研究室セミナー & 10/9〜26 の輪読

先週から研究室セミナーでの文献紹介が再開しました．

先週の担当は化学生態学研究室博士 3 年の武井さんで，下記の論文を紹介しました．

Hartmann, M. et al. (2018). Flavin monooxygenase-generated n-hydroxypipecolic acid is a critical element of plant systemic immunity. Cell 173: 456–469.

今週の担当は修士 2 年の大垣君で，下記の論文を紹介しました．

Wang, Y., Jäger, A., Gruner, M., Lübken, T., and Metz, P. (2017). Enantioselective total synthesis of 3β-hydroxy-7β-kemp-8(9)-en-6-one, a diterpene isolated from higher termites. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56: 15861–15865.

10/9〜26 の輪読では以下の論文を取り上げました．

1386. Li, W., Zhou, F., and Pichersky, E. (2018). Jasmone hydroxylase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of the alcohol moiety of pyrethrin insecticides. Plant Physiol. 177: 1498–1509.

1387. Takeda, Y. et al. (2018). Downregulation of p-COUMAROYL ESTER 3-HYDROXYLASE in rice leads to altered cell wall structures and improves biomass saccharification. Plant J. 95: 796–811.

1388. Toyomasu, T. et al. (2018). Characterization of diterpene synthase genes in the wild rice species Oryza brachyatha provides evolutionary insight into rice phytoalexin biosynthesis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 503: 1221–1227.

1389. Kuroha, T. et al. (2018). Ethylene-gibberellin signaling underlies adaptation of rice to periodic flooding. Science 361: 181–186.

1390. Zhang, K.-L. et al. Herbivore-induced rice resistance against rice blast mediated by salicylic acid. Insect Sci. in press.

1391. Zhang, X. et al. (2018). A positive charged patch and stabilized hydrophobic core are essential for avirulence function of AvrPib in the rice blast fungus. Plant J. 96: 133–146.

1392. Pelot, K.A. et al. (2018). Pelot, K.A. et al. (2018). Functional diversity of diterpene synthases in the biofuel crop switchgrass. Plant Physiol. 178: 54–71.

1393. Salvador-Guirao, R. et al. OsDCL1a activation impairs phytoalexin biosynthesis and compromises disease resistance in rice. Ann. Bot. in press.

1394. Hu, L. et al. (2018). Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota. Nat. Commun. 9: 2738.

1395. Pedras, M.S.C., and Abdoli, A. (2018). Methoxycamalexins and related compounds: syntheses, antifungal activity and inhibition of brassinin oxidase. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 26: 4461–4469.

1396. Gallego-Giraldo, L. et al. (2018). Elicitors and defense gene induction in plants with altered lignin compositions. New Phytol. 219: 1235–1251.

1397. Nishiguchi, S. et al. (2018). Accumulation of 9- and 13-KODEs in response to jasmonic acid treatment and pathogenic infection in rice. J. Pestic. Sci. 43: 191–197.

研究室中間発表会＆今週の輪読

10 月になったので，今週から化学生態学研究室と合同の研究室セミナーが再開しました．今週と来週は中間発表会です．来年度卒論配属予定の 3 年生も参加しました．

今週の輪読は下記の論文を取り上げました．

1384. Yan, Y. et al. (2018). Resistance-gene-directed discovery of a natural-product herbicide with a new mode of action. Nature 559: 415–418.

1385. De la Concepcion, J.C. et al. (2018). Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen. Nat. Plants 4: 576–585.