Improved chloroplast Pi allocation helps sustain electron transfer to enhance photosynthetic low-phosphorus tolerance of wheat.

Phosphorus (P) deficit limits high wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yields. Breeding low-P-tolerant cultivars is vital for sustainable agriculture and food security, but the low-P adaptation mechanisms are largely not understood.

Low red/far-red ratio can induce cytokinin degradation resulting in the inhibition of tillering in wheat ( L.).

Shoot branching is inhibited by a low red/far-red ratio (R/FR). Prior studies have shown that the R/FR suppressed branching by promotes bud abscisic acid (ABA) accumulation directly. Given that wheat tiller buds are wrapped in leaf sheaths and may not respond rapidly to a R/FR, systemic cytokinin (CTK) may be more critical.

Discovery of pentaene polyols by the activation of an enediyne gene cluster: biosynthetic implications for 9-membered enediyne core structures.

The identification and characterization of enediyne polyketide synthases (PKSEs) revealed that PKSE-bound polyene is a common intermediate, while its subsequent tailoring steps to enediyne cores remain obscure. Herein, we report pentaene polyols 5-7 and cinnamic acid derivatives 8 and 9 biosynthesized from an activated enediyne biosynthetic gene cluster in sp. CB02130.

Lipopeptide surfactin ameliorates the cell uptake of platensimycin and enhances its therapeutic effect on treatment of MRSA skin infection.

Objectives: The rapid development of drug-resistant bacteria, especially MRSA, poses severe threats to global public health. Adoption of antibiotic adjuvants has proved to be one of the efficient ways to solve such a crisis. Platensimycin and surfactin were comprehensively studied to combat prevalent MRSA skin infection.