Plant Structural Biology

A section of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747).

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Plant life depends on the operation of sophisticated gene expression networks that, compared with other eukaryotic systems, have many unique aspects. How these network function in time and space is becoming more and more clear through gene expression profiling and other quite popular “omics” studies. However, still little is known about how the components and final products of these pathways work. How are these components arranged in three dimensions at atomic resolution, and how does this relate to their function?

The new section on “Plant structural biology” of the journal Plants aims to provide new insights on the structure and function of any of the plant cell’s unique molecular components that contribute to plant life. Such components may comprise proteins and molecular assemblies operating at the DNA, RNA and protein as well as lipid and carbohydrate levels. Processes illuminated by new structural aspects may range from transcription and posttranscriptional RNA processing and modification up to protein synthesis, targeting and modification, as well as protein–protein and protein–lipid interactions. Other unique components may comprise enzymes operating in plant hormone signaling, tetrapyrrole homoeostasis, as well as secondary plant metabolism. Last but not least, chloroplasts as hallmark organelles of the plant cell and their interaction with other cell organelles will be considered in molecular terms. The Plant Structural Biology Section of the journal Plants publishes original research and timely review articles on all aspects of molecular structure-function analysis.

Keywords

  • Gene Expression
  • Chromatin structure and remodeling
  • Plant transcription and RNA 
  • Posttranscriptional RNA processing and modification
  • Structure and function of plant miRNAs
  • Protein biosynthesis and turnover
  • Transport of proteins and RNA
  • Plant ion and metabolite transporters
  • Protein-DNA interactions
  • Protein-RNA Interactions
  • Protein-protein Interactions
  • Protein-lipid Interactions
  • Cell structure and biomechanics
  • Cell wall architecture
  • Structure and function of the vascular system
  • Plant photoreceptors - structure and function
  • Phytohormone synthesis and action
  • Components involved in plant cell signaling
  • Circadian clock 
  • Enzymes involved in secondary plant metabolites

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