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🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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Multifaceted roles of U-box E3 ligases in plant development Abstract. Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are crucial for providing plants with the metabolic flexibility needed to regulate cellular signaling dur

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Karthik et al. discuss how the plant U-box (PUB) protein family of E3 ubiquitin ligases help integrate environmental signals with internal regulatory systems, thereby supporting plant growth and reproduction

Read full review: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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Always a pleasure to engage with the many brilliant 🤩 #earlycareer researchers presenting their work at #ICAR2025

Here’s just two of them:
🤩Ann-Kathrin Rößling @uni-freiburg.de
🤩Álvaro Daniel Fernández-Fernández @ethz.ch

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The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks - Nature Reviews Chemistry In this Review we discuss the fascinating molecular details of the small molecules and peptides promoting plant protein–protein interactions, and their relevance for plant development and environmenta...

📜 The role and structure of molecular glues in plant signalling networks

🧑‍🔬 Fidel Lozano-Elena & Sebastian Wendeborn

📔 @natrevchem.nature.com

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantSignaling #PlantStructuralBiology #PlantReceptors #StructuralBiology #MolecularGlue

Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025

Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8th-10th September

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RALF33–FERONIA Signaling Orchestrates Post-Wounding Root Tip Regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 Dynamics A signaling pathway involving a peptide and its receptor regulates root regeneration in plants after wounding, revealing critical insights into enhancing p

📜 RALF33–FERONIA Signaling Orchestrates Post-Wounding Root Tip Regeneration via TPR4–ERF115 Dynamics

🧑‍🔬 Yanan Shen, Qijun Xie, Tiantian Wang, Wenkun Zhou, Feng Yu, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantStress #PlantSignaling #PlantPhysiology

Conserved role of the SERK-BIR module in development and immunity across land plants SERKs act as co-receptors for LRR-RLKs, whose activity is regulated by BIRs, playing roles in development and immunity in angiosperms. Yan et al. show that SERK and BIR function as a module in the liv...

📜 Conserved role of the SERK-BIR module in development and immunity across land plants

🧑‍🔬 @yijiaaaaaa.bsky.social, @grandpahiro.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @currentbiology.bsky.social

🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...

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

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

🧑‍🔬 @siennaogawa.bsky.social, @sakessler.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Arabidopsis HYPERSENSITIVE INDUCED REACTION 2 affects plasma membrane receptor pathways and organization The distribution of proteins across the plasma membrane is not uniform; however, the principles governing their organization remain not fully understood. Hypersensitive-induced reaction (HIR) proteins...

📜 Arabidopsis HYPERSENSITIVE INDUCED REACTION 2 affects plasma membrane receptor pathways and organization

🧑‍🔬 @hannah-web.bsky.social, Alexandra Ehinger, Birgit Kemmerling, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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CEPR2 perceives group II CEPs to regulate cell surface immunity in Arabidopsis Plant endogenous peptides are crucial for diverse aspects of plant physiology. Among them, C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDEs (CEPs) have recently emerged as important regulators of plant growth and stress...

📜 CEPR2 perceives group II CEPs to regulate cell surface immunity in Arabidopsis

🧑‍🔬 Jakub Rzemieniewski, Martin Stegmann, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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An Insect Salivary Sheath Protein Triggers Plant Resistance to Insects and Pathogens as a Conserved HAMP The salivary sheath protein myosin from SBPH is critical for the formation of the salivary sheath and feeding. However, myosin functions as a HAMP and triggered plant BAK1-mediated PTI responses, whi...

📜 An Insect Salivary Sheath Protein Triggers Plant Resistance to Insects and Pathogens as a Conserved HAMP

🧑‍🔬 Liangxuan Qi, Jichao Fang, Rui Ji, et al.

📔 Advanced Science

🔗 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantSignaling #Herbivory #HAMP

A cell wall-associated kinase phosphorylates NLR immune receptor to negatively regulate resistosome formation - Nature Plants The discovery of the resistosome was a milestone in plant immunity. Here, Zhong et al. identify a kinase that phosphorylates the NLR, and reveal how this kinase regulates resistosome assembly to fine-...

📜 A cell wall-associated kinase phosphorylates NLR immune receptor to negatively regulate resistosome formation

🧑‍🔬 Chenchen Zhong, Wenli Li, Yongliang Zhang

📔 @natureplants.bsky.social

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Exploring fern pathosystems and immune receptors to bridge gaps in plant immunity Land plants include angiosperms, bryophytes, lycophytes and ferns, each of which may deploy distinct strategies to resist pathogens. Here, we investigate fern-pathogen interactions by characterizing n...

📜 Exploring fern pathosystems and immune receptors to bridge gaps in plant immunity

🧑‍🔬 @baptistebio.bsky.social, Christophe Jacquet, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantEvolution #PlantEvoMPMI #Ferns #PlantSignaling

Endocytosis of the damage-associated molecular pattern receptor PEPR1 is BAK1-dependent. After cellular damage caused by wounding or pathogens, Arabidopsis thaliana endogenous elicitor peptides (Peps) are released into the apoplast, enhancing innate immunity by directly binding to the mem...

📜 Endocytosis of the damage-associated molecular pattern receptor PEPR1 is BAK1-dependent

🧑‍🔬 Lucas Alves Neubus Claus, @jennyrussinova.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Plant Peptide Ligands as Temporal and Spatial Regulators | Annual Reviews Throughout the life cycle of a plant, numerous responses need to be carefully regulated to ensure proper development and appropriate responses to external stimuli, and plant hormones play a crucial ro...

