grant to I.H.from the New Breeding Technologies Development Program(project no.RS-2024-00322420);Rural Development Administration,Republic of Korea,and from a National Research Foundation of Korea grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT,Republic of Korea(project no.2020R1A2C3012750).
In plants,sucrose represents the primary form of photoassimilated carbon,serving as the central metabolite in plant growth and development.The phloem transports photoassimilated carbon,including sucrose,as well as ami...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32360268);the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China(2022D01E49)。
The evolutionary transition from bee-to bird-pollinated plants is usually associated with multiple modifications in floral traits,such as color,size,nectar and pollen presentation mode (Thomson and Wilson,2008).Compar...
supported by the Modern Agroindustry Technology Research System from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China(grant number CARS-44)。
The evolutionary transition from bee to bird pollination in plants was accompanied by multiple modifications in floral traits,such as morphology and nectar reward content(various sugars and others).Pollen presentation...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFE0200501 and 2020YFA0907700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32271306 and 21977067).
Sugar aminotransferases(SATs)catalyze the installation of chiral amines onto specific keto sugars,pro-ducing bioactive amino sugars.Their activity has been utilized in artificial reactions,such as using the SAT WecE t...
supported by the Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2023hsqd001);the Huazhong Agricultural University(start-up funding),Young Scientist Fostering Funds for the National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops(11909920008);an NSFC grant(32370366).
Fleshy-fruited plants use their fruits for seed dispersal.The colors,textures,sugar content,aromas,and flavors of fleshy fruits irreversibly change as they ripen,which attracts seed dispersal vectors that forage and d...
supported by the Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds(ZXWH2150201);a startup grant provided by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Plant metabolites play crucial roles in plant-microbe interactions,influencing compatibility with different microbial species and modulating both symbiotic and pathogenic relationships.Plants synthesize two categories...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 21973110 and 21925406).
Recently,Gary et al.published an article elucidating how sugars contribute to the protection of dry protein structure.They utilized an ingenious liquid-observed vapor exchange(LOVE)nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)metho...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32200384);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M710053).
Lipid and sugar homeostasis is critical for insect development and survival.In this study,we characterized an acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase gene in Blattella germanica(BgACC)that is involved in both lipogenesis and su...
supported by the Food Futures Institute of Murdoch University to Rajeev K.Varshney.
Trehalose(Tre)is a non-reducing disaccharide found in many species,including bacteria,fungi,invertebrates,yeast,and even plants,where it acts as an osmoprotectant,energy source,or protein/membrane protector.Despite re...
supported by the Finnish CoE in Tree Biology(Academy of Finland CoE program 2022-2029);the Gatsby Foundation(GAT3395/PR3);the University of Helsinki(award 799992091).
Single-cell RNA sequencing technology provides unprecedented opportunities to capture the spatiotemporal aspects of genetic programs that drive cell differentiation.Phloem is a subtype of vascular tissue that is cruci...