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+date: 2024-12-12
+title: ARC Data Publications Gaining Traction
+description: "One of the main objectives of DataPLANT is to foster a cultural shift toward data publications."
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+One of the main objectives of DataPLANT is to foster a cultural shift toward data publications. 
+The Annotated Research Contexts (ARCs) serve as containers for experimental data, computational 
+analyses, and their annotations. It is a conceptual framework adhering to the RO-Crate specification. 
+For fundamental plant researchers, data publications are becoming a positive indicator of career 
+success. DataPLANT, in collaboration with the plant science research community, is dedicated to 
+embedding this practice as a core element of the digital transformation in science.
+
+Recently, the Fernie Lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP) in P
+otsdam, a member of DataPLANT, published an ARC focusing on the characterization of a variegated 
+tomato mutant named canalized-1. This research employed a multi-omics approach, incorporating 
+transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. The canalized-1 mutant, previously described as a 
+yield canalization mutant, has been linked to the AtSCO2 (SNOWY COTYLEDONS2) ortholog, a gene 
+identified as a photosystem assembly factor in Arabidopsis thaliana.
+
+The multi-omics analysis revealed distinct responses in white and green leaf sectors at various 
+omics levels. Findings suggested that green leaf sectors establish functional photosystems despite 
+the impaired protein encoded by the mutated gene. This compensation occurs via transcriptional 
+overexpression of photosystem assembly genes. These results further validate the role of the 
+mutated protein as a photosystem assembly factor. Additionally, the observed yield decanalization 
+likely stems from variations in total photosynthetically active leaf area between plants.
+
+The study highlights the potential of ARCs to advance plant science research. The original data 
+publisher, formerly a DataPLANT data steward, now serves as a senior research officer (postdoc) 
+in Christine Raines' group and contributes to the RIPE consortium. This group is working to enhance 
+the [regeneration of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)](https://ripe.illinois.edu/objectives/rubp-regeneration) 
+and thereby improve photosynthetic efficiency.