S. Fort

A new group of LysM-RLKs involved in symbiotic signal perception and arbuscular mycorrhiza establishment

The paper identifies a new group of LysM-RLK receptors that bind both LCO and CO, playing a complementary role with LYR-IA receptors in arbuscular mycorrhiza formation.

LysM-RLK plays an ancestral symbiotic function in plants

This study shows that LysM-RLKs in liverworts are involved in symbiosis and COs/LCOs perception, supporting their ancestral role in AM formation.

Distinct genetic bases for plant root responses to lipo-chitooligosaccharide signal molecules from distinct microbial origins

This study identifies distinct genetic loci for plant root responses to Nod-LCOs and Fung-LCOs, showing they use different molecular mechanisms.

Bmf Facilitates Protein Degradation and Reduces Beclin1 Ubiquitination to Inhibit Autophagy Independent of mTOR

This study shows Bmf reduces protein levels by decreasing ubiquitination and inhibits autophagy independently of mTOR, with implications for autophagic cell death and lung disease.