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Wei-Cai Yang

State Key Laboratory of Seed Innovation, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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The GSNOR1-VDAC3 complex acts as a cargo co-receptor for mitophagy in response to mitochondrial stress in plants

Huifang Lin, Hongyan Guo, Rong Wu, Wan Wang, Peng-Fei Jia, Shina Sun, Ru Bie, Hong-Ju Li, Wei-Cai Yang, Jianru Zuo

This study identifies GSNOR1 and VDAC3 as a complex that facilitates mitophagy in plants by targeting damaged mitochondria for degradation.

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Parallel loss of symbiosis genes in relatives of nitrogen-fixing non-legume Parasponia

Robin van Velzen, Rens Holmer, Fengjiao Bu, Luuk Rutten, Arjan van Zeijl, Wei Liu, Luca Santuari, Qingqin Cao, Trupti Sharma, Defeng Shen, Yuda P. Roswanjaya, Titis A.K. Wardhani, Maryam Seifi Kalhor, Joëlle Jansen, D. Johan van den Hoogen, , Rene Geurts

The paper shows that non-nodulating relatives of Parasponia lost key symbiosis genes, challenging the hypothesis that nodulation evolved independently multiple times.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2017 · PreprintPlant Biology