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Lanassa Bassukas AE, Xiao Y, Schwechheimer C. Phosphorylation control of PIN auxin transporters. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 65:102146. [PMID: 34974229 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The directional transport of the phytohormone auxin is required for proper plant development and tropic growth. Auxin cell-to-cell transport gains directionality through the polar distribution of 'canonical' long PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers. In recent years, AGC kinases, MAP kinases, Ca2+/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE-RELATED KINASEs and receptor kinases have been implicated in the control of PIN activity, polarity and trafficking. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge in understanding the posttranslational regulation of PINs by these different protein kinase families. The proposed regulation of PINs by AGC kinases after salt stress and by the stress-activated MAP kinases suggest that abiotic and biotic stress factors may modulate auxin transport and thereby plant growth.
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- Alkistis E Lanassa Bassukas
- Plant Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Strasse 8, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Plant Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Strasse 8, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Plant Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Emil-Ramann-Strasse 8, 85354, Freising, Germany.
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Oliver J, Fan M, McKinley B, Zemelis‐Durfee S, Brandizzi F, Wilkerson C, Mullet JE. The AGCVIII kinase Dw2 modulates cell proliferation, endomembrane trafficking, and MLG/xylan cell wall localization in elongating stem internodes of Sorghum bicolor. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:1053-1071. [PMID: 33211340 PMCID: PMC7983884 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Stems of bioenergy sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench.), a drought-tolerant C4 grass, contain up to 50 nodes and internodes of varying length that span 4-5 m and account for approximately 84% of harvested biomass. Stem internode growth impacts plant height and biomass accumulation and is regulated by brassinosteroid signaling, auxin transport, and gibberellin biosynthesis. In addition, an AGCVIII kinase (Dw2) regulates sorghum stem internode growth, but the underlying mechanism and signaling network are unknown. Here we provide evidence that mutation of Dw2 reduces cell proliferation in internode intercalary meristems, inhibits endocytosis, and alters the distribution of heteroxylan and mixed linkage glucan in cell walls. Phosphoproteomic analysis showed that Dw2 signaling influences the phosphorylation of proteins involved in lipid signaling (PLDδ), endomembrane trafficking, hormone, light, and receptor signaling, and photosynthesis. Together, our results show that Dw2 modulates endomembrane function and cell division during sorghum internode growth, providing insight into the regulation of monocot stem development.
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- Joel Oliver
- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexas77843USA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexas77843USA
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- MSU‐DOE Plant Research LabMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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- MSU‐DOE Plant Research LabMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research CenterMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & BiophysicsTexas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexas77843USA
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Kölling M, Kumari P, Bürstenbinder K. Calcium- and calmodulin-regulated microtubule-associated proteins as signal-integration hubs at the plasma membrane-cytoskeleton nexus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:387-396. [PMID: 30590729 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Plant growth and development are a genetically predetermined series of events but can change dramatically in response to environmental stimuli, involving perpetual pattern formation and reprogramming of development. The rate of growth is determined by cell division and subsequent cell expansion, which are restricted and controlled by the cell wall-plasma membrane-cytoskeleton continuum, and are coordinated by intricate networks that facilitate intra- and intercellular communication. An essential role in cellular signaling is played by calcium ions, which act as universal second messengers that transduce, integrate, and multiply incoming signals during numerous plant growth processes, in part by regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton. In this review, we highlight recent advances in the understanding of calcium-mediated regulation of microtubule-associated proteins, their function at the microtubule cytoskeleton, and their potential role as hubs in crosstalk with other signaling pathways.
