R. Fenske

RNA- and DNA-binding proteins generally exhibit direct transfer of polynucleotides: Implications for target site search

The paper demonstrates that RNA- and DNA-binding proteins can directly transfer polynucleotides, enabling one-dimensional target site search and suggesting regulated complex lifetimes in vivo.

PRC2 direct transfer from G-quadruplex RNA to dsDNA: Implications for RNA-binding chromatin modifiers

This study reveals a direct transfer mechanism by which PRC2 exchanges RNA and DNA/nucleosome in its binding site, reconciling conflicting in vitro and in vivo findings on RNA's role in regulating PRC2 activity.

Autophagy promotes photomorphogenesis during seedling development in Arabidopsis in carbon limiting conditions

This study shows autophagy promotes photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis seedlings under carbon limitation by enhancing lipid turnover and chloroplast development.

In vivo homopropargylglycine incorporation enables nascent protein tagging, isolation and characterisation from Arabidopsis thaliana

This paper introduces HPG-based BONCAT to tag, isolate, and characterize nascent proteins in Arabidopsis, showing it is more efficient than AHA-based BONCAT.

The Arabidopsis mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier 2 maintains leaf metabolic homeostasis by uniting malate import and citrate export

This paper identifies DIC2 as a bifunctional mitochondrial carrier in Arabidopsis that facilitates malate import and citrate export, maintaining metabolic homeostasis in leaves.

Coordination and assembly of protein complexes encoded across mitochondrial and nuclear genomes is assisted by CLPP2 in Arabidopsis thaliana

The paper shows that CLPP2 in Arabidopsis thaliana aids in coordinating and assembling protein complexes encoded by both mitochondrial and nuclear genomes, affecting mitochondrial protein homeostasis.

The macrocyclizing protease butelase 1 remains auto-catalytic and reveals the structural basis for ligase activity

The paper shows butelase 1 retains cleavage activity despite being classified as a ligase, with structural insights into its macrocyclization efficiency.