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SiHSFA2e regulated expression of SisHSP21.9 maintains chloroplast proteome integrity under high temperature stress
High temperature-induced crop failures are prominent nowadays in major staples, including rice, wheat, and maize; however, crops such as foxtail...
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Exploring Regulatory Roles of Plant Thylakoid-Bound Proteins Involved in Abiotic Stress Responses
Abiotic stress is triggered by unfavorable environments such as drought, severe heat, heavy metals, soil saturation, high-intensity light, and high...
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Utilizing transcriptomics and proteomics to unravel key genes and proteins of Oryza sativa seedlings mediated by selenium in response to cadmium stress
BackgroundCadmium (Cd) pollution has declined crop yields and quality. Selenium (Se) is a beneficial mineral element that protects plants from...
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Zinc in Plants: Biochemical Functions and Dependent Signaling
Zinc is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and development. Zinc is involved in a wide variety of cellular processes, including...
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MsDIUP1 encoding a putative novel LEA protein positively modulates salt tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
BackgroundSalt stress seriously impacts the plantation and productivity of global alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ). Previously, we genetically defined the M....
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Photosynthetic Microbes: Evolution, Classification, and Structural Physiology
Photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide and water into organic molecules and oxygen by using light energy and provides the basic building blocks for...
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Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of PSI-LHCI from the red alga Cyanidium caldarium
Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) have been diversified in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, and play an essential role in capturing light energy...
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J-like protein family of Arabidopsis thaliana: the enigmatic cousins of J-domain proteins
Key messageJ-like proteins (JLPs) are emerging as ancillaries to the cellular chaperone network. They modulate functions of Hsp70:J-domain protein...
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Cell specialization in cyanobacterial biofilm development revealed by expression of a cell-surface and extracellular matrix protein
Cyanobacterial biofilms are ubiquitous and play important roles in diverse environments, yet, understanding of the processes underlying the...
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Production of a viral surface protein in Nannochloropsis oceanica for fish vaccination against infectious pancreatic necrosis virus
AbstractNannochloropsis oceanica is a unicellular oleaginous microalga of emerging biotechnological interest with a sequenced, annotated genome,...
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Proteomic analysis of a plastid gene encoding RPS4 mutant in Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis)
Plastids are important plant cell organelles containing a genome and bacterial-type 70S ribosomes—primarily composed of plastid ribosomal proteins...
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Regulation of photosynthesis by mitogen-activated protein kinase in rice: antagonistic adjustment by OsMPK3 and OsMPK6
Photosynthesis is the basis of almost all life on earth and is the main component of crop yield that contributes to the carbohydrate partitioning to...
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Genetic modification of Gossypium arboreum universal stress protein (GUSP1) improves drought tolerance in transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Cotton crop suffers shortage of irrigation water at reproductive stage which reduces the yield and fibre quality. Universal stress proteins belong to...
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Overexpression of SlPRE3 alters the plant morphologies in Solanum lycopersicum
Key messageOverexpression of SlPRE3 is detrimental to the photosynthesis and alters plant morphology and root development. SlPRE3 interacts with...
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Spectral and conformational characteristics of phycocyanin associated with changes of medium pH
C-phycocyanin (C-PC) is the main component of water-soluble light-harvesting complexes (phycobilisomes, PBS) of cyanobacteria. PBS are involved in...
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Crucial role of SWL1 in chloroplast biogenesis and development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Key messageThe disruption of the SWL1 gene leads to a significant down regulation of chloroplast and secondary metabolites gene expression in Arabidop...
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Physiological and molecular response and tolerance of Macleaya cordata to lead toxicity
BackgroundMacleaya cordata is a traditional medicinal herb, and it has high tolerance and accumulation ability to heavy metals, which make it a good...
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The PsbJ protein is required for photosystem II activity in centers lacking the PsbO and PsbV lumenal subunits
Photosystem II (PS II) of oxygenic photosynthesis is found in the thylakoid membranes of plastids and cyanobacteria. The mature PS II complex...
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Foliar spraying of Mn with addition of Si increases phenolic compound, photosynthetic efficiency, productivity and the protein content of the soybean crop
The present study evaluated whether manganese (Mn) combined with silicon (Si) added to the foliar spray solution favors the physiological aspects,...
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OsWHY1 Interacts with OsTRX z and is Essential for Early Chloroplast Development in Rice
WHIRLY (WHY) family proteins, a small family of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding proteins, are widely found in plants and have multiple functions...