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- Malte Kölling
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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Vavrdová T, ˇSamaj J, Komis G. Phosphorylation of Plant Microtubule-Associated Proteins During Cell Division. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:238. [PMID: 30915087 PMCID: PMC6421500 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Progression of mitosis and cytokinesis depends on the reorganization of cytoskeleton, with microtubules driving the segregation of chromosomes and their partitioning to two daughter cells. In dividing plant cells, microtubules undergo global reorganization throughout mitosis and cytokinesis, and with the aid of various microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), they form unique systems such as the preprophase band (PPB), the acentrosomal mitotic spindle, and the phragmoplast. Such proteins include nucleators of de novo microtubule formation, plus end binding proteins involved in the regulation of microtubule dynamics, crosslinking proteins underlying microtubule bundle formation and members of the kinesin superfamily with microtubule-dependent motor activities. The coordinated function of such proteins not only drives the continuous remodeling of microtubules during mitosis and cytokinesis but also assists the positioning of the PPB, the mitotic spindle, and the phragmoplast, affecting tissue patterning by controlling cell division plane (CDP) orientation. The affinity and the function of such proteins is variably regulated by reversible phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues within the microtubule binding domain through a number of protein kinases and phosphatases which are differentially involved throughout cell division. The purpose of the present review is to provide an overview of the function of protein kinases and protein phosphatases involved in cell division regulation and to identify cytoskeletal substrates relevant to the progression of mitosis and cytokinesis and the regulation of CDP orientation.
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Hilley JL, Weers BD, Truong SK, McCormick RF, Mattison AJ, McKinley BA, Morishige DT, Mullet JE. Sorghum Dw2 Encodes a Protein Kinase Regulator of Stem Internode Length. Sci Rep 2017; 7:4616. [PMID: 28676627 PMCID: PMC5496852 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04609-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Sorghum is an important C4 grass crop grown for grain, forage, sugar, and bioenergy production. While tall, late flowering landraces are commonly grown in Africa, short early flowering varieties were selected in US grain sorghum breeding programs to reduce lodging and to facilitate machine harvesting. Four loci have been identified that affect stem length (Dw1-Dw4). Subsequent research showed that Dw3 encodes an ABCB1 auxin transporter and Dw1 encodes a highly conserved protein involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. In this study, Dw2 was identified by fine-mapping and further confirmed by sequencing the Dw2 alleles in Dwarf Yellow Milo and Double Dwarf Yellow Milo, the progenitor genotypes where the recessive allele of dw2 originated. The Dw2 locus was determined to correspond to Sobic.006G067700, a gene that encodes a protein kinase that is homologous to KIPK, a member of the AGCVIII subgroup of the AGC protein kinase family in Arabidopsis.
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- Josie L Hilley
- Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 300 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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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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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: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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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Li J, Xu Y, Chong K. The novel functions of kinesin motor proteins in plants. PROTOPLASMA 2012; 249 Suppl 2:S95-100. [PMID: 22167300 PMCID: PMC3389602 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0357-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Kinesin superfamily proteins are important microtubule-based motor proteins with a kinesin motor domain that is conserved among all eukaryotic organisms. They are responsible for unidirectionally transporting various cargoes, including membranous organelles, protein complexes, and mRNAs. They also play critical roles in mitosis, morphogenesis, and signal transduction. Most kinesins in plants are evolutionarily divergent from their counterparts in animals and fungi. The mitotic kinesins in the plant kinesin-5 and kinesin-14 subfamilies appear to be similar to those in fungi and animals. However, others with nonmotor sequences are unique to plants. The kinesins affect microtubule organization, organelle distribution, vesicle transport, and cellulose microfibril order. Ultimately, plant kinesins contribute directly or indirectly to cell division and cell growth in various tissues. Here, we review a novel function of kinesins with transcription activation activity in regulating gibberellin biosynthesis and cell growth. These findings will open exciting new areas of kinesin research.
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- Juan Li
- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
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- Research Center for Molecular and Developmental Biology, Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
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Rademacher EH, Offringa R. Evolutionary Adaptations of Plant AGC Kinases: From Light Signaling to Cell Polarity Regulation. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:250. [PMID: 23162562 PMCID: PMC3499706 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Signaling and trafficking over membranes involves a plethora of transmembrane proteins that control the flow of compounds or relay specific signaling events. Next to external cues, internal stimuli can modify the activity or abundance of these proteins at the plasma membrane (PM). One such regulatory mechanism is protein phosphorylation by membrane-associated kinases, several of which are AGC kinases. The AGC kinase family is one of seven kinase families that are conserved in all eukaryotic genomes. In plants evolutionary adaptations introduced specific structural changes within the AGC kinases that most likely allow modulation of kinase activity by external stimuli (e.g., light). Starting from the well-defined structural basis common to all AGC kinases we review the current knowledge on the structure-function relationship in plant AGC kinases. Nine of the 39 Arabidopsis AGC kinases have now been shown to be involved in the regulation of auxin transport. In particular, AGC kinase-mediated phosphorylation of the auxin transporters ABCB1 and ABCB19 has been shown to regulate their activity, while auxin transporters of the PIN family are located to different positions at the PM depending on their phosphorylation status, which is a result of counteracting AGC kinase and PP6 phosphatase activities. We therefore focus on regulation of AGC kinase activity in this context. Identified structural adaptations of the involved AGC kinases may provide new insight into AGC kinase functionality and demonstrate their position as central hubs in the cellular network controlling plant development and growth.
