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Song Z, Zhang C, Song G, Wei H, Xu W, Pan H, Ding C, Xu M, Zhen Y. Unraveling the lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Involved in Poplar Coma Development through High-Throughput Sequencing. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7403. [PMID: 39000510 PMCID: PMC11242837 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25137403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
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Poplar coma, the fluff-like appendages of seeds originating from the differentiated surface cells of the placenta and funicle, aids in the long-distance dispersal of seeds in the spring. However, it also poses hazards to human safety and causes pollution in the surrounding environment. Unraveling the regulatory mechanisms governing the initiation and development of coma is essential for addressing this issue comprehensively. In this study, strand-specific RNA-seq was conducted at three distinct stages of coma development, revealing 1888 lncRNAs and 52,810 mRNAs. The expression profiles of lncRNAs and mRNAs during coma development were analyzed. Subsequently, potential target genes of lncRNAs were predicted through co-localization and co-expression analyses. Integrating various types of sequencing data, lncRNA-miRNA-TF regulatory networks related to the initiation of coma were constructed. Utilizing identified differentially expressed genes encoding kinesin and actin, lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks associated with the construction and arrangement of the coma cytoskeleton were established. Additionally, relying on differentially expressed genes encoding cellulose synthase, sucrose synthase, and expansin, lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks related to coma cell wall synthesis and remodeling were developed. This study not only enhances the comprehension of lncRNA but also provides novel insights into the molecular mechanisms governing the initiation and development of poplar coma.
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- Zihe Song
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Liu L, Wang Y, Cao W, Yang L, Zhang C, Yuan L, Wang D, Wang W, Zhang H, Schiefelbein J, Yu F, An L. TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 defines trichome cell shape by modulating actin cytoskeleton in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:1256-1276. [PMID: 38391271 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 (TTG2) gene encodes a WRKY transcription factor that regulates a range of development events like trichome, seed coat, and atrichoblast formation. Loss-of-function of TTG2 was previously shown to reduce or eliminate trichome specification and branching. Here, we report the identification of an allele of TTG2, ttg2-6. In contrast to the ttg2 mutants described before, ttg2-6 displayed unique trichome phenotypes. Some ttg2-6 mutant trichomes were hyper-branched, whereas others were hypo-branched, distorted, or clustered. Further, we found that in addition to specifically activating R3 MYB transcription factor TRIPTYCHON (TRY) to modulate trichome specification, TTG2 also integrated cytoskeletal signaling to regulate trichome morphogenesis. The ttg2-6 trichomes displayed aberrant cortical microtubules (cMTs) and actin filaments (F-actin) configurations. Moreover, genetic and biochemical analyses showed that TTG2 could directly bind to the promoter and regulate the expression of BRICK1 (BRK1), which encodes a subunit of the actin nucleation promoting complex suppressor of cyclic AMP repressor (SCAR)/Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family verprolin homologous protein (WAVE). Collectively, taking advantage of ttg2-6, we uncovered a function for TTG2 in facilitating cMTs and F-actin cytoskeleton-dependent trichome development, providing insight into cellular signaling events downstream of the core transcriptional regulation during trichome development in Arabidopsis.
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- Lu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Prickle Development in Eggplant. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12030341. [PMID: 33668977 PMCID: PMC7996550 DOI: 10.3390/genes12030341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Eggplant is one of the most important vegetables worldwide. Prickles on the leaves, stems and fruit calyxes of eggplant may cause difficulties during cultivation, harvesting and transportation, and therefore is an undesirable agronomic trait. However, limited knowledge about molecular mechanisms of prickle morphogenesis has hindered the genetic improvement of eggplant. In this study, we performed the phenotypic characterization and transcriptome analysis on prickly and prickleless eggplant genotypes to understand prickle development at the morphological and molecular levels. Morphological analysis revealed that eggplant prickles were multicellular, lignified and layered organs. Comparative transcriptome analysis identified key pathways and hub genes involved in the cell cycle as well as flavonoid biosynthetic, photosynthetic, and hormone metabolic processes during prickle development. Interestingly, genes associated with flavonoid biosynthesis were up-regulated in developing prickles, and genes associated with photosynthesis were down-regulated in developing and matured prickles. It was also noteworthy that several development-related transcription factors such as bHLH, C2H2, MYB, TCP and WRKY were specifically down- or up-regulated in developing prickles. Furthermore, four genes were found to be differentially expressed within the Pl locus interval. This study provides new insights into the regulatory molecular mechanisms underlying prickle morphogenesis in eggplant, and the genes identified might be exploited in breeding programs to develop prickleless eggplant cultivars.
