ReviewThe New phytologist2025
The evolution of RHO of plant (ROP) proteins and their morphogenetic functions.
Review in The New phytologist, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Active ROP2 triggers leaf senescence and orchestrates the growth-senescence trade-off under nitrogen starvation.Plant signaling & behavior · 2026Article
- The Small GTPase RHO1 Regulates ROS Homeostasis and Differentially Responds to Pathogens Infection via Interaction With Aquaporin TIP1;1 in Nicotiana.Molecular plant pathology · 2026Article
- Soybean GTPase RAC1 interacts with the rhizobial effector NopC to promote root nodulation and improve yield.Plant communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
The ability of a cell to polarise, and direct cell growth or orient cell division, for example, is fundamental for the morphogenesis of multicellular organisms. A key molecular system for signalling cell polarity in diverse eukaryotes involves the RHO family of small GTPases. Since its origin in early eukaryotes, the RHO family has evolved independently in different lineages, and the plant-specific subfamily of RHO - RHO of plants (ROP) - was established in the streptophyte algal ancestors of land plants. Insights from both bryophytes and vascular plants have revealed conserved roles for ROP signalling in land plant morphogenesis. Synthesising our current understanding of how ROP signalling evolved and how it regulates morphogenesis in extant land plants, we propose that this polarity signalling system was co-opted to spatially coordinate morphogenetic mechanisms that evolved in the algal ancestors of land plants.
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