2013年12月15日日曜日

研究室セミナー & 輪読

先週の研究室セミナーでの文献紹介の担当は四年生の奥木さんで,紹介した論文は Stallforth, P. et al. A bacterial symbiont is converted from an inedible producer of beneficial molecules into food by a single mutation in the gacA gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 14528-14533 (2013) でした.キイロタマホロリカビの共生細菌が,単一の変異によって,キイロタマホコリカビの生存に有利な二次代謝産物を生産する共生関係からキイロタマホコリカビの食料になるという報告です.今週の担当は四年生の遠藤君で,紹介した論文は Mousavi, S. A. R., Chauvin, A., Pascaud, F., Kellenberger, S. & Farmer, E. E. GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE genes mediate leaf-to-leaf wound signalling. Nature 500, 422-426 (2013) でした.傷害ストレスシグナルの葉から葉への伝達にはグルタミン酸受容体様タンパク質を介した電気的シグナルが関与していることを報告した論文です.

先週,今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.
443. Shimada, T.L. et al. Leaf oil body functions as a subcellular factory for the production of a phytoalexin in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. in press.
444. Pedras, M.S.C., and Minic, Z. The phytoalexins brassilexin and camalexin inhibit cyclobrassinin hydrolase, a unique enzyme from the fungal pathogen Alternaria brassicicola. Bioorg. Med. Chem. in press.
445. Zhang, Q.-F., Fu, Y.-J., Huang, Z.-W., Shangguang, X.-C., and Guo, Y.-X. (2013). Aqueous stability of astilbin: effects of pH, temperature, and solvent. J. Agric. Food Chem. 61: 12085–12091.
446. Nishizaki, Y. et al. (2013). p-Hydroxybenzoyl-glucose is a zwitter donor for the biosynthesis of 7-polyacylated anthocyanin in delphinium. Plant Cell 25: 4150–4165.
447. Pĕnčík, A. et al. (2013). Regulation of auxin homeostasis and gradients in arabidopsis roots through the formation of the indole-3-acetic acid catabolite 2-oxindole-3-acetic acid. Plant Cell 25: 3858–3870.
448. Onoyovwe, A. et al. (2013). Morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy involves two cell types: sieve elements and laticifers. Plant Cell 25: 4110–4122.
449. Keereetaweep, J., Blancaflor, E.B., Hornung, E., Feussner, I., and Chapman, K.D. (2013). Ethanolamide oxylipins of linolenic acid can negatively regulate Arabidopsis seedling development. Plant Cell 25: 3824–3840.
450. Martellini, F. et al. Can adaptation to metalliferous environments affect plant response to biotic stress? Insight from Silene paradoxa L. and phytoalexins. Environ. Exp. Bot. in press.
451. Qian, Q., Huang, L., Yi, R., Wang, S., and Ding, Y. Enhanced resistance to blast fungus in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by expressing the ribosome-inactivating protein alpha-momorcharin. Plant Sci. in press.
452. Li, T. et al. Jumonji C protein JMJ705-mediated removal of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation is involved in defense-related gene activation in rice. Plant Cell in press.