Before seedlings can photosynthesize, they depend on fatty acids—and on peroxisomes to process them. Researchers discovered that the protein PEX11 not only helps these structures divide but also ...

Plants spend most of their lives using photosynthesis to make energy. However, in the earliest phase after a seed begins to grow, they cannot yet ...

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage, when they can't absorb light just yet, they rely on other sources, like fatty acids. To ...

Peroxisomes are ubiquitous eukaryotic organelles that serve as metabolic hubs for vital reactions including β-oxidation of fatty acids, the glyoxylate cycle and reactive oxygen species (ROS) ...

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage when they can’t absorb light just yet, they rely on other sources, like fatty acids. To ...

Meghna Gupta, Ph.D., is driven to improve fundamental scientific understanding of peroxisomes Meghna Gupta, Ph.D., a ...

As more functional redundancy in mammalian cells is discovered, enhanced expression of genes involved in alternative pathways may become an effective form of gene therapy. X-linked ...

Rice University scientists used advanced CRISPR techniques to study PEX11, a protein coded by five genes in Arabidopsis plants, revealing its role in controlling peroxisome growth during the ...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are well known for their role in mediating both physiological and pathophysiological signal transduction. Enzymes and subcellular compartments that typically produce ROS ...

A newly discovered protein controls plant cell growth, helping seedlings develop and survive early growth stages.

A Nature study reports a single-molecule GLP-1–GIP–lanifibranor quintuple agonist that targets incretin receptor-expressing ...