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- Eike H. Rademacher
- Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
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- Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden UniversityLeiden, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Remko Offringa, Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, Netherlands. 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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Zhang Y, McCormick S. AGCVIII kinases: at the crossroads of cellular signaling. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2009; 14:689-695. [PMID: 19818674 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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AGCVIII kinases regulate diverse developmental and cellular processes in plants. As putative mediators of secondary messengers, AGCVIII kinases potentially integrate developmental and environmental cues into specific cellular responses through substrate phosphorylation. Here we discuss the functionality and regulation of AGCVIII kinases. Specifically, we question the view that activities of AGCVIII kinases, like their animal counterparts, are regulated by a common regulator, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1). Instead, increasing evidence suggests that Ca(2+) and phospholipids regulate AGCVIII kinases, by altering their activities or by affecting their subcellular localization. As AGCVIII kinases are at the crossroads of plant cellular signaling, they and the signaling networks in which they participate are keys to a better understanding of plant development and of interactions with their environment.
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- Yan Zhang
- Plant Gene Expression Center, United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA
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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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Skirpan A, Wu X, McSteen P. Genetic and physical interaction suggest that BARREN STALK 1 is a target of BARREN INFLORESCENCE2 in maize inflorescence development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 55:787-797. [PMID: 18466309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03546.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Organogenesis in plants is controlled by polar auxin transport. In maize (Zea mays), barren inflorescence2 (bif2) encodes a co-ortholog of the serine/threonine protein kinase PINOID (PID), which regulates auxin transport in Arabidopsis. In this paper, we report that the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor BARREN STALK1 (BA1) is a putative target of BIF2, revealing a previously unknown function of BIF2 in the nucleus. Both bif2 and ba1 are required for axillary meristem initiation during inflorescence and vegetative development in maize. Using a yeast two-hybrid approach, we identified BA1 as an interacting partner with BIF2. We confirmed the interaction by in vitro pull-down assays, and demonstrated that BIF2 phosphorylates BA1 in vitro. Previously, RNA in situ hybridization showed that bif2 and ba1 are both expressed during axillary meristem initiation. Here, we heterologously expressed BIF2 and BA1, and found that they co-localize in the nucleus. Based on these findings, we propose that in addition to regulating auxin transport at the cell periphery, BIF2 also functions in the nucleus by interacting with BA1 to promote axillary meristem initiation. Double mutant analysis is consistent with these results, showing that bif2 and ba1 have overlapping as well as unique roles in inflorescence development.
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- Andrea Skirpan
- Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Galván-Ampudia CS, Offringa R. Plant evolution: AGC kinases tell the auxin tale. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2007; 12:541-7. [PMID: 18024140 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 10/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The signaling molecule auxin is a central regulator of plant development, which instructs tissue and organ patterning, and couples environmental stimuli to developmental responses. Here, we discuss the function of PINOID (PID) and the phototropins, members of the plant specific AGCVIII protein kinases, and their role in triggering and regulating development by controlling PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin transporter-generated auxin gradients and maxima. We propose that the AGCVIII kinase gene family evolved from an ancestral phototropin gene, and that the co-evolution of PID-like and PIN gene families marks the transition of plants from water to land. We hypothesize that the PID-like kinases function in parallel to, or downstream of, the phototropins to orient plant development by establishing the direction of polar auxin transport.
