Manipulating plant oxygen sensing through NCO substitution reveals trade-offs between growth and flooding tolerance
Monica Perri, Yuming He, Ximena Chirinos, Mikel Lavilla-Puerta, Rebecca Latter, Thomas Bancroft, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Emily Flashman, Francesco Licausi
This study replaces Arabidopsis PCOs with NCOs from different species to show how enzyme activity affects hypoxia gene expression and submergence survival, but also impacts growth and biomass.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology