Joanna Wójtowicz, Radosław Mazur, Dainius Jakubauskas, Anna Sokolova, Christopher Garvey, Kell Mortensen, Poul Erik Jensen, Jacob J. K. Kirkensgaard, Łucja Kowalewska
{"title":"Shrink or expand? Just relax! Bidirectional grana structural dynamics as early light-induced regulator of photosynthesis","authors":"Joanna Wójtowicz, Radosław Mazur, Dainius Jakubauskas, Anna Sokolova, Christopher Garvey, Kell Mortensen, Poul Erik Jensen, Jacob J. K. Kirkensgaard, Łucja Kowalewska","doi":"10.1111/nph.70175","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70175","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2580-2596"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70175","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143880758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regeneration and defense: unveiling the molecular interplay in plants","authors":"Dawei Xu, Li Yang","doi":"10.1111/nph.70171","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70171","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In both plants and animals, tissue or organ regeneration typically follows wounding, which also activates defense responses against pathogenic microbes and herbivores. Both intrinsic and environmental cues guide the molecular decisions between regeneration and defense. In animal studies, extensive research has highlighted the role of various microbes – including pathogenic, commensal, and beneficial species – in influencing the signaling interplay between immunity and regeneration. Conversely, most plant regeneration studies are conducted under sterile conditions, which leaves a gap in our understanding of how plant innate immunity influences regeneration pathways. Recent findings have begun to elucidate the roles of key defense pathways in modulating plant regeneration and the crosstalk between these two processes. These studies also explore how microbes might influence the molecular choice between defense and regeneration in plants. This review examines the molecular mechanisms governing the balance between plant regeneration and innate immunity, with a focus on the emerging role of aging and microbial interactions in shaping these processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2484-2494"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143880333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genome sequence of the wild species, Spinacia tetrandra, including a phased sequence of the extensive sex-linked region, revealing partial degeneration in evolutionary strata with unusual properties","authors":"Hongbing She, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhaosheng Xu, Helong Zhang, Jian Wu, Xiaowu Wang, Feng Cheng, Deborah Charlesworth, Wei Qian","doi":"10.1111/nph.70165","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70165","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ul>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Genetic degeneration is a striking feature of Y chromosomes, often involving losses of many genes carried on the X chromosome. However, the time course of gene losses remains unclear. Sex chromosomes of plants evolved more recently than animals' highly degenerated ones, making them ideal for studying degeneration timing.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>To investigate <i>Spinacia</i> sex chromosome evolution and the time course of degeneration, we compared genome sequences of cultivated <i>Spinacia oleracea</i>, with a small Y-linked region on Chr4, with its two wild relatives.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>In spinach and its closest relative <i>Spinacia turkestanica</i>, the Y duplication region (YDR) introduced a male-determining factor into Chr4's low-recombining pericentromeric region. In other words, a turnover event occurred in these species' recent common ancestor. The homologous Chr4 of the more distantly related <i>S. tetrandra</i> has a <i>c</i>. 133 Mb completely sex-linked and partially degenerated region, possibly reflecting the ancestral state.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Sequence divergence analysis suggests that two ‘evolutionary strata’ evolved shortly before the two <i>Spinacia</i> lineages split. Consistent with the turnover hypothesis, the YDR of the other two <i>Spinacia</i> species is not within the <i>S. tetrandra</i> older stratum. We discuss the unexpected findings in <i>S. tetrandra</i> that genetic degeneration, genomic rearrangements, and repetitive sequence density are all greatest in the younger stratum.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2765-2781"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Receptor-like kinase cleavage: molecular mechanism and regulatory functions in plants","authors":"Meng Yu, Xiaotong Nie, Shaoying Ke, Li Li, Bin Li","doi":"10.1111/nph.70174","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70174","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are essential in nearly all plant life activities. To date, most RLK research focuses on their plasma membrane functions as holoreceptors. This review introduces a distinct mechanism: RLK cleavage-regulated signal transduction in plants. We summarize cleavable RLKs and describe their cleavage forms, focusing on molecular mechanisms and functions for plant development and plant–microbe interactions. Notably, we emphasize that the released intracellular domain of RLKs translocates to the nucleus, mediating noncanonical signaling pathways. This review provides valuable insights into plant biology and underscores the significance of RLK cleavage in plant signaling.</p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2478-2483"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70174","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongqiang Chen, Chuanlei Xiao, Huiyun Yang, Xuege Feng, Honghong Hu
