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Distinct Roles of Plant Residues and Microbial Necromass in Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation and Stability in the Alhagi sparsifolia Community

Plants
In desert ecosystems, deep-rooted plants like Alhagi sparsifolia contribute not only to wind prevention and sand fixation but also to the transport of carbon into deep soil layers through their root systems.
Mengfei Cong, Zhihao Zhang, Yang Hu, Akash Tariq, Jordi Sardans, Weiqi Wang, Xinping Dong, Guangxing Zhao, Jingming Yan, Josep Peñuelas, Fanjiang Zeng   +10 more
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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
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Grazing exclusion significantly reduced soil organic carbon stocks but enhanced soil inorganic carbon stocks in desert steppe of northwest China

Ecological Indicators
Grazing exclusion is a crucial management practice impacting carbon sequestration and ecosystem stability. However, the effects and key factors of long-term grazing exclusion on soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS) and soil inorganic carbon stocks (SICS) in
Guangxing Zhao, Zhihao Zhang, Akash Tariq, Rapkat Sabit, Jordi Sardans, Corina Graciano, Xiangyi Li, Yuhe Zhu, Josep Peñuelas, Dhafer A. Al-Bakre, Fanjiang Zeng   +10 more
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Tau acetylation at K331 has limited impact on tau pathology in vivo

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We mapped tau post‐translational modifications in humanized MAPT knock‐in mice and in amyloid‐bearing double knock‐in mice. Acetylation within the repeat domain, particularly around K331, showed modest increases under amyloid pathology. To test functional relevance, we generated MAPTK331Q knock‐in mice.
Shoko Hashimoto, Yukio Matsuba, Mika Takahashi, Takaomi C. Saido   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling who is who during rhizosphere acidification in root interactions: combining fluorescence with optode techniques

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013
Plant–soil interactions can strongly influence root growth in plants. There is now increasing evidence that root–root interactions can also influence root growth, affecting architecture and root traits such as lateral root formation.
Marc Faget, Stephan Blossfeld, Philipp von Gillhaussen, Ulrich Schurr, Vicky M. Temperton   +4 more
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Calpain small subunit homodimerization is robust and calcium‐independent

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Calpains dimerize via penta‐EF‐hand (PEF) domains. Using single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we measured the strength and kinetics of PEF–PEF homodimer binding. The interaction is robust, shows a transient conformational step before dissociation, and remains largely insensitive to Ca2+.
Nesha May O. Andoy, Trina Dykstra‐MacPherson, Mathias A. Bell, Peter L. Davies, Ruby May A. Sullan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Root Architecture and Plant Productivity [PDF]

Plant Physiology, 1995
Water and nutrient availability limit plant growth in a11 but a very few natural ecosystems. They limit yield in most agricultural ecosystems, and in the United States and other industrialized nations, intensive irrigation and fertilization have generated serious environmental problems.
openaire   +2 more sources

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity and complexity in neural organoids

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
wiley   +1 more source