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- Carlos S Galván-Ampudia
- Leiden University, Institute of Biology, Molecular and Developmental Genetics, Clusius Laboratory, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Hamada T. Microtubule-associated proteins in higher plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2007; 120:79-98. [PMID: 17285404 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-006-0057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A variety of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) have been reported in higher plants. Microtubule (MT) polymerization starts from the gamma-tubulin complex (gammaTuC), a component of the MT nucleation site. MAP200/MOR1 and katanin regulate the length of the MT by promoting the dynamic instability of MTs and cutting MTs, respectively. In construction of different MT structures, MTs are bundled or are associated with other components--actin filaments, the plasma membrane, and organelles. The MAP65 family and some of kinesin family are important in bundling MTs. MT plus-end-tracking proteins (+TIPs) including end-binding protein 1 (EB1), Arabidopsis thaliana kinesin 5 (ATK5), and SPIRAL 1 (SPR1) localize to the plus end of MTs. It has been suggested that +TIPs are involved in binding of MT to other structures. Phospholipase D (PLD) is a possible candidate responsible for binding of MTs to the plasma membrane. Many candidates have been reported as actin-binding MAPs, for example calponin-homology domain (KCH) family kinesin, kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein (KCBP), and MAP190. RNA distribution and translation depends on MT structures, and several RNA-related MAPs have been reported. This article gives an overview of predicted roles of these MAPs in higher plants.
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- Takahiro Hamada
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
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Zegzouti H, Li W, Lorenz TC, Xie M, Payne CT, Smith K, Glenny S, Payne GS, Christensen SK. Structural and functional insights into the regulation of Arabidopsis AGC VIIIa kinases. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:35520-30. [PMID: 16973627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605167200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The AGCVIIIa kinases of Arabidopsis are members of the eukaryotic PKA, PKG, and PKC group of regulatory kinases. One AGCVIIIa kinase, PINOID (PID), plays a fundamental role in the asymmetrical localization of membrane proteins during polar auxin transport. The remaining 16 AGCVIIIa genes have not been associated with single mutant phenotypes, suggesting that the corresponding kinases function redundantly. Consistent with this idea, we find that the genes encoding the Arabidopsis AGCVIIIa kinases have spatially distinct, but overlapping, expression domains. Here we show that the majority of Arabidopsis AGCVIIIa kinases are substrates for the 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) and that trans-phosphorylation by PDK1 correlates with activation of substrate AGCVIIIa kinases. Mutational analysis of two conserved regulatory domains was used to demonstrate that sequences located outside of the C-terminal PDK1 interaction (PIF) domain and the activation loop are required for functional interactions between PDK1 and its substrates. A subset of GFP-tagged AGCVIIIa kinases expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and tobacco BY-2 cells were preferentially localized to the cytoplasm (AGC1-7), nucleus (WAG1 and KIPK), and the cell periphery (PID). We present evidence that PID insertion domain sequences are sufficient to direct the observed peripheral localization. We find that PID specifically but non-selectively binds to phosphoinositides and phosphatidic acid, suggesting that PID might directly interact with the plasma membrane through protein-lipid interactions. The initial characterization of the AGCVIIIa kinases presented here provides a framework for elucidating the physiological roles of these kinases in planta.
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- Hicham Zegzouti
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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Zegzouti H, Anthony RG, Jahchan N, Bögre L, Christensen SK. Phosphorylation and activation of PINOID by the phospholipid signaling kinase 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1) in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:6404-9. [PMID: 16601102 PMCID: PMC1458890 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510283103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Activity of the serine-threonine protein kinase PINOID (PID) has been implicated in the asymmetrical localization of the membrane-associated PINFORMED (PIN) family of auxin transport facilitators. However, the means by which PID regulates PIN protein distribution is unknown. We have used recombinant PID protein to dissect the regulation of PID activity in vitro. We demonstrate that intramolecular PID autophosphorylation is required for the ability of PID to phosphorylate an exogenous substrate. PID-like mammalian AGC kinases act in a phosphorylation cascade initiated by the phospholipid-associated kinase, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1), which binds to the C-terminal hydrophobic PDK1-interacting fragment (PIF) domain found in PDK1 substrates. We find that Arabidopsis PDK1 interacts with PID, and that transphosphorylation by PDK1 increases PID autophosphorylation. We show that a PID activation loop serine is required for PDK1-dependent PID phosphorylation. This activation is rapid and requires the PIF domain. Cell extracts from flowers and seedling shoots dramatically increase PID phosphorylation in a tissue-specific manner. A PID protein variant in which the PIF domain was mutated failed to be activated by the seedling shoot extracts. PID immunoprecipitated from Arabidopsis cells in which PDK1 expression was inhibited by RNAi showed a dramatic reduction in transphosphorylation of myelin basic protein substrate. These results indicate that AtPDK1 is a potent enhancer of PID activity and provide evidence that phospholipid signaling may play a role in the signaling processes controlling polar auxin transport.