{"title":"SCREAM promotes the timely termination of proliferative divisions in stomatal lineage by directly suppressing SPEECHLESS transcription","authors":"Yongqiang Chen, Chuanlei Xiao, Huiyun Yang, Xuege Feng, Honghong Hu","doi":"10.1111/nph.70145","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70145","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ul>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Stomata are produced through a series of asymmetric cell divisions (ACDs) and one symmetric division. In the <i>Arabidopsis</i> stomatal lineage, the number of ACDs in meristemoids is strictly limited to 1–3 rounds before meristemoids differentiate into guard mother cells. However, the precise regulatory mechanisms that govern this pattern formation remain largely elusive.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Here, we identify a unique mechanism of SCREAM (SCRM) in terminating proliferative ACDs of meristemoids by directly suppressing <i>SPEECHLESS</i> (<i>SPCH</i>), a master initiator of stomatal ACDs. The mutation of <i>SCRM</i>, rather than <i>SCRM2</i>, results in a delayed proliferation-to-differentiation transition, as well as an excessive phenotype of ACDs. Conversely, overexpression of <i>SCRM</i> promotes the timely termination of proliferative divisions. Expression of stomatal-linage marker genes is upregulated in <i>scrm</i> and downregulated in <i>SCRM</i><sub><i>OE</i></sub> plants.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Multiple assays have demonstrated that SCRM, activated by SPCH, directly binds to the promoter of <i>SPCH</i> and represses its expression. Genetic analysis supports that SCRM acts upstream of SPCH, thus forming a loop of SPCH-SCRM-SPCH to maintain the balance between the initiation and termination of ACDs.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Our findings reveal a distinct role of SCRM in regulating proliferative divisions and provide insight into the mechanism governing the limited rounds of ACDs in meristemoids.</li>\u0000 </ul>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2565-2579"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computational modeling of plant root development: the art and the science","authors":"Kirsten H. ten Tusscher","doi":"10.1111/nph.70164","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70164","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plant root development, like any developmental process, arises from the interplay between processes like gene expression, cell–cell signaling, cell growth and division, and tissue mechanics, which unfold over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Computational models are uniquely suited to integrate these different processes and spatio-temporal scales to investigate how their interplay determines developmental outcomes and have become part of mainstream plant developmental research. Still, for non-modeling experts, it often remains unclear how models are built, why a particular modeling approach was chosen, and how to interpret and value model outcomes. This review attempts to explain the science behind the art of model building, illustrating the simplifications that are often made to keep models simple to understand and when these are and are not justified. Similarly, it discusses when it is safe to ignore certain processes like growth or tissue mechanics and when it is not. Additionally, this review discusses a range of major breakthrough modeling articles. Their approaches are linked to classical concepts and models in developmental biology like the French flag positional information gradient of Lewis Wolpert and the repetitive patterning mechanism proposed by Turing, in addition to highlighting the lessons they taught us on plant root development.</p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2446-2461"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70164","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143867001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anukool Vaishnav, Martin Rozmoš, Michala Kotianová, Hana Hršelová, Petra Bukovská, Jan Jansa
{"title":"Protists are key players in the utilization of protein nitrogen in the arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphosphere","authors":"Anukool Vaishnav, Martin Rozmoš, Michala Kotianová, Hana Hršelová, Petra Bukovská, Jan Jansa","doi":"10.1111/nph.70153","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70153","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 6","pages":"2753-2764"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70153","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kate M. Johnson, Matilda J. M. Brown, Katya I. Bandow, Helena Vallicrosa
{"title":"Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of conifers vs broad-leaves has critical implications for research and modelling","authors":"Kate M. Johnson, Matilda J. M. Brown, Katya I. Bandow, Helena Vallicrosa","doi":"10.1111/nph.70136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70136","url":null,"abstract":"In plant science research and modelling, particularly from the northern hemisphere, the terms ‘needle-leaved’ and ‘conifer’ along with ‘broad-leaved’ and ‘angiosperm’ are often used synonymously, creating the false dichotomy that conifers are needle-leaved and angiosperms are broad-leaved. While these equivalences may be largely correct in the temperate northern hemisphere, they do not hold true in equatorial and southern hemisphere forests. Confounding needle-leaved conifers and broad-leaved angiosperms present significant issues in empirical research and modelling. Here, we highlight the likely origins and impacts of misusing conifer-related terminology, the misinterpretation that ensues and its implications. We identify the issue of a focus on Pinaceae and coin the term ‘Pinaceae panacea’ to describe this. We provide recommendations for future research: from standardising the use of definitions to shifting away from using Pinaceae as a model group for all conifers.","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allegra Wundersitz, Kurt M. V. Hoffmann, Joost T. van Dongen
{"title":"Acyl-CoA-binding proteins: bridging long-chain acyl-CoA metabolism to gene regulation","authors":"Allegra Wundersitz, Kurt M. V. Hoffmann, Joost T. van Dongen","doi":"10.1111/nph.70142","DOIUrl":"10.1111/nph.70142","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Acyl-Coenzyme A-binding proteins (ACBPs) sequester and transport long-chain acyl-Coenzyme A (LCA-CoA) molecules, key intermediates in lipid metabolism, membrane biogenesis, and energy production. In addition, recent research emphasizes their regulatory role in linking the metabolic state to gene expression. In animals, ACBPs coordinate acetyl-CoA metabolism and enzyme activity, thereby affecting gene expression through broad signaling networks. In plants, ACBPs contribute to development and stress responses, with hypoxia research showing their involvement in detecting LCA-CoA fluctuations to trigger genetic acclimation. This review explores ACBPs in LCA-CoA signaling and gene regulation, emphasizing their function as universal ‘translators’ of metabolic states for cellular acclimation. Further ACBP research will offer novel regulatory insights into numerous signaling pathways fundamental to health, development, and environmental responses across kingdoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":214,"journal":{"name":"New Phytologist","volume":"246 5","pages":"1960-1966"},"PeriodicalIF":8.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}