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Ammonium assimilation inhibitors weaken the growth of moso bamboo seedlings through metabolic dysregulation [PDF]

PeerJ
Background The uncontrolled expansion of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) in subtropical regions threatens forest ecosystem integrity and biodiversity, yet effective control measures are lacking.
Ziye Li, Mingsheng Cheng, Chunxia Liu, Huanhuan Zou, Changmei Du, Jianmin Shi, Na Zou   +6 more
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Endophytic Bacteria From the Roots of the Medicinal Plant Alkanna tinctoria Tausch (Boraginaceae): Exploration of Plant Growth Promoting Properties and Potential Role in the Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Alkannin and shikonin (A/S) are enantiomeric naphthoquinones produced in the roots of certain plants from the Boraginaceae family such as Lithospermum spp. and Alkanna spp. They possess antimicrobial, anti-tumoral and wound healing properties.
Angélique Rat, Henry D. Naranjo, Nikos Krigas, Katerina Grigoriadou, Eleni Maloupa, Alicia Varela Alonso, Carolin Schneider, Vassilios P. Papageorgiou, Andreana N. Assimopoulou, Nikolaos Tsafantakis, Nikolas Fokialakis, Anne Willems   +11 more
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Evolution of Plant AIG1-like Proteins: Different Modes of Sequence Divergence and Their Contributions to Functional Diversification

Plants
AIG1 (avrRpt2-induced gene 1)-like proteins are a class of GTPases that play crucial roles in plants, functioning both in chloroplast protein import and disease resistance.
Jiajing Peng, Liying Xia, Jing Wang, Chunce Guo   +3 more
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Microbiome−host proteostasis crosstalk—An emerging perspective on mechanisms and interventions toward healthy longevity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the DXS Pan-Gene Family Reveals Evolutionary Conservation and Regulatory Divergence Underpinning Terpenoid Metabolism in Lauraceae

Plants
1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of the plastidial 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway and governs carbon flux toward terpenoid biosynthesis.
Chao Fu, Siyang Tao, Shifang Wen, Xindong Wang   +3 more
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Effect of explant type (leaf, stem) and 2,4-D concentration on callus induction: influence of elicitor type (biotic, abiotic), elicitor concentration and elicitation time on biomass growth rate and costunolide biosynthesis in gazania (Gazania rigens) cell suspension cultures

Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2022
Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn. (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant with high ornamental potential and use in landscaping. The therapeutic potential of sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) as plant natural products for pharmaceutical development has gained extensive ...
Huda E. Mahood, Virginia Sarropoulou, Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani   +2 more
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From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa, Shinya Sugimoto, Toshiro Sato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanistic insights into adventitious root formation in Cinnamomum kanehirae stem cuttings based on phenotypic, physiological, and transcriptomic analyses

BMC Plant Biology
Cinnamomum kanehirae is a species of high economic worth, as it produces abundant aromatic oils for industrial use and its heartwood acts as an optimal substrate for cultivating the medicinal fungus Antrodia cinnamomea.
Yuntong Zhang, Xinliang Liu, Yueting Zhang, Xiaoying Dai, Jun Wang, Yongjie Zheng, Ting Zhang   +6 more
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Genome-wide analysis of the bZIP gene family in Cinnamomum camphora ('Gantong 1') reveals the putative function in anthocyanin biosynthesis

Heliyon
Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) regulate plant development, growth, and secondary metabolism. The formation of red bark of new ornamental cultivar 'Gantong 1' is regulated mainly by anthocyanin anabolism.
Xiuqi Li, Xue Gong, Hanbin Lin, Shupei Rao, Le Shen, Caihui Chen, Zhaoxiang Wu, Huihu Li, Qiaoli Liu, Yongda Zhong   +9 more
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Reconstructing enzyme evolution by protein engineering

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Natural enzyme evolution can be retraced by protein engineering methods such as directed evolution, rational design, and ancestral sequence reconstruction. These approaches reveal how enzymes emerged from ligand‐binding scaffolds, developed varying substrate preferences, formed oligomeric complexes, adapted to environmental changes, and evolved novel ...
Lukas Drexler, Markus R. Busch, Reinhard Sterner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source