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- Hicham Zegzouti
- *Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- *Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- *Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, P.O. Box 951606, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606. E-mail:
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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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Lee YRJ, Liu B. Cytoskeletal motors in Arabidopsis. Sixty-one kinesins and seventeen myosins. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:3877-83. [PMID: 15591445 PMCID: PMC535821 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.052621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Revised: 10/28/2004] [Accepted: 11/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- Yuh-Ru Julie Lee
- Section of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Vanstraelen M, Torres Acosta JA, De Veylder L, Inzé D, Geelen D. A plant-specific subclass of C-terminal kinesins contains a conserved a-type cyclin-dependent kinase site implicated in folding and dimerization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 135:1417-29. [PMID: 15247388 PMCID: PMC519059 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.044818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2004] [Revised: 05/19/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) control cell cycle progression through timely coordinated phosphorylation events. Two kinesin-like proteins that interact with CDKA;1 were identified and designated KCA1 and KCA2. They are 81% identical and have a similar three-partite domain organization. The N-terminal domain contains an ATP and microtubule-binding site typical for kinesin motors. A green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion of the N-terminal domain of KCA1 decorated microtubules in Bright Yellow-2 cells, demonstrating microtubule-binding activity. During cytokinesis the full-length GFP-fusion protein accumulated at the midline of young and mature expanding phragmoplasts. Two-hybrid analysis and coimmunoprecipitation experiments showed that coiled-coil structures of the central stalk were responsible for homo- and heterodimerization of KCA1 and KCA2. By western-blot analysis, high molecular mass KCA molecules were detected in extracts from Bright Yellow-2 cells overproducing the full-length GFP fusion. Treatment of these cultures with the phosphatase inhibitor vanadate caused an accumulation of these KCA molecules. In addition to dimerization, interactions within the C-terminally located tail domain were revealed, indicating that the tail could fold onto itself. The tail domains of KCA1 and KCA2 contained two adjacent putative CDKA;1 phosphorylation sites, one of which is conserved in KCA homologs from other plant species. Site-directed mutagenesis of the conserved phosphorylation sites in KCA1 resulted in a reduced binding with CDKA;1 and abolished intramolecular tail interactions. The data show that phosphorylation of the CDKA;1 site provokes a conformational change in the structure of KCA with implications in folding and dimerization.
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- Marleen Vanstraelen
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent University, B-9052 Gent, Belgium
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Champion A, Kreis M, Mockaitis K, Picaud A, Henry Y. Arabidopsis kinome: after the casting. Funct Integr Genomics 2004; 4:163-87. [PMID: 14740254 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-003-0096-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2003] [Revised: 09/22/2003] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is used as a favourite experimental organism for many aspects of plant biology. We capitalized on the recently available Arabidopsis genome sequence and predicted proteome, to draw up a genome-scale protein serine/threonine kinase (PSTK) inventory. The PSTKs represent about 4% of the A. thaliana proteome. In this study, we provide a description of the content and diversity of the non-receptor PSTKs. These kinases have crucial functions in sensing, mediating and coordinating cellular responses to an extensive range of stimuli. A total of 369 predicted non receptor PSTKs were detailed: the Raf superfamily, the CMGC, CaMK, AGC and STE families, as well as a few small clades and orphan sequences. An extensive relationship analysis of these kinases allows us to classify the proteins in superfamilies, families, sub-families and groups. The classification provides a better knowledge of the characteristics shared by the different clades. We focused on the MAP kinase module elements, with particular attention to their docking sites for protein-protein interaction and their biological function. The large number of A. thaliana genes encoding kinases might have been achieved through successive rounds of gene and genome duplications. The evolution towards an increasing gene number suggests that functional redundancy plays an important role in plant genetic robustness.
