We are excited to share two recently published review articles highlighting emerging directions in plant signaling and structural biology.

The first, led by Dr. Malathy Palayam and published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology, is titled “Beyond prediction: why experimental structural biology remains essential in plants.” The review discusses the rapidly evolving landscape of structural biology in the era of powerful AI-based structure prediction, highlighting why experimental approaches remain essential for uncovering protein dynamics, molecular interactions, ligand recognition, and regulatory mechanisms in plant biology.

The second, written by Dr. Nitzan Shabek and published in the Journal of Experimental Botany, is titled “From signaling to catabolism: terminal tails in plant hormone regulation.” This review explores hormone deactivation as an important regulatory layer in plant signaling, with a particular focus on emerging mechanisms controlling hormone catabolism and the stability of catabolic enzymes through the ubiquitin system.

Congratulations to Malathy and the team on these new publications!
Links to the papers: Beyond prediction: why experimental structural biology remains essential in plants and From signaling to catabolism: terminal tails in plant hormone regulation.