L. Lorenzo-Orts

The paper identifies conserved factors that maintain ribosome dormancy in zebrafish and Xenopus eggs and embryos, transitioning to an active state during early development.

The paper reports that chimeric receptor proteins formed by fusing BIR3 LRR domains with SERK-dependent LRR-RK kinase domains activate signaling pathways constitutively, leading to gain-of-function phenotypes.

The paper develops a method to detect inorganic polyphosphates in plants using a dye and binding domain, finding that higher plants lack large polyP stores.

This study identifies CHAD domains as specific inorganic polyphosphate binding modules across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, revealing their structural and functional roles in polyP metabolism and localization.