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- A Champion
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement des Plantes, Bâtiment 630, UMR CNRS/UPS 8618, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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Pan J, Snell WJ. Kinesin II and regulated intraflagellar transport of Chlamydomonas aurora protein kinase. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:2179-86. [PMID: 12692152 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The assembly and functioning of cilia and flagella depend on a complex system of traffic between the organelles and the cell body. Two types of transport into these organelles have been identified. The best characterized is constitutive: in a process termed intraflagellar transport (IFT), flagellar structural components are continuously carried into cilia and flagella on transport complexes termed IFT particles via the microtubule motor protein kinesin II. Previous studies have shown that the flagella of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas exhibit a second type of protein import that is regulated. During fertilization, the Chlamydomonas aurora protein kinase CALK undergoes regulated translocation from the cell body into the flagella. The motor that powers this second, regulated type of movement is unknown. Here, we have examined the cellular properties of the CALK in Chlamydomonas and used a kinesin II mutant to test the idea that the motor protein is essential for regulated translocation of proteins into flagella. We found that the CALK that is transported into flagella of wild-type gametes becomes part of a membrane-associated complex, that kinesin II is essential for the normal localization of this Chlamydomonas aurora protein kinase in unactivated gametes and that the cAMP-induced translocation of the protein kinase into flagella is disrupted in the fla10 mutants. Our results indicate that, in addition to its role in the constitutive transport of IFT particles and their cargo, kinesin II is essential for regulated translocation of proteins into flagella.
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- Junmin Pan
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235-9039, USA
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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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Life implies movement. Most forms of movement in the living world are powered by tiny protein machines known as molecular motors. Among the best known are motors that use sophisticated intramolecular amplification mechanisms to take nanometre steps along protein tracks in the cytoplasm. These motors transport a wide variety of cargo, power cell locomotion, drive cell division and, when combined in large ensembles, allow organisms to move. Motor defects can lead to severe diseases or may even be lethal. Basic principles of motor design and mechanism have now been derived, and an understanding of their complex cellular roles is emerging.
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- Manfred Schliwa
- Adolf Butenandt Institut, Zellbiologie, Universität München, Schillerstrasse 42, 80336 München, Germany.
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Folkers U, Kirik V, Schöbinger U, Falk S, Krishnakumar S, Pollock M, Oppenheimer D, Day I, Reddy A, Jürgens G, Hülskamp M. The cell morphogenesis gene ANGUSTIFOLIA encodes a CtBP/BARS-like protein and is involved in the control of the microtubule cytoskeleton. EMBO J 2002; 21:1280-8. [PMID: 11889034 PMCID: PMC125931 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.6.1280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The ANGUSTIFOLIA (AN) gene is required for leaf hair (trichome) branching and is also involved in polarized expansion underlying organ shape. Here we show that the AN gene encodes a C-terminal binding proteins/brefeldin A ADP-ribosylated substrates (CtBP/BARS) related protein. AN is expressed at low levels in all organs and the AN protein is localized in the cytoplasm. In an mutant trichomes, the organization of the actin cytoskeleton is normal but the distribution of microtubules is aberrant. A role of AN in the control of the microtubule cytoskeleton is further supported by the finding that AN genetically and physically interacts with ZWICHEL, a kinesin motor molecule involved in trichome branching. Our data suggest that CtBP/BARS-like protein function in plants is directly associated with the microtubule cytoskeleton.
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- ZMBP, Entwicklungsgenetik, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, D-72076 Tübingen,
University of Köln, Botanical Institute III, Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, 301 Biology, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344 and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Azimzadeh J, Traas J, Pastuglia M. Molecular aspects of microtubule dynamics in plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2001; 4:513-519. [PMID: 11641067 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(00)00209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Microtubules are highly dynamic structures that play a major role in a wide range of processes, including cell morphogenesis, cell division, intracellular transport and signaling. The recent identification in plants of proteins involved in microtubule organization has begun to reveal how cytoskeleton dynamics are controlled.
