exhibit altered root transcription, reduced root growth, and weakened defense against Pseudomonas syringae, whereas KIN10 overexpression activates shoot defense pathways, increasing ROS and salicylic acid signaling at the cost of growth.

SnRK1 KIN10 transcriptome reprogramming plant immunity tissue-specific signaling

MLO-mediated Ca2+ influx regulates root hair tip growth in Arabidopsis

Authors: Ogawa, S. T., Zhang, W., Staiger, C. J., Kessler, S. A.

Date: 2025-04-10 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.08.647801

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study demonstrates that constitutively active MLO (faNTA) can rescue the fer-4 root‑hair bursting and polarity defects, restoring tip‑focused cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations and ROS accumulation, highlighting a FERONIA‑MLO signaling module that governs Ca2+ influx and ROS production during root‑hair tip growth. Genetic analysis of mlo15-4 further confirms MLO15 as a key regulator of these Ca2+ and ROS dynamics. The findings suggest MLO proteins act downstream of FER to coordinate calcium and ROS signals essential for root‑hair integrity.

root hair tip growth calcium signaling reactive oxygen species FERONIA receptor kinase MLO proteins

ROS regulation of stigma papillae growth and maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Authors: Sankaranarayanan, S., Venkatesan, S. D., Davis, T. C., Kessler, S. A.

Date: 2025-04-10 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.08.647846

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study reveals that reactive oxygen species (ROS) have distinct temporal roles in Arabidopsis thaliana stigma papillae development, with superoxide promoting early growth and hydrogen peroxide marking mature, pollen‑receptive papillae. Pharmacological reduction of superoxide or transgenic over‑expression of superoxide dismutase under an early stigma promoter impairs papillae growth, highlighting ROS homeostasis as essential for proper papillae differentiation and successful pollination.

stigma papillae reactive oxygen species Arabidopsis thaliana superoxide pollen reception

HISTONE DEACETYLASE COMPLEX 1 modulates sepal length through the ethylene-ROS module

Authors: Xiang, D., Qiu, D., Zhang, R., He, X., Xu, S., Zhou, M., Hong, L.

Date: 2025-03-31 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.27.645679

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study identifies HISTONE DEACETYLASE COMPLEX 1 (HDC1) as a positive regulator of sepal size during maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana, showing that hdc1 mutants exhibit prolonged elongation due to delayed maturation. Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, together with genetic and chemical experiments, reveal that HDC1 promotes ethylene production, which in turn triggers ROS accumulation to terminate sepal growth. These findings elucidate a coordinated ethylene‑ROS signaling mechanism controlling organ size during plant development.

HISTONE DEACETYLASE COMPLEX 1 sepal size regulation ethylene signaling reactive oxygen species Arabidopsis thaliana

Multilevel analysis of response to plant growth promoting and pathogenic bacteria in Arabidopsis roots and the role of CYP71A27 in this response

Authors: Koprivova, A., Ristova, D., Berka, M., Berkova, V., Türksoy, G. M., Andersen, T. G., Westhoff, P., Cerny, M., Kopriva, S.

Date: 2025-03-27 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.26.645393

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study compares transcriptional, proteomic, and metabolomic responses of wild‑type Arabidopsis and a cyp71A27 mutant to a plant‑growth‑promoting Pseudomonas fluorescens strain and a pathogenic Burkholderia glumeae strain, revealing distinct reprogramming and an unexpected signaling role for the non‑canonical P450 CYP71A27. Mutant analysis showed that loss of CYP71A27 alters gene and protein regulation, especially during interaction with the PGP bacterium, while having limited impact on root metabolites and exudates.

CYP71A27 plant‑microbe interaction Pseudomonas fluorescens CH267 Burkholderia glumeae PG1 transcriptomics

Antioxidant properties of dihydroxy B-ring flavonoids modulate circadian amplitude in Arabidopsis

Authors: Littleton, E. S., Hildreth, S. B., Kojima, S., Winkel, B. S. J.

Date: 2025-03-13 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.09.641856

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study demonstrates that dihydroxy B‑ring flavonoids modulate the amplitude of the core circadian clock gene reporter TOC1:LUC in Arabidopsis by affecting cellular H2O2 levels, rather than auxin transport. Reducing reactive oxygen species restored normal TOC1:LUC amplitude in flavonoid‑deficient seedlings, and altered chloroplast Ca2+ levels suggest a retrograde signaling component.

flavonoids circadian clock reactive oxygen species TOC1:LUC reporter chloroplast calcium signaling

Protein and genetic interactions between RACK1A and FSD1 modulate plant development and stress granule-dependent response to salt in Arabidopsis.

Authors: Melicher, P., Dvorak, P., Tsinyk, M., Rehak, J., Samajova, O., Hlavackova, K., Ovecka, M., Samaj, J., Takac, T.

Date: 2025-02-25 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.25.640159

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study identifies the scaffolding protein RACK1A as a cytoplasmic interaction partner of the antioxidant enzyme FSD1, revealing that RACK1A recruits FSD1 to cycloheximide-sensitive condensates that colocalize with stress granules during salt stress. Functional analyses show that this RACK1A‑FSD1 module modulates ROS levels, influences root hair tip growth, and determines salt‑stress resilience in Arabidopsis.

reactive oxygen species salt stress RACK1A-FSD1 interaction stress granules Arabidopsis

Transcriptomic insights into the role of miR394 in the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana

Authors: Belen, F., Bernardi, Y., Reutemann, A., Vegetti, A., Dotto, M. C.

Date: 2025-02-20 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.15.638417

Category: Plant Biology

Model Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana

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The study investigates how miR394 influences flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana by combining transcriptomic profiling of mir394a mir394b double mutants with histological analysis of reporter lines. Bioinformatic analysis identified a novel lncRNA overlapping MIR394B (named MIRAST), and differential promoter activity of MIR394A and MIR394B suggests miR394 fine‑tunes flower development through transcription factor and chromatin remodeler regulation.

miR394 flowering time Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptomics lncRNA
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