Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.015
Marissa Y Annis, Claire M Ravenburg, Klaas J van Wijk
{"title":"Uvr motifs regulate the chloroplast Clp chaperone-protease system.","authors":"Marissa Y Annis, Claire M Ravenburg, Klaas J van Wijk","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.09.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chloroplast proteostasis relies on diverse proteases, including the essential Clp chaperone-protease system. Two chloroplast ClpC AAA+ chaperones and the plant-specific adaptor ClpF contain an Uvr motif with predicted coiled-coiled structures implicated in protein-protein interactions. Head-to-head contacts between Uvr motifs in middle (M)-domains regulate the oligomerization and activation of several bacterial Clp chaperones. Interestingly, in arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), this Uvr motif is found in six additional chloroplast proteins (Executer1, Executer2, and Uvr1-4). Here, we first summarize evidence that Uvr motifs regulate proteostasis in bacteria. Based on this evidence and recent results in arabidopsis, we postulate that arabidopsis Uvr motif proteins regulate chloroplast Clp proteolysis. We propose specific working hypotheses to test the function of the Uvr motif in chloroplast proteostasis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"269-282"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142508732","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":"Pollinator, pollen, and cultivar identity drive crop quality.","authors":"Teja Tscharntke, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Wiebke Kämper","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Animal pollination enhances a third of global food production, yet the roles of pollinator, pollen, and cultivar identity in shaping crop quality, such as nutritional, sensory, and marketing value, are underexplored. Crop quality often depends on pollinator movement patterns, which vary with cultivar selection and spatial arrangement, pollen donor identity, and landscape context. Transfer of the right pollen between cultivars may fail, as pollen is often not transported far, even by highly dispersive pollinators, reducing cross-pollination and crop quality. Both pollinator identity and complementary spatiotemporal activity of diverse pollinators can shape crop quality. Here, we argue that promoting crop quality needs better understanding of species-specific pollinator behaviour and cultivar distribution patterns, rather than only focusing on enhancing pollinator densities.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"283-290"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142563827","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-11-09DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.009
Shareen K D Sanders, Mark van Kleunen, Eric Allan, Madhav P Thakur
{"title":"Effects of extreme drought on the invasion dynamics of non-native plants.","authors":"Shareen K D Sanders, Mark van Kleunen, Eric Allan, Madhav P Thakur","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing frequency of extreme droughts poses significant challenges for predicting the invasion success (or failure) of non-native plant species. While current frameworks are primarily based on moderate droughts, the unique characteristics of extreme droughts necessitate re-evaluating our understanding of plant invasion during and after extreme droughts. Here, using core principles of community assembly and invasion biology, we discuss how the invasibility of non-native plants during and after extreme droughts differs due to: (i) differences in the ecological response of the native community, (ii) barriers at different invasion stages, and (iii) the traits of non-native plants. We incorporate ideas from current ecological theories of invasive success and suggest how drought-mediated invasion is influenced by biotic interactions in the native community.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"291-300"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629000","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.015
Welder Alves da Silva, Júnio Sousa-Isabel, Marcelle Ferreira-Silva, Wagner L Araújo
{"title":"Cellular metabolism and hormone signalling: connecting growth and defence.","authors":"Welder Alves da Silva, Júnio Sousa-Isabel, Marcelle Ferreira-Silva, Wagner L Araújo","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants, as sessile organisms, have developed mechanisms to balance growth and defence strategies against biotic and abiotic stresses. Two recent studies by Hong et al. and Lu et al. have provided valuable insights into the regulatory mechanisms that connect cell metabolism and hormonal signalling.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"235-237"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824433","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.017
Karla Gasparini, Patrício Delgado-Santibañez, Agustin Zsögön, Dimas Mendes Ribeiro
{"title":"Moving abscisic acid transport forward.","authors":"Karla Gasparini, Patrício Delgado-Santibañez, Agustin Zsögön, Dimas Mendes Ribeiro","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abscisic acid (ABA) transport in plants is necessary to regulate developmental plasticity and responses to environmental signals. Plants use ABA exporter ATP-binding cassette G25 (ABCG25) to control ABA homeostasis. Three recent papers (Huang et al., Ying et al., and Xin et al.) have revealed the structure and transport mechanism of ABCG25.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"241-244"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855486","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.011
Yuanyuan Zhu, Xiaoping Yu, Jian Wu
{"title":"CRISPR/Cas: a toolkit for plant disease diagnostics.","authors":"Yuanyuan Zhu, Xiaoping Yu, Jian Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genetic factors and infectious pathogens that cause plant diseases have a major impact on agricultural production. In recent years, the potential of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) system in nucleic acid analysis and plant disease diagnostics has been demonstrated. We highlight progress of CRISPR/Cas technology that is significant for monitoring plant growth and preventing diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"245-248"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142855569","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}
Trends in Plant SciencePub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-10-28DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.005
Rui Mou, Ruixia Niu, Ruoying Yang, Guoyong Xu
{"title":"Engineering crop performance with upstream open reading frames.","authors":"Rui Mou, Ruixia Niu, Ruoying Yang, Guoyong Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tplants.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plants intricately regulate the expression of protein-coding genes at multiple stages - including mRNA transcription, translation, decay, and protein degradation - to control growth, development, and responses to environmental challenges. Recent research highlights the importance of translational reprogramming as a pivotal mechanism in regulating gene expression across diverse physiological scenarios. This regulatory mechanism bears practical implications, particularly in bolstering crop productivity by manipulating RNA regulatory elements (RREs) to modulate heterologous gene expression through transgene and endogenous gene expression through gene editing. Here, we elucidate the potential of upstream open reading frames (uORFs), a prominent and stringent class of RREs, in optimizing crop performance, exemplifying the efficacy of translational control in enhancing agricultural yields.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":"311-323"},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142547659","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":"Phytobacterial effectors antagonize plant reproduction: new weapons in hand.","authors":"Xinhua Sun, Jane E Parker, Gang Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacteria secrete proteins into plant cells to reprogram host immunity and development. Yang et al. recently revealed that a nonadapted bacterial pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae (Xoo), suppresses reproduction in arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) via a type VI-secreted effector TleB. Delivery of TleB to flowers disrupts an ovule initiation program controlled by the PUB14-BZR1 transcriptional module.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524526","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}
Frederik M Ahrens, Paula F V do Prado, Hauke S Hillen, Thomas Pfannschmidt
{"title":"The plastid-encoded RNA polymerase of plant chloroplasts.","authors":"Frederik M Ahrens, Paula F V do Prado, Hauke S Hillen, Thomas Pfannschmidt","doi":"10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2025.01.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant chloroplasts possess a dedicated genome (plastome) and a prokaryotic-type plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) that mediates its expression. PEP is composed of five bacteria-like core proteins and 16 nucleus-encoded PEP-associated proteins (PAPs). These are essential for PEP-driven transcription and chloroplast biogenesis, but their functions and structural arrangement in the PEP complex remained largely enigmatic. Recently, four independently determined cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of purified plant PEP complexes reported features of the prokaryotic core and the arrangement of PAPs around it, identified potential functional domains and cofactors, and described the interactions of PEP with DNA. We explore these data and critically discuss the proposed regulatory impact of PAPs on the transcription process. We further address the evolutionary implications and describe fields for future investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23264,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Plant Science","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":17.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143516914","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}