Plant Biology

Unraveling the role of urea hydrolysis in salt stress response during seed germination and seedling growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

1. Yuanyuan Bu
2. Xingye Dong
3. Rongrong Zhang
4. Xianglian Shen
5. Yan Liu
6. Shu Wang
7. Tetsuo Takano
8. Shenkui Liu

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  eLife assessment

  This important study advances our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying salt stress-induced inhibition of seed germination and seedling growth. The evidence supporting the conclusions is convincing, with rigorous genetic, physiological, and metabolic analyses. This paper will be of interest to plant stress biologists and crop breeders.

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A dual function of the IDA peptide in regulating cell separation and modulating plant immunity at the molecular level

1. Vilde Olsson Lalun
2. Maike Breiden
3. Sergio Galindo-Trigo
4. Elwira Smakowska-Luzan
5. Rüdiger GW Simon
6. Melinka A Butenko

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  eLife assessment

  This manuscript presents valuable findings on the role of a plant peptide in coordinating developmental and immune responses signaling. The evidence supporting the claims, while mainly descriptive and and somewhat limited due to the main conclusions being drawn from overexpression lines, is mostly solid. The findings are interesting, they align with existing models, and they are of relevance to plant pathologists and developmental biologists.

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Single-molecule analysis reveals the phosphorylation of FLS2 governs its spatiotemporal dynamics and immunity

1. Yaning Cui
2. Hongping Qian
3. Jinhuan Yin
4. Changwen Xu
5. Pengyun Luo
6. Xi Zhang
7. Meng Yu
8. Bodan Su
9. Xiaojuan Li
10. Jinxing Lin

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  eLife assessment

  This potentially important study employs advanced imaging techniques to directly visualize molecular dynamics and of the immune receptor kinase FLS2 in specific microenvironments. The evidence supporting the ligand-induced association with remorin and the requirement of a previously reported phosphosite as presented is solid, although support by independent methods would be welcome. The work will be of interest to plant biologists working on cell surface receptors.

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Regulation of adaptive growth decisions via phosphorylation of the TRAPPII complex in Arabidopsis

1. Christian Wiese
2. Miriam Abele
3. Benjamin Al
4. Melina Altmann
5. Alexander Steiner
6. Nils Kalbfuß
7. Alexander Strohmayr
8. Raksha Ravikumar
9. Chan Ho Park
10. Barbara Brunschweiger
11. Chen Meng
12. Eva Facher
13. David W. Ehrhardt
14. Pascal Falter-Braun
15. Zhi-Yong Wang
16. Christina Ludwig
17. Farhah F. Assaad

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The tRNA thiolation-mediated translational control is essential for plant immunity

1. Xueao Zheng
2. Hanchen Chen
3. Zhiping Deng
4. Yujing Wu
5. Linlin Zhong
6. Chong Wu
7. Xiaodan Yu
8. Qiansi Chen
9. Shunping Yan

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FER-like iron deficiency-induced transcription factor (FIT) accumulates in nuclear condensates

1. Ksenia Trofimov
2. Regina Gratz
3. Rumen Ivanov
4. Yvonne Stahl
5. Petra Bauer
6. Tzvetina Brumbarova

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Heat stress impairs centromere structure and segregation of meiotic chromosomes in Arabidopsis

1. Lucie Crhak Khaitova
2. Pavlina Mikulkova
3. Jana Pecinkova
4. Manikandan Kalidass
5. Stefan Heckmann
6. Inna Lermontova
7. Karel Riha

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  eLife assessment

  This study is an important contribution to our insights into the impact of heat stress on sexual reproduction in plants and provides information about how centromere integrity is affected by heat stress during male meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. The evidence supporting the claims, specifically the dynamics of tagged proteins in meiocytes by live cell imaging is solid, even though a deeper mechanistic understanding is still lacking.

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Serine hydroxymethyl transferase is a binding target of caprylic acid: Uncovering a novel molecular target for a herbicide and for producing caprylic acid-tolerant crops

1. Zuren Li
2. Mugui Wang
3. Haodong Bai
4. Hongzhi Wang
5. Jincai Han
6. Likun An
7. Dingfeng Luo
8. Yingying Wang
9. Wei Kuang
10. Xiaoyi Nie
11. Lianyang Bai

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  eLife assessment

  This study presents a valuable contribution towards understanding the protein target and mechanism of action of an herbicide, which could be applied to the development of herbicide-based technologies to improve crop yields. Evidence is gathered using a variety of technical approaches that enrich and support the findings, but the methodology and the presentation of the results are incomplete.

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Citizen science data on urban forageable plants: a case study in Brazil

1. Filipi Miranda Soares
2. Luís Ferreira Pires
3. Maria Carolina Garcia
4. Lidio Coradin
5. Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes
6. Rubens Rangel Silva
7. Aline Martins de Carvalho
8. Anand Gavai
9. Yamine Bouzembrak
10. Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos Maculan
11. Sheina Koffler
12. Uiara Bandineli Montedo
13. Debora Pignatari Drucker
14. Raquel Santiago
15. Maria Clara Peres de Carvalho
16. Ana Carolina da Silva Lima
17. Hillary Dandara Elias Gabriel
18. Stephanie Gabriele Mendonça de França
19. Karoline Reis de Almeida
20. Bárbara Junqueira dos Santos
21. Antonio Mauro Saraiva

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  Editors Assessment:

  This is a Data Release paper describing data sets derived from the Pomar Urbano project cataloging edible fruit-bearing plants in Brazil. Including data sourced from the citizen science iNaturalist app, tracking the distribution and monitoring of these plants within urban landscapes (Brazilian state capitals). The data was audited and peer reviewed and put into better context, and there is a companion commentary in GigaScience journal better explaining the rationale for the study. Demonstrating this data providing a platform for understanding the diversity of fruit-bearing plants in select Brazilian cities and contributing to many open research questions in the existing literature on urban foraging and ecosystem services in urban environments.

  This evaluation refers to version 1 of the preprint

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Rapid translocation of NGR proteins driving polarization of PIN-activating D6 protein kinase during root gravitropism

1. Ivan Kulich
2. Julia Schmid
3. Anastasia Teplova
4. Linlin Qi
5. Jiří Friml

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  eLife assessment

  This fundamental study addresses the earliest events that enable plant roots to reorient growth in response to gravity. Compelling molecular and cell biological data establish that plasma membrane localization of the LAZY or NEGATIVE GRAVITROPIC RESPONSE OF ROOTS (NGR) protein family is required for rapid and polar redirection of D6 protein kinase, an activator of the PIN3 auxin transporter. This work complements and extends recent publications on the NGR family in gravity sensing (PMID: 37741279 and PMID: 37561884). Collectively these papers advance our understanding of rapid plant gravity sensing and response.

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