Knowing what your neighbour is doing Plant cells are connected to each other via their cell wall. While growing, it is therefore useful that they know what their neighbouring cells are doing. Now researchers show in Nature Plants how plants perceive changes of their neighbours: though holding on to them. When plant cells don’t reactContinue reading “Knowing what your neighbour is doing”
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Slowly improving
Slowly improving Rubisco, the most occurring enzyme of our planet, is not really efficient. It is more a good enough type of enzyme. Now researchers from England show that rubisco is one of the slowest evolving proteins, which is improving with each slow step it takes. Rubisco, the enzyme that is converting CO2 into sugars,Continue reading “Slowly improving”
Orange flavour
Orange flavour The typical flavour of oranges stands out between the other citrus fruits. But long was unknown what causes that specific flavour. Now American researchers identified that a combination of 26 flavour compounds that give oranges their unique orange flavour. Flavour compounds are often volatile substances that we perceive with our nose. Think alcohols,Continue reading “Orange flavour”
Controlled orientation
Controlled orientation Sometimes, when you are studying something in more detail, it turns out to be working a little different than you first imagined it. This is shown by American researchers in Nature for the orientation of cell divisions of root cells. The final form of an organism is the result of a whole bunchContinue reading “Controlled orientation”
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