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Chen L, Peng Y, Tian J, Wang X, Kong Z, Mao T, Yuan M, Li Y. TCS1, a Microtubule-Binding Protein, Interacts with KCBP/ZWICHEL to Regulate Trichome Cell Shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006266. [PMID: 27768706 PMCID: PMC5074588 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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How cell shape is controlled is a fundamental question in developmental biology, but the genetic and molecular mechanisms that determine cell shape are largely unknown. Arabidopsis trichomes have been used as a good model system to investigate cell shape at the single-cell level. Here we describe the trichome cell shape 1 (tcs1) mutants with the reduced trichome branch number in Arabidopsis. TCS1 encodes a coiled-coil domain-containing protein. Pharmacological analyses and observations of microtubule dynamics show that TCS1 influences the stability of microtubules. Biochemical analyses and live-cell imaging indicate that TCS1 binds to microtubules and promotes the assembly of microtubules. Further results reveal that TCS1 physically associates with KCBP/ZWICHEL, a microtubule motor involved in the regulation of trichome branch number. Genetic analyses indicate that kcbp/zwi is epistatic to tcs1 with respect to trichome branch number. Thus, our findings define a novel genetic and molecular mechanism by which TCS1 interacts with KCBP to regulate trichome cell shape by influencing the stability of microtubules. The particular shape of plant cells is not only crucial for their biological functions but also affects the overall shape of organs. How cell shape is controlled is a fundamental question in developmental biology, and the study of plant cell shape regulation is an interesting part of plant biology. Arabidopsis trichomes have been used as a good model system to investigate cell shape at the single-cell level. In this study, we use Arabidopsis trichomes as a model to identify the trichome cell shape 1 (tcs1) mutants with the reduced trichome branch number. TCS1 encodes a microtubule binding protein, which is required for the stability of microtubules. We further find that TCS1 physically interacts with a microtubule motor involved in the regulation of trichome branch number. TCS1 acts genetically with this microtubule motor to control trichome branch number. Thus, our findings provide important insights into how the microtubule cytoskeleton determines cell shape.
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- Liangliang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- School of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Buschmann H, Dols J, Kopischke S, Peña EJ, Andrade-Navarro MA, Heinlein M, Szymanski DB, Zachgo S, Doonan JH, Lloyd CW. Arabidopsis KCBP interacts with AIR9 but stays in the cortical division zone throughout mitosis via its MyTH4-FERM domain. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2033-46. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.156570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The preprophase band of microtubules performs the crucial function of marking the plane of cell division. Although the preprophase band depolymerises at the onset of mitosis, the division plane is ‘memorized’ by a cortical division zone to which the phragmoplast is attracted during cytokinesis. Proteins have been discovered that are part of the molecular memory but little is known about how they contribute to phragmoplast guidance. Previously, we found that the microtubule-associated protein AIR9 is found in the cortical division zone at preprophase and returns during cell plate insertion but is absent from the cortex during the intervening mitosis. To identify new components of the preprophase memory, we searched for proteins that interact with AIR9. We detected the kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein, KCBP, which can be visualized at the predicted cortical site throughout division. A truncation study of KCBP indicates that its MyTH4-FERM domain is required for linking the motor domain to the cortex. These results suggest a mechanism by which minus-end-directed KCBP helps guide the centrifugally expanding phragmoplast to the cortical division site.
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- Henrik Buschmann
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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- Botanical Institute, Biology and Chemistry Department, University of Osnabrück, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UPR2357 CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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- Botanical Institute, Biology and Chemistry Department, University of Osnabrück, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UK
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Humphrey TV, Haasen KE, Aldea-Brydges MG, Sun H, Zayed Y, Indriolo E, Goring DR. PERK-KIPK-KCBP signalling negatively regulates root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:71-83. [PMID: 25262228 PMCID: PMC4265151 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Arabidopsis proline-rich, extensin-like receptor-like kinases (PERKs) are a small group of receptor-like kinases that are thought to act as sensors at the cell wall through their predicted proline-rich extracellular domains. In this study, we focused on the characterization of a subclade of three Arabidopsis predicted PERK genes, PERK8, -9, and -10, for which no functions were known. Yeast two-hybrid interaction studies were conducted with the PERK8,- 9, and -10 cytosolic kinase domains, and two members of the Arabidopsis AGC VIII kinase family were identified as interacting proteins: AGC1-9 and the closely related kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein (KCBP)-interacting protein kinase (KIPK). As KIPK has been identified previously as an interactor of KCBP, these interactions were also examined further and confirmed in this study. Finally, T-DNA mutants for each gene were screened for altered phenotypes under different conditions, and from these screens, a role for the PERK, KIPK, and KCBP genes in negatively regulating root growth was uncovered.
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- Tania V Humphrey
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 3B2
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Wang H, Liu R, Wang J, Wang P, Shen Y, Liu G. The Arabidopsis kinesin gene AtKin-1 plays a role in the nuclear division process during megagametogenesis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:819-828. [PMID: 24667993 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1594-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Atkin - 1 , the only Kinesin-1 member of Arabidopsis thaliana , plays a role during female gametogenesis through regulation of nuclear division cycles. Kinesins are microtubule-dependent motor proteins found in eukaryotic organisms. They constitute a superfamily that can be further classified into at least 14 families. In the Kinesin-1 family, members from animal and fungi play roles in long-distance transport of organelles and vesicles. Although Kinesin-1-like sequences have been identified in higher plants, little is known about their function in plant cells, other than in a recently identified Kinesin-1-like protein in a rice pollen semi-sterile mutant. In this study, the gene encoding the only Kinesin-1 member in Arabidopsis, AtKin-1 was found to be specifically expressed in ovules and anthers. AtKin-1 loss-of-function mutants showed substantially aborted ovules in siliques, and this finding was supported by complementation testing. Reciprocal crossing between mutant and wild-type plants indicated that a defect in AtKin-1 results in partially aborted megagametophytes, with no observable effects on pollen fertility. Further observation of ovule development in the mutant pistils indicated that the enlargement of the megaspore was blocked and nuclear division arrested at the one-nucleate stage during embryo sac formation. Our data suggest that AtKin-1 plays a role in the nuclear division cycles during megagametogenesis.
