Peng Gao

The paper shows that autophagy in root hair-forming cells of Arabidopsis is crucial for salt stress tolerance by enabling sodium sequestration.

The paper identifies a conserved selective autophagy receptor, CESAR, critical for proteostasis under heat stress in plants through cross-species interactome analysis.

The paper shows that different ATG8 isoforms in Arabidopsis have specialized functions in autophagy, as demonstrated by a mutant lacking all nine isoforms and complementation experiments.

The paper identifies PITPβ's role in COPI vesicle fission by delivering phosphatidylcholine through membrane contacts, revealing a mechanism for lipid transfer in intracellular transport.

This study identifies a vacuolar quality control pathway in plants that uses ATG8ylation to protect vacuolar integrity following cell wall damage.