Publications by authors named "Hanqian Feng"

The phytohormone auxin plays a pivotal role in governing plant growth and development. Although the TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1/AUXIN SIGNALING F-BOX (TIR1/AFB) receptors function in both the nucleus and cytoplasm, the mechanism governing the distribution of TIR1/AFBs between these cellular compartments remains unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that auxin-mediated oxidation of TIR1/AFB2 is essential for their targeting to the nucleus.

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Ubiquitination, a vital post-translational modification in plants, plays a significant role in regulating protein activity, localization, and stability. This process occurs through a complex enzyme cascade that involves E1, E2, and E3 enzymes, leading to the covalent attachment of ubiquitin molecules to substrate proteins. Conversely, deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) work in opposition to this process by removing ubiquitin moieties.

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Cold limits the growth and yield of maize in temperate regions, but the molecular mechanism of cold adaptation remains largely unexplored in maize. To identify early molecular events during cold shock, maize seedlings were treated under 4 °C for 30 min and 2 h, and analyzed at both the proteome and phosphoproteome levels. Over 8500 proteins and 19,300 phosphopeptides were quantified.

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Potassium and nitrogen are essential mineral elements for plant growth and development. The protein kinase LKS1/CIPK23 is involved in both K and NH uptake in root. The transcripts of can be induced by low K (0.

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Protein phosphorylation plays an important role in mediating signal transduction in cold response in plants. To better understand how plants sense and respond to the early temperature drop, we performed data-independent acquisition (DIA) method-based mass spectrometry analysis to profile the proteome and phosphoproteome of seedlings upon cold stress in a time-course manner (10, 30 and 120 min of cold treatments). Our results showed the rapid and extensive changes at the phosphopeptide levels, but not at the protein abundance levels, indicating cold-mediated protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation events.

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Article Synopsis
  • - The study investigates AtGT11, a homolog of xyloglucan galactosyltransferase, which is crucial for regulating the stability of pollen tubes in Arabidopsis, ultimately affecting their growth.
  • - Pollen tubes, in angiosperms, need to grow rapidly to transport sperm cells to the ovule for fertilization, relying on a complex cell wall made from xyloglucan to maintain their strength.
  • - Genetic analysis reveals that modifications to the side chains of xyloglucan, particularly through xylosylation and galactosylation, significantly influence the mechanical properties and stability of the pollen tube cell wall.
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Potassium (K) is one of essential mineral elements for plant growth and development. K channels, especially AKT1-like channels, play crucial roles in K uptake in plant roots. Maize is one of important crops; however, the K uptake mechanism in maize is little known.

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Pollen tube growth is crucial for successful fertilization. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the ANXUR (ANX)/BUPS receptor kinase complex controls and maintains pollen tube growth in response to autocrine rapid alkalinization factor 4/19 (RALF4/19) signaling; however, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the ANX/BUPS-mediated regulation of pollen tube growth remain unclear. In this study, we found that pollen-specific LORELEI-like GPI-anchored proteins 2 and 3 (LLG2/3) promote pollen tube growth in vitro and in vivo.

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Potassium transporters and channels play crucial roles in K+ uptake and translocation in plant cells. These roles are essential for plant growth and development. AKT1 is an important K+ channel in Arabidopsis roots that is involved in K+ uptake.

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