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- Haiqing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 23 Xinning Road, Xining, 810001, China,
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Zhang M, Zhang B, Qian Q, Yu Y, Li R, Zhang J, Liu X, Zeng D, Li J, Zhou Y. Brittle Culm 12, a dual-targeting kinesin-4 protein, controls cell-cycle progression and wall properties in rice. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 63:312-328. [PMID: 20444225 PMCID: PMC3440585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Kinesins are encoded by a large gene family involved in many basic processes of plant development. However, the number of functionally identified kinesins in rice is very limited. Here, we report the functional characterization of Brittle Culm12 (BC12), a gene encoding a kinesin-4 protein. bc12 mutants display dwarfism resulting from a significant reduction in cell number and brittleness due to an alteration in cellulose microfibril orientation and wall composition. BC12 is expressed mainly in tissues undergoing cell division and secondary wall thickening. In vitro biochemical analyses verified BC12 as an authentic motor protein. This protein was present in both the nucleus and cytoplasm and associated with microtubule arrays during cell division. Mitotic microtubule array comparison, flow cytometric analysis and expression assays of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complexes in root-tip cells showed that cell-cycle progression is affected in bc12 mutants. BC12 is very probably regulated by CDKA;3 based on yeast two-hybrid and microarray data. Therefore, BC12 functions as a dual-targeting kinesin protein and is implicated in cell-cycle progression, cellulose microfibril deposition and wall composition in the monocot plant rice.
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- Mu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhou 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesHangzhou 310006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101, China
- *For correspondence (fax +86 10 64873428; e-mail )
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Li W, Wu J, Weng S, Zhang D, Zhang Y, Shi C. Characterization and fine mapping of the glabrous leaf and hull mutants (gl1) in rice (Oryza sativa L.). PLANT CELL REPORTS 2010; 29:617-27. [PMID: 20376671 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0848-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 03/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The glabrous leaf and hull (gl1) mutants were isolated from M(2) generation of indica cultivar 93-11. These mutants produced smooth leaves and hairless glumes under normal growth conditions. By analyzing through scanning electron microscope, it was revealed that the leaf trichomes, including macro and micro hairs, were deficient in these mutants. Genetic analysis indicated that the mutation was controlled by a single recessive gene. Using nine SSR markers and one InDel marker, the gl1 gene was mapped between RM1200 and RM2010 at the short arm of chromosome 5, which was consistent with the mapping of gl1 in previous studies. To facilitate the map-based cloning of the gl1 gene, 12 new InDel markers were developed. A high-resolution genetic and physical map was constructed by using 1,396 mutant individuals of F(2) mapping population. Finally, the gl1 was fine mapped in 54-kb region containing 10 annotated genes. Cloning and sequencing of the target region from four gl1 mutants (gl1-1, gl1-2, gl1-3 and gl1-4) and four glabrous rice varieties (Jackson, Jefferson, Katy and Lemont) all showed that the same single point mutation (A-->T) occurred in the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of the locus Os05g0118900 (corresponding to the 3'-UTR of STAR2). RT-PCR analysis of the locus Os05g0118900 revealed that its mRNA expression level was normal in gl1 mutant. RNA secondary structure prediction showed that the single point mutation resulted in a striking RNA conformational change. These results suggest that the single point mutation is most likely responsible for the glabrous leaf and hull phenotypes in rice.
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- Wenqiang Li
- Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Buschmann H, Hauptmann M, Niessing D, Lloyd CW, Schäffner AR. Helical growth of the Arabidopsis mutant tortifolia2 does not depend on cell division patterns but involves handed twisting of isolated cells. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:2090-106. [PMID: 19638477 PMCID: PMC2729594 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.061242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Several factors regulate plant organ growth polarity. tortifolia2 (tor2), a right-handed helical growth mutant, has a conservative replacement of Arg-2 with Lys in the alpha-tubulin 4 protein. Based on a published high-resolution (2.89 A) tubulin structure, we predict that Arg-2 of alpha-tubulin forms hydrogen bonds with the GTPase domain of beta-tubulin, and structural modeling suggests that these contacts are interrupted in tor2. Consistent with this, we found that microtubule dynamicity is reduced in the tor2 background. We investigated the developmental origin of the helical growth phenotype using tor2. One hypothesis predicts that cell division patterns cause helical organ growth in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants. However, cell division patterns of tor2 root tips appear normal. Experimental uncoupling of cell division and expansion suggests that helical organ growth is based on cell elongation defects only. Another hypothesis is that twisting is due to inequalities in expansion of epidermal and cortical tissues. However, freely growing leaf trichomes of tor2 mutants show right-handed twisting and cortical microtubules form left-handed helices as early as the unbranched stage of trichome development. Trichome twisting is inverted in double mutants with tor3, a left-handed mutant. Single tor2 suspension cells also exhibit handed twisting. Thus, twisting of tor2 mutant organs appears to be a higher-order expression of the helical expansion of individual cells.
