Comparative quantitative phosphoproteomic and parallel reaction monitoring analysis of soybean roots under aluminum stress identify candidate phosphoproteins involved in aluminum resistance capacity.

Aluminum (Al) toxicity adversely impacts soybean (Glycine max) growth in acidic soil. Reversible protein phosphorylation plays an important role in adapting to adverse environmental conditions by regulating multiple physiological processes including signal transduction, energy coupling and metabolism adjustment in higher plant. This study aimed to reveal the Al-responsive phosphoproteins to understand their putative function and involvement in the regulation of Al resistance in soybean root.

The transcription factor SbHY5 mediates light to promote aluminum tolerance by activating SbMATE and SbSTOP1s expression.

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major factor limiting crop yields in acid soils. Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is a high-efficient energy crop widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, where acid soil is common and Al toxicity is widespread.

Two Sweet Sorghum ( L.) WRKY Transcription Factors Promote Aluminum Tolerance via the Reduction in Callose Deposition.

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a primary limiting factor for crop production in acidic soils. The WRKY transcription factors play important roles in regulating plant growth and stress resistance. In this study, we identified and characterized two WRKY transcription factors, SbWRKY22 and SbWRKY65, in sweet sorghum ( L.

Identification of a bacterial-type ATP-binding cassette transporter implicated in aluminum tolerance in sweet sorghum ( L.).

Aluminum (Al) toxicity in acidic soils severely reduces crop production worldwide. Sorghum ( L.) is an important agricultural crop widely grown in tropical and subtropical regions, where Al toxicity is prevalent.

Oxidation of laccase for improved cathode biofuel cell performances.

Graphite rods were modified by substituted aryldiazonium salts allowing subsequent laccase immobilisation and direct electron transfer at the cathode. Two covalent enzyme immobilisation methods were performed with carboxy and amino substituted grafted groups, either via the formation of an amide bond or a Schiff base between the glycosidic groups of the enzyme and the amino groups on the electrode surface, respectively. Laccase adsorption efficiency was consistently compared to the covalent attachment method on the same carbon surface, showing that the latter method led to a higher immobilisation yield when the electrode surface was functionalised with carboxylic groups, as shown from both laccase activity measurement towards an organic reducing substrate, ABTS, and quantitative XPS analysis.

Biosensor based on laccase immobilized on plasma polymerized allylamine/carbon electrode.

In this work, a simple and rapid method was used to functionalize carbon electrode in order to efficiently immobilize laccase for biosensor application. A stable allylamine coating was deposited using a low pressure inductively excited RF tubular plasma reactor under mild plasma conditions (low plasma power (10 W), few minutes) to generate high density amine groups (N/C ratio up to 0.18) on rough carbon surface electrodes.

Plasma functionalized carbon electrode for laccase-catalyzed oxygen reduction by direct electron transfer.

For the first time, a fast and versatile technique, an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ), has been used to functionalise graphite carbon electrodes for biofuel cell applications. The bioelectrode was functionalized by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) system using air, oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) plasmas applied for only a few seconds. XPS analysis showed that carboxylic groups were created on the carbon substrates using both air and O2 plasmas, while mainly carbonyl and amine/amide functionalities were generated using N2 plasmas.