Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Assessing the effect of spaceflight stress on DNA sequence mutation using RNA-sequencing data

A <scp>TIR</scp> ‐ <scp>NLR</scp> gene from Arabidopsis Pla‐1 confers resistance to geminivirus infection

Expanding frontiers: harnessing plant biology for space exploration and planetary sustainability

Solvatochromic BODIPYs with Polarity-Independent Absorption for Functional Super-resolution Imaging of Live Cell Membranes

Chemical & Biomedical Imaging.

Transcriptomic analysis reveals time-of-day-specific genes and gene regulatory networks in response to chilling stress in sorghum

Plant Physiology Reports.

Development of Modular Geminivirus-Based Vectors for High Cargo Expression and Gene Targeting in Plants

Neubauer, M., Vollen, K., Zhao, C., Ascencio-Ibanez, J. T., Hanley-Bowdoin, L., Stepanova, A. N., & Alonso, J. M. (2025, September 21). PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, Vol. 9.

Physiological and molecular responses to high-temperature stress at anthesis in Brazilian flooded rice

AOB PLANTS, 17(5).

Identification and characterization of substrate-and product-selective nylon hydrolases

CHEM CATALYSIS, 5(8).

Recent insights into the implications of UGDH mutations for human developmental disease

Harwood, H., Zimmer, B. M., Utz, A. R., Barycki, J. J., & Simpson, M. A. (2025, August 28). BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS, Vol. 8.

Characterization of an isobutylene epoxide hydrolase (IbcK) from the isobutylene-catabolizing bacterium <i>Mycolicibacterium</i> sp. ELW1

Faulkner, N. W., Joyce, J. B., Smith, C., Swartz, P., Rose, R. B., Miller, E. S., & Hyman, M. R. (2025, August 26). (M. Vives, Ed.). APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 8.

Comparison of transcriptional activity profiling by metabolic labeling or nuclear RNA sequencing

PLANT JOURNAL, 123(3).

The Heme Oxygenase-Like Diiron Enzyme HrmI Reveals Altered Regulatory Mechanisms for Dioxygen Activation and Substrate N-Oxygenation

Skirboll, S. S., Gangopadhyay, M., Phan, H. N., Hartsell, J., Mudireddy, A., Hilovsky, D., … Makris, T. M. (2025, August 7). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 8.

CEPR1 regulates <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> root architecture by modulating auxin production via NIT1

PLANT JOURNAL, 123(2).

Engineering Arabidopsis Against Geminiviruses

Iyer, P., Keeley, R., & Ascencio-Ibanez, T. (2025, May). JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 301.

Geminivirus infection may systemically downregulate Arabidopsis response regulator 7 expression in cellular regions surrounding plant vasculature to stimulate cytokinin-mediated growth conditions that support viral genome replication

Mastrovito, N., Ascencio-Ibanez, J., & Munshi, A. (2025, May). JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 301.

Replication Timing Uncovers a Two-Compartment Nuclear Architecture of Interphase Euchromatin in Maize

Akram, H. S., Wear, E. E., Mickelson-Young, L., Turpin, Z. M., Hanley-Bowdoin, L., Thompson, W. F., … Bass, H. W. (2025, July 17). Biorxiv.

Qu-1: a transformation-and regeneration-amenable doubled haploid cell line with a reference genome sequence for genetic and functional studies in <i>Populus</i>

FORESTRY RESEARCH, 5.

A comparison of genomic methods to assess DNA replication timing

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 15(1).

Structural and kinetic characterization of an acetoacetyl-Coenzyme A: acetate Coenzyme A transferase from the extreme thermophile Thermosipho melanesiensis

BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 482(4), 225–240.

Unraveling the molecular mechanism of polysaccharide lyases for efficient alginate degradation

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 16(1).

SEGS-1 episomes generated during cassava mosaic disease enhance disease severity

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 15.

<i>Journal of Applied Crystallography</i> welcomes eight new Co-editors

Hajdu, J., McIntyre, G. J., & Meilleur, F. (2025, January). JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Vol. 58, pp. 1–3.

Nondestructive Detection and Quantification of Dysprosium in Plant Tissues

Hernández-Pagán, E., Laosuntisuk, K., Harris, A. T., Haynes, A. N., Buitrago, D., Rajabu, C., … Doherty, C. J. (2025, January 8).

Neutrons in Structural Biology: Challenges and Opportunities (Workshop Report)

Unraveling the Molecular mechanism of Polysaccharide Lyases for Efficient Alginate Degradation

BioRxiv.