Stomata articles within Nature

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• Article | 04 May 2022

  Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss

  A plant endogenous peptide-receptor signaling pathway termed SCREW–NUT is described; it counteracts microbe-associated molecular pattern (MAMP)- and abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure to regulate the reopening of stomata after biotic and abiotic stresses.

  • Zunyong Liu
  • , Shuguo Hou
  •  & Libo Shan

• Article | 26 August 2020

  The calcium-permeable channel OSCA1.3 regulates plant stomatal immunity

  A study in Arabidopsis thaliana shows that the immune receptor-associated cytosolic kinase BIK1 phosphorylates OSCA1.3 and identifies OSCA1.3 as the pathogen-responsive Ca²⁺-permeable channel that regulates stomatal closure.

  • Kathrin Thor
  • , Shushu Jiang
  •  & Cyril Zipfel

• Letter | 14 November 2018

  POLAR-guided signalling complex assembly and localization drive asymmetric cell division

  POLAR, identified in a survey of the protein interactome of BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 2 in Arabidopsis thaliana, has a key role in coordinating cell polarity and enabling asymmetric cell division.

  • Anaxi Houbaert
  • , Cheng Zhang
  •  & Eugenia Russinova

• Letter | 04 April 2018

  A small peptide modulates stomatal control via abscisic acid in long-distance signalling

  In an Arabidopsis model, the CLE25 peptide acts as a root-to-shoot signalling molecule that modulates abscisic acid expression to close stomata and enhance resistance to dehydration.

  • Fuminori Takahashi
  • , Takehiro Suzuki
  •  & Kazuo Shinozaki

• Article | 17 June 2015

  Competitive binding of antagonistic peptides fine-tunes stomatal patterning

  An investigation of the molecular mechanism of stomatal development and patterning finds an unexpected signalling mechanism: two signalling peptides (STOMAGEN, a positive regulator of stomatal development; and EPF2, a negative regulator of this process) use the same receptor kinase, ERECTA, to fine-tune stomatal development.

  • Jin Suk Lee
  • , Marketa Hnilova
  •  & Keiko U. Torii

• Letter | 10 July 2013

  Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise

  Present-day forests use water more efficiently, probably owing to the effect of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on leaf stomata, which partially close to maintain a near-constant level of carbon dioxide inside the leaves despite increasing atmospheric levels.

  • Trevor F. Keenan
  • , David Y. Hollinger
  •  & Andrew D. Richardson

• Letter | 05 February 2012

  Brassinosteroid regulates stomatal development by GSK3-mediated inhibition of a MAPK pathway

  Brassinosteroid inhibits stomatal development by alleviating GSK3-mediated inhibition of a MAPK module, revealing a link between a plant MAPKKK and its upstream regulators, and between brassinosteroid and a specific developmental output.

  • Tae-Wuk Kim
  • , Marta Michniewicz
  •  & Zhi-Yong Wang

• Article | 27 October 2010

  Homologue structure of the SLAC1 anion channel for closing stomata in leaves

  SLAC1 is a plant ion channel that controls turgor pressure in the guard cells of plant stomata, thereby regulating the exchange of water vapour and photosynthetic gases in response to environmental signals. Here, the X-ray crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of SLAC1 has been solved, and structure-inspired mutagenesis has been used to analyse the conductance properties of the channel. The findings indicate that selectivity among different anions is largely a function of the energetic cost of ion dehydration.

  • Yu-hang Chen
  • , Lei Hu
  •  & Wayne A. Hendrickson

• News & Views | 24 March 2010

  The hidden cost of transpiration

  Theoretical analyses reveal how plant investment in the architecture of leaf veins can be shuffled for different conditions, minimizing the construction costs associated with supplying water to leaves.

  • David J. Beerling
  •  & Peter J. Franks