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- Henrik Buschmann
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Lai C, Xiong J, Li X, Qin X. A 43-bp A/T-rich element upstream of the kinesin gene AtKP1 promoter functions as a silencer in Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2009; 28:851-860. [PMID: 19306002 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-009-0689-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana kinesin-like protein 1 (AtKP1) gene is restricted to tender tissues. We used a 5'-deletion assay to identify and characterize the regulatory regions controlling tissue-specific AtKP1 expression. Multiple enhancer regions, located 470- and 2,808-bp upstream of the translational start codon, were critical for activation, while a silencer region located at -2,987 to -2,808 (A + T = 71%) was required for repression. Within this 180-bp fragment, a 43-bp element (termed KPRE, A + T = 58%) mediated repression of the CaMV35S promoter by using a gain-of-function approach that was orientation-dependent in leaves and orientation-independent in roots. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) showed that the GAGAAATT octamer (corresponding to neucleotides -2,908 - -2,900) in KPRE was the core negative regulatory motif for interacting with DNA-binding proteins in leaves and roots. However, using a second gain-of-function experiment with KPRE fused to CaMV35S, we found that the mutant negatively affected transcription in transgenic leaves and positively affected transcription in transgenic roots. This indicated that these two modes mediate repressive regulation in leaves and roots, respectively. The EMSA experiment using different mutant KPRE as probes confirmed that two distinct sets of proteins bound to KPRE at an overlapping site AGAAAT in the leaf. Taken together, these data suggest that two different modes control the negatively transcriptional regulation of KPRE in leaves and roots, and provide new insight into the mechanism of transcriptional repression of A/T-rich sequences in higher plants.
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- Chengxia Lai
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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Guo L, Ho CMK, Kong Z, Lee YRJ, Qian Q, Liu B. Evaluating the microtubule cytoskeleton and its interacting proteins in monocots by mining the rice genome. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2009; 103:387-402. [PMID: 19106179 PMCID: PMC2707338 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Revised: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microtubules (MTs) are assembled by heterodimers of alpha- and beta-tubulins, which provide tracks for directional transport and frameworks for the spindle apparatus and the phragmoplast. MT nucleation and dynamics are regulated by components such as the gamma-tubulin complex which are conserved among eukaryotes, and other components which are unique to plants. Following remarkable progress made in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana toward revealing key components regulating MT activities, the completed rice (Oryza sativa) genome has prompted a survey of the MT cytoskeleton in this important crop as a model for monocots. SCOPE The rice genome contains three alpha-tubulin genes, eight beta-tubulin genes and a single gamma-tubulin gene. A functional gamma-tubulin ring complex is expected to form in rice as genes encoding all components of the complex are present. Among proteins that interact with MTs, compared with A. thaliana, rice has more genes encoding some members such as the MAP65/Ase1p/PRC1 family, but fewer for the motor kinesins, the end-binding protein EB1 and the mitotic kinase Aurora. Although most known MT-interacting factors have apparent orthologues in rice, no orthologues of arabidopsis RIC1 and MAP18 have been identified in rice. Among all proteins surveyed here, only a few have had their functions characterized by genetic means in rice. Elucidating functions of proteins of the rice MT cytoskeleton, aided by recent technical advances made in this model monocot, will greatly advance our knowledge of how monocots employ their MTs to regulate their growth and form.
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- Longbiao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310006, China
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- For correspondence. E-mail:
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Buschmann H, Lloyd CW. Arabidopsis mutants and the network of microtubule-associated functions. MOLECULAR PLANT 2008; 1:888-98. [PMID: 19825590 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In early eukaryotes, the microtubule system was engaged in mitosis, intracellular transport, and flagellum-based motility. In the plant lineage, the evolution of a multicellular body involved the conservation of some core functions, the loss of others, and the elaboration of new microtubule functions associated with the multicellular plant habit. This diversification is reflected by the presence of both conserved (animal/fungi-like) and novel (plant-like) sequences encoding microtubule-related functions in the Arabidopsis genome. The collection of microtubule mutants has grown rapidly over recent years. These mutants present a wide range of phenotypes, consistent with the hypothesis of a functional diversification of the microtubule system. In this review, we focus on mutant analysis and, in particular, discuss double mutant analysis as a valuable tool for pinpointing pathways of gene function. A future challenge will be to define the complete network of genetic and physical interactions of microtubule function in plants. In addition to reviewing recent progress in the functional analysis of the 'MAPome', we present an online database of Arabidopsis mutants impaired in microtubule functions.
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- Henrik Buschmann
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Xu T, Sun X, Jiang S, Ren D, Liu G. Cotton GhKCH2, a plant-specific kinesin, is low-affinitive and nucleotide-independent as binding to microtubule. BMB Rep 2008; 40:723-30. [PMID: 17927906 DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2007.40.5.723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Kinesin is an ATP-driven microtubule motor protein that plays important roles in control of microtubule dynamics, intracellular transport, cell division and signal transduction. The kinesin superfamily is composed of numerous members that are classified into 14 subfamilies. Animal kinesins have been well characterized. In contrast, plant kinesins have not yet to be characterized adequately. Here, a novel plant-specific kinesin gene, GhKCH2, has been cloned from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibers and biochemically identified by prokaryotic expression, affinity purification, ATPase activity assay and microtubule-binding analysis. The putative motor domain of GhKCH2, M396-734 corresponding to amino acids Q396-N734 was fused with 6xHis-tag, soluble-expressed in E. coli and affinity-purified in a large amount. The biochemical analysis demonstrated that the basal ATPase activity of M396-734 is not activated by Ca2+, but stimulated 30-fold max by microtubules. The enzymatic activation is microtubule-concentration-dependent, and the concentration of microtubules that corresponds to half-maximum activation was about 11 microM, much higher than that of other kinesins reported. The cosedimentation assay indicated that M396-734 could bind to microtubules in vitro whenever the nucleotide AMP-PNP is present or absent. As a plant-specific microtubule-dependent kinesin with a lower microtubule-affinity and a nucleotide-independent microtubule-binding ability, cotton GhKCH2 might be involved in the function of microtubules during the deposition of cellulose microfibrils in fibers or the formation of cell wall.
