Cristina Sousa Correia

TL;DR: It is found that plants lacking components of the N-end rule pathway constitutively express core hypoxia-response genes and are more tolerant of hypoxic stress, and a molecular mechanism for oxygen sensing in plants via the evolutionarily conserved N- end rule pathway is revealed.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated how NO sensing is integrated across multiple physiological processes by direct modulation of transcription factor stability and identifies group VII ERFs as central hubs for the perception of gaseous signals in plants.

TL;DR: It is proposed that plants monitor the soil’s gaseous environment after germination, using hypoxia as a key external cue to protect the stem cell niche, thus ensuring successful rapid establishment upon emergence above ground.

TL;DR: The N-end rule pathway is a highly conserved mechanism present in all eukaryotes as discussed by the authors, which targets specific proteins based on the recognition of the substrate's N-terminal amino acid by E3-ligase for degradation via ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in the cell.