Functional characterisation of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling in Physcomitrella

Saliba E, Hoernstein SNW, van Gessel N, Sentimenti A, Höß KMV, Parsons J, Decker EL, Huesgen PF, Simonsen HT, Reski R.

Plant Cell Rep. 2026; doi: 10.1007/s00299-026-03722-y.

This study showed that the evolutionary conserved TOR kinase positively controls growth and development of the moss Physcomitrella, development and function of its chloroplasts, its protein synthesis, and cell-cycle progression.