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- Tao Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
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Wu Z, Soliman KM, Bolton JJ, Saha S, Jenkins JN. Identification of differentially expressed genes associated with cotton fiber development in a chromosomal substitution line (CS-B22sh). Funct Integr Genomics 2007; 8:165-74. [DOI: 10.1007/s10142-007-0064-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/06/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Richardson DN, Simmons MP, Reddy ASN. Comprehensive comparative analysis of kinesins in photosynthetic eukaryotes. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:18. [PMID: 16448571 PMCID: PMC1434745 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Kinesins, a superfamily of molecular motors, use microtubules as tracks and transport diverse cellular cargoes. All kinesins contain a highly conserved approximately 350 amino acid motor domain. Previous analysis of the completed genome sequence of one flowering plant (Arabidopsis) has resulted in identification of 61 kinesins. The recent completion of genome sequencing of several photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic eukaryotes that belong to divergent lineages offers a unique opportunity to conduct a comprehensive comparative analysis of kinesins in plant and non-plant systems and infer their evolutionary relationships. RESULTS We used the kinesin motor domain to identify kinesins in the completed genome sequences of 19 species, including 13 newly sequenced genomes. Among the newly analyzed genomes, six represent photosynthetic eukaryotes. A total of 529 kinesins was used to perform comprehensive analysis of kinesins and to construct gene trees using the Bayesian and parsimony approaches. The previously recognized 14 families of kinesins are resolved as distinct lineages in our inferred gene tree. At least three of the 14 kinesin families are not represented in flowering plants. Chlamydomonas, a green alga that is part of the lineage that includes land plants, has at least nine of the 14 known kinesin families. Seven of ten families present in flowering plants are represented in Chlamydomonas, indicating that these families were retained in both the flowering-plant and green algae lineages. CONCLUSION The increase in the number of kinesins in flowering plants is due to vast expansion of the Kinesin-14 and Kinesin-7 families. The Kinesin-14 family, which typically contains a C-terminal motor, has many plant kinesins that have the motor domain at the N terminus, in the middle, or the C terminus. Several domains in kinesins are present exclusively either in plant or animal lineages. Addition of novel domains to kinesins in lineage-specific groups contributed to the functional diversification of kinesins. Results from our gene-tree analyses indicate that there was tremendous lineage-specific duplication and diversification of kinesins in eukaryotes. Since the functions of only a few plant kinesins are reported in the literature, this comprehensive comparative analysis will be useful in designing functional studies with photosynthetic eukaryotes.
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- Dale N Richardson
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 80523
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 80523
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- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, 80523
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The cytoskeleton plays important roles in plant cell shape determination by influencing the patterns in which cell wall materials are deposited. Cortical microtubules are thought to orient the direction of cell expansion primarily via their influence on the deposition of cellulose into the wall, although the precise nature of the microtubule-cellulose relationship remains unclear. In both tip-growing and diffusely growing cell types, F-actin promotes growth and also contributes to the spatial regulation of growth. F-actin has been proposed to play a variety of roles in the regulation of secretion in expanding cells, but its functions in cell growth control are not well understood. Recent work highlighted in this review on the morphogenesis of selected cell types has yielded substantial new insights into mechanisms governing the dynamics and organization of cytoskeletal filaments in expanding plant cells and how microtubules and F-actin interact to direct patterns of cell growth. Nevertheless, many important questions remain to be answered.
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- Laurie G Smith
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA.
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Zhang X, Grey PH, Krishnakumar S, Oppenheimer DG. The IRREGULAR TRICHOME BRANCH loci regulate trichome elongation in Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 46:1549-60. [PMID: 16043432 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The proper control of cell expansion is vital to plant development. It is responsible for shaping individual cells and, together with cell division, it plays a lead role in shaping plant organs. Much of the underlying mechanism by which plant cells expand anisotropically is not understood. We are taking a genetic approach to cell expansion by isolating mutants that affect the branching pattern of Arabidopsis trichomes. Here we report the identification of four new loci that control trichome morphogenesis. These loci were named the IRREGULAR TRICHOME BRANCH (ITB) loci because of the deleterious effects on branch position and length in the mutants. Our analysis of branch expansion in itb mutants shows that the ITB genes act as positive regulators of branch elongation, and that the branch position defects are caused by altered expansion of the trichome stalk. The itb mutations display synergistic effects in double mutant combinations with certain branch number mutations, suggesting that the ITB genes also play key roles in branch initiation. These results demonstrate that the ITB genes are key regulators of anisotropic cell expansion in trichomes.
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- Xiaoguo Zhang
- Department of Botany, University of Florida Genetics Institute, and the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, PO Box 118526, Gainesville, FL 32611-8526, USA
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Abdel-Ghany SE, Day IS, Simmons MP, Kugrens P, Reddy ASN. Origin and evolution of Kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 138:1711-22. [PMID: 15951483 PMCID: PMC1176440 DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.060913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Revised: 03/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein (KCBP), a member of the Kinesin-14 family, is a C-terminal microtubule motor with three unique domains including a myosin tail homology region 4 (MyTH4), a talin-like domain, and a calmodulin-binding domain (CBD). The MyTH4 and talin-like domains (found in some myosins) are not found in other reported kinesins. A calmodulin-binding kinesin called kinesin-C (SpKinC) isolated from sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) is the only reported kinesin with a CBD. Analysis of the completed genomes of Homo sapiens, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, and a red alga (Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D) did not reveal the presence of a KCBP. This prompted us to look at the origin of KCBP and its relationship to SpKinC. To address this, we isolated KCBP from a gymnosperm, Picea abies, and a green alga, Stichococcus bacillaris. In addition, database searches resulted in identification of KCBP in another green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and several flowering plants. Gene tree analysis revealed that the motor domain of KCBPs belongs to a clade within the Kinesin-14 (C-terminal motors) family. Only land plants and green algae have a kinesin with the MyTH4 and talin-like domains of KCBP. Further, our analysis indicates that KCBP is highly conserved in green algae and land plants. SpKinC from sea urchin, which has the motor domain similar to KCBP and contains a CBD, lacks the MyTH4 and talin-like regions. Our analysis indicates that the KCBPs, SpKinC, and a subset of the kinesin-like proteins are all more closely related to one another than they are to any other kinesins, but that either KCBP gained the MyTH4 and talin-like domains or SpKinC lost them.
