Takayuki Shimizu

Introduction of regioselective bacterial heme oxygenases into Arabidopsis hy1-1 supports the retrograde heme signaling hypothesis

This study introduces regioselective bacterial heme oxygenases into Arabidopsis hy1-1 to test the retrograde heme signaling hypothesis, showing differential complementation of phenotypes related to phytochrome assembly and heme signaling.

Evolutionary conserved RLF, a plant cytochrome b5-like heme-binding protein, is essential for organ development in Marchantia polymorpha

This study shows that RLF, a heme-binding protein, is essential for organ development in Marchantia polymorpha and is evolutionarily conserved with a role in Arabidopsis thaliana.