📜 Plant peptide ligands as temporal and spatial regulators

🧑‍🔬 @vildeol.bsky.social & @melinkab.bsky.social

📔 @annualreviews.bsky.social

🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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📜 Enhancing plant broad-spectrum resistance through engineered pattern recognition receptors

🧑‍🔬 Yuankun Yang, @steidele.bsky.social, Andrea A. Gust, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/1...

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Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance Flg22-triggered dual electric signals are crucial for generation of local and systemic defense responses.

📜 Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance

🧑‍🔬 @furch-lab.bsky.social, Aart J. E. van Bel, et al.

📔 Science Advances

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause major agricultural losses worldwide, yet the molecular basis of plant immunity against these pathogens remains poorly understood. To investigate how plants recog...

📜 A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis

🧑‍🔬 Erika Iino, @yasukadota.bsky.social, @shirasulab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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📜 Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants

🧑‍🔬 Maxwell R. Fishman, @shirasulab.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/1...

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High-Throughput Glycan Array Screening Reveals Rhamnogalacturonan-I as a Ligand for Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases The plant cell wall not only serves as a physical barrier against pathogens but, when damaged, also functions as a source of cell wall-derived molecules that play crucial roles in plant immunity as da...

📜 High-Throughput Glycan Array Screening Reveals Rhamnogalacturonan-I as a Ligand for Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases

🧑‍🔬 Du-Hwa Lee, Colin Ruprecht, Fabian Pfrengle, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 biorxiv.org/lookup/doi/1...

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Synthetic FLS2 receptor oligomer boosts plant innate immunity Cell surface receptors’ gradual assembly and oligomerization are vital for controlling receptor activation and turnover. However, the spatiotemporal mechanisms of how surface receptor interactions ach...

📜 Synthetic FLS2 receptor oligomer boosts plant innate immunity

🧑‍🔬 Zhiming Ma, Yansong Miao, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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A pair of LysM receptors mediates symbiosis and immunity discrimination in Marchantia Most land plants form symbioses with microbes to acquire nutrients and restrict infection by pathogens. A single pair of LysM receptors mediates dosage-dependent perception of different chitin oligome...

📜 A pair of LysM receptors mediates symbiosis and immunity discrimination in Marchantia

🧑‍🔬 Xinhang Tan, Dapeng Wang, Ertao Wang, et al.

📔 Cell

🔗 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Preventing inappropriate signals pre- and post-ligand perception by a toggle switch mechanism of ERECTA | PNAS Dynamic control of signaling events requires swift regulation of receptors at an active state. By focusing on the Arabidopsis ERECTA (ER) receptor ...

📜 Preventing inappropriate signals pre- and post-ligand perception by a toggle switch mechanism of ERECTA

🧑‍🔬 Liangliang Chen, @frankmenke.bsky.social, @keikoutorii.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @pnas.org

🔗 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status - Nature Communications Rzemieniewski et al. demonstrated that Arabidopsis thaliana CEPs regulate immunity via three CEP receptors with distinct expression patterns and ligand specificities. CEPs and their receptors coordina...

📜 CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status

🧑‍🔬 Jakub Rzemieniewski, Martin Stegmann, et al.

📔 @naturecomms.bsky.social

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The OXI1 kinase regulates plant immunity by linking microbial pattern-induced ROS burst to MAPK activation A reactive oxygen species (ROS)-activated kinase, OXI1, participates in pattern recognition receptor complexes and links microbial pattern–induced ROS burs

📜 The OXI1 kinase regulates plant immunity by linking microbial pattern-induced ROS burst to MAPK activation

🧑‍🔬 Miaomiao Ma, Pan Wang, Rubin Chen, Xiangxiu Liang, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

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Reprogramming of flagellin receptor responses with surrogate ligands - Nature Communications Lee et al. discovered two synthetic small molecules (Maya1 and Maya2) that interact with the plant flagellin receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis. These molecules weakly activate FLS2, eliciting an atypical i...

📜 Reprogramming of flagellin receptor responses with surrogate ligands

🧑‍🔬 Du-Hwa Lee, Youssef Belkhadir, et al.

📔 Nature Communications

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The phosphatase PP2C12 is a negative player in LRX-RALF-FER-mediated cell wall integrity sensing Plants have evolved an elaborate cell wall integrity (CWI) sensing system to monitor and modify cell wall formation. LRR-extensins (LRXs) are cell wall-anchored proteins that bind RAPID ALKALINIZATION...

📜 The phosphatase PP2C12 is a negative player in LRX-RALF-FER-mediated cell wall integrity sensing

🧑‍🔬 Xiaoyu Hou, Christoph Ringli, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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A peptide-receptor module links cell wall integrity sensing to pattern-triggered immunity - Nature Plants The authors identified a specific Arabidopsis ligand–receptor module as a central hub connecting cell wall integrity sensing with pattern-triggered immunity through transcriptional reprogramming.

A new paper from Cyril Zipfel's lab linking MIK2 and SCOOP18 to cell wall integrity sensing.

Keran Zhai & @jackrhodes.bsky.social et al. in @natureplants.bsky.social.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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SCOOP10 And SCOOP12 Peptides Act Through MIK2 Receptor-Like Kinase to Antagonistically Regulate Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence Leaf senescence plays a critical role in a plant's overall reproductive success due to its involvement in nutrient remobilization and allocation. Howe…

📜 SCOOP10 And SCOOP12 Peptides Act Through MIK2 Receptor-Like Kinase to Antagonistically Regulate Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence

🧑‍🔬 Zhenbiao Zhang, Nora Gigli-Bisceglia, Yongfeng Guo, et al.

📔 Molecular Plant

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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