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Synergism of vesicle trafficking and cytoskeleton during regulation of plant growth and development: A mechanistic outlook

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Summary: This study uncovered a novel role of a specific Sar1 homolog, AtSar1d, in plant autophagy in coordination with a unique Rab1/Ypt1 homolog, AtRabD2a. The research identified mechanistic connections between ATG machinery and specific COPII components, with a dominant negative mutant of AtSar1d showing distinct inhibition on YFP-ATG8 vacuolar degradation upon autophagic induction. AtRabD2a was found to be essential for bridging the specific AtSar1d-positive COPII vesicles to the autophagy initiation complex and contributing to autophagosome formation in plants.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2021)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of PIN-FORMED (PIN) Gene Family Reveals Role in Developmental and Various Stress Conditions in Triticum aestivum L.

Manu Kumar et al.

Summary: PIN-FORMED (PIN) genes are crucial in regulating polar auxin distribution in various developmental processes. This study identified 44 TaPIN genes in common wheat and classified them into seven groups, showing an evolutionary relationship with Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa. The expression patterns of TaPIN genes vary in different tissues and developmental stages, with some members induced during biotic and abiotic stress.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2021)

Review Plant Sciences

Plant cytoskeletons and the endoplasmic reticulum network organization

Jingze Zang et al.

Summary: Plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER) remodelling is important for targeted protein secretion, organelle interaction, and signal exchange, regulated by actin cytoskeleton and microtubule-based machinery. The dependence on cell type and developmental stages for ER dynamics in plants is highlighted in recent discoveries. The ER membrane also plays a role in organizing the cytoskeletal network, impacting cytoskeleton structure.

JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2021)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Plasma membrane phospholipid signature recruits the plant exocyst complex via the EX070A1 subunit

Lukas Synek et al.

Summary: The study reveals plant-specific features of the exocyst complex and emphasizes the importance of the specific protein-lipid code for the recruitment of peripheral membrane proteins.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2021)

Article Plant Sciences

AtSEC22 Regulates Cell Morphogenesis via Affecting Cytoskeleton Organization and Stabilities

Li Guan et al.

Summary: Research has shown that AtSEC22 plays a crucial role in plant cell morphogenesis and development, with its defects leading to blocked vesicle trafficking, collapse of ER and Golgi structures, and impaired organization and stability of the cytoskeleton.

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2021)

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Characterization of auxin transporter AUX, PIN and PILS gene families in pineapple and evaluation of expression profiles during reproductive development and under abiotic stresses

Heming Zhao et al.

Summary: This study identified the gene families of AcAUX, AcPIN, and AcPILS in the pineapple genome, characterized their expression patterns in different tissues, and found that some genes were responsive to abiotic stresses. Comparative analysis revealed similar expression patterns among pineapple, rice, and Arabidopsis genes with close evolutionary relationships. Overexpression of AcAUX1 in Arabidopsis rescued aux1-T phenotype and increased lateral roots in WT, providing new insights into the roles of auxin transporter genes in pineapple growth and development.
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VPS18-regulated vesicle trafficking controls the secretion of pectin and its modifying enzyme during pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis

Saiying Hou et al.

Summary: This study demonstrates the important role of HOPS/CORVET in homotypic membrane fusion during vacuole biogenesis in pollen tubes, as well as the feedback regulation of HOPS/CORVET in the secretion of cell wall modification enzymes in rapidly growing plant cells.

PLANT CELL (2021)

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The roles of endomembrane trafficking in plant abiotic stress responses

Xiangfeng Wang et al.

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TOLs Function as Ubiquitin Receptors in the Early Steps of the ESCRT Pathway in Higher Plants

Jeanette Moulinier-Anzola et al.

MOLECULAR PLANT (2020)

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Structural basis for the binding of SNAREs to the multisubunit tethering complex Dsl1

Sophie M. Travis et al.

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Article Plant Sciences

Loss of Arabidopsis β-COP Function Affects Golgi Structure, Plant Growth and Tolerance to Salt Stress

Judit Sanchez-Simarro et al.

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2020)

Review Plant Sciences

SNARE proteins and their role in plant ion channel regulation

Ben Zhang et al.

PLANT GROWTH REGULATION (2020)

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EPSIN1 and MTV1 define functionally overlapping but molecularly distinct trans-Golgi network subdomains in Arabidopsis

Laura Heinze et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

Article Evolutionary Biology

Vesicle Transport in Plants: A Revised Phylogeny of SNARE Proteins

Xiaoyan Gu et al.

EVOLUTIONARY BIOINFORMATICS (2020)

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The functions of kinesin and kinesin-related proteins in eukaryotes

Iftikhar Ali et al.

CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION (2020)

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Pinstatic Acid Promotes Auxin Transport by Inhibiting PIN Internalization

Akihiro Oochi et al.

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2019)

Editorial Material Plant Sciences

Two Is Better than One: Dual SEC11 Binding Sites Regulate SYP121-Mediated Vesicle Trafficking

Lynn G. L. Richardson

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (2019)

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Structure of membrane tethers and their role in fusion

Christian Ungermann et al.