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- Salah E Abdel-Ghany
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Bouché N, Yellin A, Snedden WA, Fromm H. Plant-specific calmodulin-binding proteins. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2005; 56:435-66. [PMID: 15862103 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.56.032604.144224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Calmodulin CaM is the most prominent Ca2+ transducer in eukaryotic cells, regulating the activity of numerous proteins with diverse cellular functions. Many features of CaM and its downstream targets are similar in plants and other eukaryotes. However, plants possess a unique set of CaM-related proteins, and several unique CaM target proteins. This review discusses recent progress in identifying plant-specific CaM-binding proteins and their roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses and development. The review also addresses aspects emerging from recent structural studies of CaM interactions with target proteins relevant to plants.
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- Nicolas Bouché
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, 78026 Versailles, France.
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Holweg C, Nick P. Arabidopsis myosin XI mutant is defective in organelle movement and polar auxin transport. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10488-93. [PMID: 15240891 PMCID: PMC478596 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403155101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myosins are eukaryotic molecular motors moving along actin filaments. Only a small set of myosin classes is present in plants, in which myosins have been found to play a role in cytoplasmic streaming and chloroplast movement. Whereas most studies have been done on green algae, more recent data suggest a role of higher plant myosin at the postcytokinetic cell wall. Here we characterize a loss-of-function mutation for a myosin of plant-specific class XI and demonstrate myosin functions during plant development in Arabidopsis. T-DNA insertion in MYA2 caused pleiotropic effects, including flower sterility and dwarf growth. Elongation of epidermal cells, such as in hypocotyls and anther filaments, was reduced by up to 50% of normal length. This effect on anther filaments is responsible for flower sterility. In the meristems of root tips, it was evident that cell division was delayed and that cell plates were mislocated. Like zwichel, a kinesin-related mutation causing two-branched trichomes, the mya2 knockout causes branching defects, but here the trichomes remained unbranched. Growth was also impaired in pollen tubes and root hairs, cells that are highly dependent on vesicle transport. A failure in vesicle flow could be directly confirmed, because cytoplasmic streaming of vesicles and, more so, of large endoplasmic reticulum-based organelles was slowed. The defect in vesicle trafficking was accompanied by failures in basipetal auxin transport, measured in stem segments of inflorescences. This result strongly suggests a causal link between auxin-dependent processes and the distribution of vesicles and membrane-bound molecules by plant myosin.
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- Carola Holweg
- Institut für Botanik 1, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 2, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Ji SJ, Lu YC, Feng JX, Wei G, Li J, Shi YH, Fu Q, Liu D, Luo JC, Zhu YX. Isolation and analyses of genes preferentially expressed during early cotton fiber development by subtractive PCR and cDNA array. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:2534-43. [PMID: 12736302 PMCID: PMC156040 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2003] [Revised: 03/18/2003] [Accepted: 03/18/2003] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cotton fibers are differentiated epidermal cells originating from the outer integuments of the ovule. To identify genes involved in cotton fiber elongation, we performed subtractive PCR using cDNA prepared from 10 days post anthesis (d.p.a.) wild-type cotton fiber as tester and cDNA from a fuzzless-lintless (fl) mutant as driver. We recovered 280 independent cDNA fragments including most of the previously published cotton fiber-related genes. cDNA macroarrays showed that 172 genes were significantly up-regulated in elongating cotton fibers as confirmed by in situ hybridization in representative cases. Twenty-nine cDNAs, including a putative vacuolar (H+)-ATPase catalytic subunit, a kinesin-like calmodulin binding protein, several arabinogalactan proteins and key enzymes involved in long chain fatty acid biosynthesis, accumulated to greater than 50-fold in 10 d.p.a. fiber cells when compared to that in 0 d.p.a. ovules. Various upstream pathways, such as auxin signal transduction, the MAPK pathway and profilin- and expansin-induced cell wall loosening, were also activated during the fast fiber elongation period. This report constitutes the first systematic analysis of genes involved in cotton fiber development. Our results suggest that a concerted mechanism involving multiple cellular pathways is responsible for cotton fiber elongation.
