Ron Cook is a Chef at various esteemed publications, including The Herald-Sun and the Miami Herald. He focuses on themes related to culture and society, particularly in the realms of food manufacturing, production, safety, and waste. Ron's insights and expertise have been featured in a wide array of outlets, showcasing his commitment to addressing critical issues within the food industry.
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Famous French Toast
By: Ron Cook
This year’s Lamar Days parade will be held on Saturday, 16, featuring Ron and Lonna Cook as this year’s Royalty couple, chosen by the Zonta Club of Prowers County. They are nothing short of a “power couple” in Lamar, having been members of the community for many years and being a big part of why Lamar is the amazing town that it is. It is hard to think of a committee, event, or charity that they are not involved with. The Cooks will celebrate 49 years of marriage in June. They raised four children in Lamar, two sons and two daughters. They also have 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren and both Ron and Lonna say that they have truly enjoyed living in Lamar and raising their kids here. “This community has always helped us and we have always felt the need to give back” said Ron. Both Ron and Lonna are incredibly humble and said that despite everything they have done for Lamar, they don’t do it for the recognition and “don’t like awards”. In fact, Lonna said that Ron originally tried to politely decline the offer to be this year’s royalty, but some strong persuasion from the Zonta Club helped convince him to reconsider.
By: John E. Froehlich, Josh V. Vermaas, Linda Danhof, Yosia Mugume, Breana Hagerty, Christoph Benning, Zachary B. Alvord, Jinjie Liu, Ron Cook
Plastid Lipase 3 (PLIP3) is a chloroplast phospholipase A that cleaves linolenic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid, from the sn-1 position of the chloroplast membrane lipid monogalactosyldiacylglycerol. Linolenic acid is subsequently converted by enzymes in the chloroplast and the peroxisome to jasmonic acid (JA) requiring transport between the organelles. Overexpression of a cDNA encoding PLIP3 resulted in stunted plant growth with altered leaf morphology caused by accumulation of JA and other oxylipin metabolites redirecting the metabolism from growth to defense. We conducted a genetic suppressor screen in the PLIP3-OX (PLIP3 overexpression) line to query the entire pathway from the start of JA biosynthesis to its perception, transduction, and modification by other signaling pathways. We identified a mutant allele of the 13-lipoxgenase LOX3, lox3–4, that is causal to the attenuation of the PLIP3-OX phenotype with reduced dwarfism and decreased production of JA and other oxylipins. The responsible G776E point mutation is in the C terminal catalytic domain in proximity to the non heme iron binding site of LOX3. The point mutation likely inhibits the oxidation of α-linolenic acid demonstrating its importance for general JA biosynthesis as its activity cannot be compensated for by other 13-lipoxygenases.
