Functional Analysis of and Related to Floral Terpenoids Biosynthesis in Tree Peony.

Tree peony (), as a popular ornamental plant worldwide, has a unique floral fragrance, and it is important in the pollination, ornamental, food, and fragrance product industries. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms for the synthesis of floral fragrance terpenoids in tree peony are not well understood, constraining their exploitation. 'Oukan' produces strong floral fragrance terpenoids with high ornamental value and excellent stress resistance and is considered a valuable model for studying tree peony floral fragrance formation.

PALD encoding a lipid droplet-associated protein is critical for the accumulation of lipid droplets and pollen longevity in Arabidopsis.

Pollen longevity is critical for plant pollination and hybrid seed production, but few studies have focused on pollen longevity. In this study, we identified an Arabidopsis thaliana gene, Protein associated with lipid droplets (PALD), which is strongly expressed in pollen and critical for the regulation of pollen longevity. PALD was expressed specifically in mature pollen grains and the pollen tube, and its expression was upregulated under dry conditions.

Solvent-free heterogeneous catalysis for cyanosilylation in a dynamic cobalt-MOF.

The butterfly-like tetranuclear cobalt cluster based 3D MOF [Me2NH2][Co2(bptc)(μ3-OH)(H2O)2] (1) underwent a reversible thermally triggered single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation via Co-Owater weakened intermediate 1a to produce a partly dehydrated phase [Me2NH2][Co2(bptc)(μ3-OH)(H2O)] (2), which was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and IR spectroscopy. During the dehydration course, the local coordination environment of one Co(2+) ion was changed from the saturated octahedron to a coordinately unsaturated square-pyramid, accompanied by a crystal color change from red to purple. Compared with pristine hydrated 1, dehydrated 2 exhibits highly efficient and recyclable catalytic activity for cyanosilylation of carbonyl compounds with a low catalyst loading of 0.