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- Sheng-Jian Ji
- National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering and Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Preuss ML, Delmer DP, Liu B. The cotton kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein associates with cortical microtubules in cotton fibers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 132:154-60. [PMID: 12746521 PMCID: PMC166961 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.020339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2003] [Revised: 02/03/2003] [Accepted: 02/04/2003] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Microtubules in interphase plant cells form a cortical array, which is critical for plant cell morphogenesis. Genetic studies imply that the minus end-directed microtubule motor kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein (KCBP) plays a role in trichome morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. However, it was not clear whether this motor interacted with interphase microtubules. In cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fibers, cortical microtubules undergo dramatic reorganization during fiber development. In this study, cDNA clones of the cotton KCBP homolog GhKCBP were isolated from a cotton fiber-specific cDNA library. During cotton fiber development from 10 to 21 DPA, the GhKCBP protein level gradually decreases. By immunofluorescence, GhKCBP was detected as puncta along cortical microtubules in fiber cells of different developmental stages. Thus our results provide evidence that GhKCBP plays a role in interphase cell growth likely by interacting with cortical microtubules. In contrast to fibers, in dividing cells of cotton, GhKCBP localized to the nucleus, the microtubule preprophase band, mitotic spindle, and the phragmoplast. Therefore KCBP likely exerts multiple roles in cell division and cell growth in flowering plants.
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- Mary L Preuss
- Section of Plant Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis 95616, USA
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Reddy VS, Reddy ASN. The calmodulin-binding domain from a plant kinesin functions as a modular domain in conferring Ca2+-calmodulin regulation to animal plus- and minus-end kinesins. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:48058-65. [PMID: 12379658 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205459200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Plant kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein (KCBP) is a novel member of the kinesin superfamily that interacts with calmodulin (CaM) via its CaM-binding domain (CBD). Activated CaM (Ca(2+)-CaM) has been shown to inhibit KCBP interaction with microtubules (MTs) thereby abolishing its motor- and MT-dependent ATPase activities. To test whether the fusion of CBD to non-CaM-binding kinesins confers Ca(2+)-CaM regulation, we fused the CBD of KCBP to the N or C terminus of a minus-end (non-claret disjunction) or C terminus of a plus-end (Drosophila kinesin) motor. Purified chimeric kinesins bound CaM in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner whereas non-claret disjunction, Drosophila kinesin, and KCBP that lack a CBD did not. As in the case of KCBP with CBD, the interaction of chimeric motors with MTs, as well as their MT-stimulated ATPase activity, was inhibited by Ca(2+)-CaM. The presence of a spacer between the motor and CBD did not alter Ca(2+)-CaM regulation. However, KCBP interaction with MTs and its MT-stimulated ATPase activity were not inhibited when the motor domain and CBD were added separately, suggesting that Ca(2+)-CaM regulation of CaM-binding motors occurs only when the CBD is attached to the motor domain. These results show that the fusion of the CBD to animal motors confers Ca(2+)-CaM regulation and suggest that the CBD functions as a modular domain in disrupting motor-MT interaction. Our data also support the hypothesis that CaM-binding kinesins may have evolved by addition of a CBD to a kinesin motor domain.
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- Vaka S Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
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Marcus AI, Ambrose JC, Blickley L, Hancock WO, Cyr RJ. Arabidopsis thaliana protein, ATK1, is a minus-end directed kinesin that exhibits non-processive movement. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2002; 52:144-50. [PMID: 12112142 DOI: 10.1002/cm.10045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The microtubule cytoskeleton forms the scaffolding of the meiotic spindle. Kinesins, which bind to microtubules and generate force via ATP hydrolysis, are also thought to play a critical role in spindle assembly, maintenance, and function. The A. thaliana protein, ATK1 (formerly known as KATA), is a member of the kinesin family based on sequence similarity and is implicated in spindle assembly and/or maintenance. Thus, we want to determine if ATK1 behaves as a kinesin in vitro, and if so, determine the directionality of the motor activity and processivity character (the relationship between molecular "steps" and microtubule association). The results show that ATK1 supports microtubule movement in an ATP-dependent manner and has a minus-end directed polarity. Furthermore, ATK1 exhibits non-processive movement along the microtubule and likely requires at least four ATK1 motors bound to the microtubule to support movement. Based on these results and previous data, we conclude that ATK1 is a non-processive, minus-end directed kinesin that likely plays a role in generating forces in the spindle during meiosis.
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- Adam I Marcus
- Department of Biological Sciences, Penn State, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Reddy VS, Ali GS, Reddy ASN. Genes encoding calmodulin-binding proteins in the Arabidopsis genome. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:9840-52. [PMID: 11782485 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111626200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Analysis of the recently completed Arabidopsis genome sequence indicates that approximately 31% of the predicted genes could not be assigned to functional categories, as they do not show any sequence similarity with proteins of known function from other organisms. Calmodulin (CaM), a ubiquitous and multifunctional Ca(2+) sensor, interacts with a wide variety of cellular proteins and modulates their activity/function in regulating diverse cellular processes. However, the primary amino acid sequence of the CaM-binding domain in different CaM-binding proteins (CBPs) is not conserved. One way to identify most of the CBPs in the Arabidopsis genome is by protein-protein interaction-based screening of expression libraries with CaM. Here, using a mixture of radiolabeled CaM isoforms from Arabidopsis, we screened several expression libraries prepared from flower meristem, seedlings, or tissues treated with hormones, an elicitor, or a pathogen. Sequence analysis of 77 positive clones that interact with CaM in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner revealed 20 CBPs, including 14 previously unknown CBPs. In addition, by searching the Arabidopsis genome sequence with the newly identified and known plant or animal CBPs, we identified a total of 27 CBPs. Among these, 16 CBPs are represented by families with 2-20 members in each family. Gene expression analysis revealed that CBPs and CBP paralogs are expressed differentially. Our data suggest that Arabidopsis has a large number of CBPs including several plant-specific ones. Although CaM is highly conserved between plants and animals, only a few CBPs are common to both plants and animals. Analysis of Arabidopsis CBPs revealed the presence of a variety of interesting domains. Our analyses identified several hypothetical proteins in the Arabidopsis genome as CaM targets, suggesting their involvement in Ca(2+)-mediated signaling networks.