TRAFFIC (2019)

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PIN-FORMED and PIN-LIKES auxin transport facilitators

Michael Sauer et al.

DEVELOPMENT (2019)

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Tethering guides fusion-competent trans-SNARE assembly

Hongki Song et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2019)

Review Cell Biology

Transport carrier tethering - how vesicles are captured by organelles

Alison K. Gillingham et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY (2019)

Review Cell Biology

Coat flexibility in the secretory pathway: a role in transport of bulky cargoes

Joshua Hutchings et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY (2019)

Review Cell Biology

Rab regulation by GEFs and GAPs during membrane traffic

Ekaterina P. Lamber et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY (2019)

Review Plant Sciences

At the intersection of exocytosis and endocytosis in plants

Liang Zhang et al.

NEW PHYTOLOGIST (2019)

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AP3M harbors actin filament binding activity that is crucial for vacuole morphology and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis

Wenna Zheng et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2019)

Review Plant Sciences

RAB GTPases and their effectors in plant endosomal transport

Naoki Minamino et al.

CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Plant lipids: Key players of plasma membrane organization and function

Adiilah Mamode Cassim et al.

PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH (2019)

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Computational identification of vesicular transport proteins from sequences using deep gated recurrent units architecture

Nguyen Quoc Khanh Le et al.

COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL (2019)

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An Immune-Responsive Cytoskeletal-Plasma Membrane Feedback Loop in Plants

Stefan Sassmann et al.

CURRENT BIOLOGY (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

PIN7 Auxin Carrier Has a Preferential Role in Terminating Radial Root Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana

Michel Ruiz Rosquete et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Far-Red Light Detection in the Shoot Regulates Lateral Root Development through the HY5 Transcription Factor

Kasper van Gelderen et al.

PLANT CELL (2018)

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Distinct sets of tethering complexes, SNARE complexes, and Rab GTPases mediate membrane fusion at the vacuole in Arabidopsis

Kodai Takemoto et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Golgi-localized LOT regulates trans-Golgi network biogenesis and pollen tube growth

Peng-Fei Jia et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2018)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Genome-wide identification and evolution of the PIN-FORMED (PIN) gene family in Glycine max

Yuan Liu et al.

GENOME (2017)

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Evolutionary Conserved Cysteines Function as cis-Acting Regulators of Arabidopsis PIN-FORMED 2 Distribution

Katarzyna Retzer et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2017)

Review Plant Sciences

Auxin, microtubules, and vesicle trafficking: conspirators behind the cell wall

Thiel A. Lehman et al.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY (2017)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

SCD1 and SCD2 Form a Complex That Functions with the Exocyst and RabE1 in Exocytosis and Cytokinesis

Jonathan Russell Mayers et al.

PLANT CELL (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

System-wide organization of actin cytoskeleton determines organelle transport in hypocotyl plant cells

David Breuer et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2017)

Editorial Material Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

COP-coated vesicles

Natalia Gomez-Navarro et al.

CURRENT BIOLOGY (2016)

Article Genetics & Heredity

Trs33-Containing TRAPP IV: A Novel Autophagy-Specific Ypt1 GEF

Zhanna Lipatova et al.

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Mammalian Actin-binding Protein-1/Hip-55 Interacts with FHL2 and Negatively Regulates Cell Invasion

Lindsy R. Boateng et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2016)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

TWISTED DWARF1 Mediates the Action of Auxin Transport Inhibitors on Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics

Jinsheng Zhu et al.

PLANT CELL (2016)

Review Cell Biology

Environmental and Endogenous Control of Cortical Microtubule Orientation

Xu Chen et al.

TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY (2016)

Review Cell Biology

Finding the Golgi: Golgin Coiled-Coil Proteins Show the Way

Alison K. Gillingham et al.

TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY (2016)

Review Cell Biology

TRAPP Complexes in Secretion and Autophagy

Jane J. Kim et al.

FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (2016)

Review Cell Biology

The Secret Life of Tethers: The Role of Tethering Factors in SNARE Complex Regulation

Michelle L. Dubuke et al.

FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (2016)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Organelle trafficking, the cytoskeleton, and pollen tube growth

Giampiero Cai et al.

JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY (2015)

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The Principle of Membrane Fusion in the Cell (Nobel Lecture)

James Edward Rothman

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION (2014)

Review Plant Sciences

Profilin as a regulator of the membrane-actin cytoskeleton interface in plant cells

Tiantian Sun et al.

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2013)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Pollen Tube Growth: a Delicate Equilibrium Between Secretory and Endocytic Pathways

Alessandra Moscatelli et al.

JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY (2009)

Review Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

The PIN-FORMED (PIN) protein family of auxin transporters

Pavel Krecek et al.

GENOME BIOLOGY (2009)

Review Plant Sciences

Vesicular trafficking, cytoskeleton and signalling in root hairs and pollen tubes

Jozef Samaj et al.

TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE (2006)