Research Highlights

Tiozon, R. J. N.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Bonto, A. P.; Yu, J.; Buenafe, R. J. Q.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Comprehensive lipidomic insights of differentially accumulating lipids in large pigmented rice sprout collection and the changes in the starch composition upon germination. Food Chemistry 460 (Part 2), 140677 (2024)

von Steimker, J.; Tripodi, P.; Wendenburg, R.; Tringovska, I.; Nankar, A. N.; Stoeva, V.; Pasev, G.; Klemmer, A.; Todorova, V.; Bulut, M. et al.; Tikunov, Y.; Bovy, A.; Gechev, T.; Kostova, D.; Fernie, A. R.; Alseekh, S.: The genetic architecture of the pepper metabolome and the biosynthesis of its signature capsianoside metabolites. Current Biology (2024)

Badoni, S.; Pasion-Uy, E. A.; Kor, S.; Kim, S.-R.; Tiozon, R. J. N.; Misra, G.; Buenafe, R. J. Q.; Labarga, L. M.; Ramos-Castrosanto, A. R.; Pratap, V. et al.; Slamet-Loedin, I.; von Steimker, J.; Alseekh, S.; Fernie, A. R.; Kohli, A.; Khush, G. S.; Sreenivasulu, N.: Multiomics of a rice population identifies genes and genomic regions that bestow low glycemic index and high protein content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (36), e2410598121 (2024)

Hayashi, K.; Fernie, A. R.: A neat wheat trick to hide genes from selection. Trends in Plant Science 29 (8), pp. 837 - 838 (2024)

Qiu, Y.; Li, Z.; Köhler, C.: Ancestral duplication of MADS-box genes in land plants empowered the functional divergence between sporophytes and gametophytes. New Phytologist (2024)

Del Toro-De León, G.; van Boven, J.; Santos-González, J.; Jiao, W.-B.; Peng, H.; Schneeberger, K.; Köhler, C.: Epigenetic and transcriptional consequences in the endosperm of chemically induced transposon mobilization in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (15), pp. 8833 - 8848 (2024)

Hammel, A.; Cucos, L.-M.; Caras, I.; Ionescu, I.; Tucureanu, C.; Tofan, V.; Costache, A.; Onu, A.; Hoepfner, L.; Hippler, M. et al.; Neupert, J.; Popescu, C.-I.; Stavaru, C.; Branza-Nichita, N.; Bock, R.: The red alga Porphyridium as a host for molecular farming: Efficient production of immunologically active hepatitis C virus glycoprotein. PNAS 121 (24), e2400145121 (2024)

Rolo, D.; Schöttler, M. A.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Bock, R.: Structure, function, and assembly of photosystem I in thylakoid membranes of vascular plants. The Plant Cell, koae169 (2024)

Butel, N.; Qiu, Y.; Xu, W.; Santos-González, J.; Köhler, C.: Parental conflict driven regulation of endosperm cellularization by a family of Auxin Response Factors. Nature Plants 10, pp. 1018 - 1026 (2024)

Fernie, A. R.; Bulut, M.: How cauliflower got its curd. Nature Genetics 56, pp. 1042 - 1044 (2024)

Krämer, C.; Boehm, C.R.; Liu, J.; Ting, M. K. Y.; Hertle, A. P.; Forner, J.; Ruf, S.; Schöttler, M. A.; Zoschke, R.; Bock, R.: Removal of the large inverted repeat from the plastid genome reveals gene dosage effects and leads to increased genome copy number. Nature Plants 10, pp. 923 - 935 (2024)

Butel, N.; Köhler, C.: Flowering plant reproduction. Current Biology 34 (8), pp. R308 - R312 (2024)

Qiu, H.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Y.; Jiang, X.; Ren, Y.; Gao, D.; Zhu, X.; Usadel, B.; Fernie, A. R.; Wen, W.: Depicting the genetic and metabolic panorama of chemical diversity in the tea plant. Plant Biotechnology Journal 22, pp. 1001 - 1016 (2024)

Liu, F.; Fernie, A. R.; Zhang, Y.: Plant gene co-expression defines the biosynthetic pathway of neuroactive alkaloids. Molecular Plant 17 (3), pp. 372 - 374 (2024)

Fernie, A. R.; Bulut, M.: A delicate balance: transcriptional control of awn development and yield in barley. Trends in Plant Science 29 (9), pp. 946 - 947 (2024)

Gupta, S.; Petrov, V.; Garg, V.; Mueller-Roeber, B.; Fernie, A. R.; Nikoloski, Z.; Gechev, T.: The genome of Haberlea rhodopensis provides insights into the mechanisms for tolerance to multiple extreme environments. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 81 (1), 117 (2024)

Uflewski, M.; Rindfleisch, T.; Korkmaz, K.; Tietz, E.; Mielke, S.; Correa Galvis, V.; Dünschede, B.; Luzarowski, M.; Skirycz, A.; Schwarzländer, M. et al.; Strand, D.; Hertle, A. P.; Schünemann, D.; Walther, D.; Thalhammer, A.; Wolff, M.; Armbruster, U.: The thylakoid proton antiporter KEA3 regulates photosynthesis in response to the chloroplast energy status. Nature Communications 15, 2792 (2024)

Rolo, D.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Thiele, W.; Schöttler, M. A.; Gerlach, I.; Zoschke, R.; Schwartzmann, J.; Meyer, E. H.; Bock, R.: CO-EXPRESSED WITH PSI ASSEMBLY1 (CEPA1) is a photosystem I assembly factor in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, koae042 (2024)

Li, J.; Martin, C.; Fernie, A. R.: Biofortification’s contribution to mitigating micronutrient deficiencies. Nature Food 5, pp. 19 - 27 (2024)

Loiacono, F.V.; Bock, R.: An RNA polymerase that became a Swiss army knife. Cell 187 (5), pp. 1106 - 1108 (2024)