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- Vaka S Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
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Plant cells adopt a diversity of different shapes that are adapted to their specific functions. Central to the development of specialised form is the modification of cell-wall composition and organisation. A number of recent papers emphasise the importance of the cell wall to cell shaping, in the definition of both localised regions that are expandable and regions that are more resistant to mechanical forces. The organisation and activity of the cytoskeleton, and the activity of signalling pathways, are also essential in defining regions of the cell wall that will grow and those that will not. Although turgor has long been assumed to be a rather passive contributor to cell shaping, recent reports show that, in some cells, differential changes in turgor may have a role in establishing specialised cell form.
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- C Martin
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK
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Reddy AS, Day IS. Analysis of the myosins encoded in the recently completed Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequence. Genome Biol 2001; 2:RESEARCH0024. [PMID: 11516337 PMCID: PMC55321 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-7-research0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2001] [Revised: 04/27/2001] [Accepted: 05/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Three types of molecular motors play an important role in the organization, dynamics and transport processes associated with the cytoskeleton. The myosin family of molecular motors move cargo on actin filaments, whereas kinesin and dynein motors move cargo along microtubules. These motors have been highly characterized in non-plant systems and information is becoming available about plant motors. The actin cytoskeleton in plants has been shown to be involved in processes such as transportation, signaling, cell division, cytoplasmic streaming and morphogenesis. The role of myosin in these processes has been established in a few cases but many questions remain to be answered about the number, types and roles of myosins in plants. RESULTS Using the motor domain of an Arabidopsis myosin we identified 17 myosin sequences in the Arabidopsis genome. Phylogenetic analysis of the Arabidopsis myosins with non-plant and plant myosins revealed that all the Arabidopsis myosins and other plant myosins fall into two groups - class VIII and class XI. These groups contain exclusively plant or algal myosins with no animal or fungal myosins. Exon/intron data suggest that the myosins are highly conserved and that some may be a result of gene duplication. CONCLUSIONS Plant myosins are unlike myosins from any other organisms except algae. As a percentage of the total gene number, the number of myosins is small overall in Arabidopsis compared with the other sequenced eukaryotic genomes. There are, however, a large number of class XI myosins. The function of each myosin has yet to be determined.
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- A S Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Reddy ASN, Day IS. Kinesins in the Arabidopsis genome: a comparative analysis among eukaryotes. BMC Genomics 2001; 2:2. [PMID: 11472632 PMCID: PMC35278 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2001] [Accepted: 06/25/2001] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Kinesins constitute a superfamily of microtubule motor proteins that are found in eukaryotic organisms. Members of the kinesin superfamily perform many diverse cellular functions such as transport of vesicles and organelles, spindle formation and elongation, chromosome segregation, microtubule dynamics and morphogenesis. Only a few kinesins have been characterized in plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. Because of the diverse cellular functions in which kinesins are involved, the number, types and characteristics of kinesins present in the Arabidopsis genome would provide valuable information for many researchers. RESULTS Here we have analyzed the recently completed Arabidopsis genome sequence and identified sixty-one kinesin genes in the Arabidopsis genome. Among the five completed eukaryotic genomes the Arabidopsis genome has the highest percentage of kinesin genes. Further analyses of the kinesin gene products have resulted in identification of several interesting domains in Arabidopsis kinesins that provide clues in understanding their functions. A phylogenetic analysis of all Arabidopsis kinesin motor domain sequences with 113 motor domain sequences from other organisms has revealed that Arabidopsis has seven of the nine recognized subfamilies of kinesins whereas some kinesins do not fall into any known family. CONCLUSION There are groups of Arabidopsis kinesins that are not present in yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster that may, therefore, represent new subfamilies specific to plants. The domains present in different kinesins may provide clues about their functions in cellular processes. The comparative analysis presented here provides a framework for future functional studies with Arabidopsis kinesins.
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- Anireddy SN Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Reddy AS. Calcium: silver bullet in signaling. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2001; 160:381-404. [PMID: 11166425 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9452(00)00386-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that Ca(2+) serves as a messenger in many normal growth and developmental process and in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Numerous signals have been shown to induce transient elevation of [Ca(2+)](cyt) in plants. Genetic, biochemical, molecular and cell biological approaches in recent years have resulted in significant progress in identifying several Ca(2+)-sensing proteins in plants and in understanding the function of some of these Ca(2+)-regulated proteins at the cellular and whole plant level. As more and more Ca(2+)-sensing proteins are identified it is becoming apparent that plants have several unique Ca(2+)-sensing proteins and that the downstream components of Ca(2+) signaling in plants have novel features and regulatory mechanisms. Although the mechanisms by which Ca(2+) regulates diverse biochemical and molecular processes and eventually physiological processes in response to diverse signals are beginning to be understood, recent studies have raised many interesting questions. Despite the fact that Ca(2+) sensing proteins are being identified at a rapid pace, progress on the function(s) of many of them is limited. Studies on plant 'signalome' - the identification of all signaling components in all messengers mediated transduction pathways, analysis of their function and regulation, and cross talk among these components - should help in understanding the inner workings of plant cell responses to diverse signals. New functional genomics approaches such as reverse genetics, microarray analyses coupled with in vivo protein-protein interaction studies and proteomics should not only permit functional analysis of various components in Ca(2+) signaling but also enable identification of a complex network of interactions.
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- A S.N. Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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