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- J Azimzadeh
- Station de Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, INRA, Route de Saint Cyr, 78026 Cedex, Versailles, France
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Molecular motors that hydrolyze ATP and use the derived energy to generate force are involved in a variety of diverse cellular functions. Genetic, biochemical, and cellular localization data have implicated motors in a variety of functions such as vesicle and organelle transport, cytoskeleton dynamics, morphogenesis, polarized growth, cell movements, spindle formation, chromosome movement, nuclear fusion, and signal transduction. In non-plant systems three families of molecular motors (kinesins, dyneins, and myosins) have been well characterized. These motors use microtubules (in the case of kinesines and dyneins) or actin filaments (in the case of myosins) as tracks to transport cargo materials intracellularly. During the last decade tremendous progress has been made in understanding the structure and function of various motors in animals. These studies are yielding interesting insights into the functions of molecular motors and the origin of different families of motors. Furthermore, the paradigm that motors bind cargo and move along cytoskeletal tracks does not explain the functions of some of the motors. Relatively little is known about the molecular motors and their roles in plants. In recent years, by using biochemical, cell biological, molecular, and genetic approaches a few molecular motors have been isolated and characterized from plants. These studies indicate that some of the motors in plants have novel features and regulatory mechanisms. The role of molecular motors in plant cell division, cell expansion, cytoplasmic streaming, cell-to-cell communication, membrane trafficking, and morphogenesis is beginning to be understood. Analyses of the Arabidopsis genome sequence database (51% of genome) with conserved motor domains of kinesin and myosin families indicates the presence of a large number (about 40) of molecular motors and the functions of many of these motors remain to be discovered. It is likely that many more motors with novel regulatory mechanisms that perform plant-specific functions are yet to be discovered. Although the identification of motors in plants, especially in Arabidopsis, is progressing at a rapid pace because of the ongoing plant genome sequencing projects, only a few plant motors have been characterized in any detail. Elucidation of function and regulation of this multitude of motors in a given species is going to be a challenging and exciting area of research in plant cell biology. Structural features of some plant motors suggest calcium, through calmodulin, is likely to play a key role in regulating the function of both microtubule- and actin-based motors in plants.
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- A S Reddy
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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Reddy AS, Day IS. The role of the cytoskeleton and a molecular motor in trichome morphogenesis. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2000; 5:503-505. [PMID: 11120459 DOI: 10.1016/s1360-1385(00)01792-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- A S Reddy
- Dept of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Abstract
We are currently witnessing the discovery of many novel proteins that are associated with cytoskeletal activity. Integrated analyses of growth, cytoskeletal and cell-wall patterns are yielding surprising results, which demand reflection on the current model for wall construction. Meanwhile, research on actin filament and microtubule activity during gravitropic bending and trichome morphogenesis is stimulating new ideas about the establishment and maintenance of polarity.
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- G O Wasteneys
- Plant Cell Biology Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, GPO Box 475, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Canberra, Australia.
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Abdel-Ghany SE, Reddy AS. A novel calcium/calmodulin-regulated kinesin-like protein is highly conserved between monocots and dicots. DNA Cell Biol 2000; 19:567-78. [PMID: 11034549 DOI: 10.1089/104454900439791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Recently, a novel kinesin-like protein (KCBP) that is regulated by Ca2+/calmodulin was isolated from dicot plants. A homolog of KCBP has not been reported in monocots. To determine if this motor protein is present in phylogenetically divergent flowering plants, Arabidopsis KCBP cDNA was used as a probe to screen a genomic library of maize, an evolutionarily divergent species. This screening resulted in isolation of a KCBP homolog. Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence of the KCBP from maize (ZmKCBP), a monocot, with the previously reported KCBP sequences from dicot species showed that the amino acid sequence, domain organization, and gene structure are highly conserved between monocots and dicots. The C-terminal region of ZmKCBP, containing the motor domain and the calmodulin-binding domain, and the N-terminal tail, with a myosin tail homology region (MyTH4) and talin-like region, showed strong sequence similarity to the KCBP homolog from dicots. However, the coiled-coil region is less conserved between monocots and dicots. The ZmKCBP gene contained 22 exons and 21 introns. The location of 19 of the 21 introns of ZmKCBP is also conserved. The ZmKCBP protein is encoded by a single gene and expressed in all tissues. Affinity-purified antibody to the calmodulin-binding domain of Arabidopsis KCBP detected a protein in both the soluble and the microsomal fractions. The C-terminal region of ZmKCBP, containing the motor and calmodulin-binding domains, bound calmodulin in the presence of calcium and failed to bind in the presence of EGTA. The ZmKCBP, along with other KCBPs from dicots, was grouped into a distinct group in the C-terminal subfamily of kinesin-like proteins. These data suggest that the KCBP is ubiquitous and highly conserved in all flowering plants and the origin of KCBP predated the divergence of monocots and dicots.
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- S E Abdel-Ghany
- Department of Biology and Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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