P. Chotewutmontri

Translational activation by a synthetic PPR protein elucidates control of psbA translation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts

A synthetic PPR protein substitutes for HCF173, elucidating its role in activating psbA translation and demonstrating synthetic PPRs' ability to control chloroplast gene expression.

Correlated retrograde and developmental regulons implicate multiple retrograde signals as coordinators of chloroplast development in maize

Transcriptomes of non-photosynthetic maize mutants reveal three plastid signals coordinating photosynthetic differentiation during leaf development.

Ribosome profiling elucidates differential gene expression in bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize

This study uses ribosome profiling and RNA-seq to analyze translational efficiency and gene expression differences between bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize, identifying 182 genes with cell-type dependent translation.

Light-induced psbA translation in plants is triggered by photosystem II damage via an assembly-linked autoregulatory circuit

The paper identifies light-induced D1 damage as the signal triggering psbA ribosome recruitment and global translation elongation in plants, revealing an autoregulatory mechanism linking D1 synthesis to PSII repair.