Florentine Ballhaus

Degradation & Condensation

Plants respond to adverse environmental conditions through a wide array of physiological and molecular mechanisms. Two such responses are autophagy and the formation of stress granules. Autophagy is a conserved degradative process in which cellular material is engulfed by a double-membrane vesicle, the autophagosome, a...

A family of metabolite damage-control phosphatases modulates ROS-induced autophagy and plant stress resilience

Organ identity shapes autophagy dynamics and selectivity in plants

It is demonstrated that roots exhibit stronger autophagic activity than shoots under all three conditions, highlighting the unique adaptations of these two organs and enhancing the understanding of plant specific autophagy dynamics.