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Fang K, Yao X, Tian Y, He Y, Lin Y, Lei W, Peng S, Pan G, Shi H, Zhang D, Lin H. Ubiquitin-specific protease UBP14 stabilizes HY5 by deubiquitination to promote photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2404883121. [PMID: 39102535 PMCID: PMC11331110 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404883121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/07/2024] Open
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Transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) is the central hub for seedling photomorphogenesis. E3 ubiquitin (Ub) ligase CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) inhibits HY5 protein accumulation through ubiquitination. However, the process of HY5 deubiquitination, which antagonizes E3 ligase-mediated ubiquitination to maintain HY5 homeostasis has never been studied. Here, we identified that Arabidopsis thaliana deubiquitinating enzyme, Ub-SPECIFIC PROTEASE 14 (UBP14) physically interacts with HY5 and enhances its protein stability by deubiquitination. The da3-1 mutant lacking UBP14 function exhibited a long hypocotyl phenotype, and UBP14 deficiency led to the failure of rapid accumulation of HY5 during dark to light. In addition, UBP14 preferred to stabilize nonphosphorylated form of HY5 which is more readily bound to downstream target genes. HY5 promoted the expression and protein accumulation of UBP14 for positive feedback to facilitate photomorphogenesis. Our findings thus established a mechanism by which UBP14 stabilizes HY5 protein by deubiquitination to promote photomorphogenesis in A. thaliana.
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- Ke Fang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
- Solid-State Fermentation Resource Utilization Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Agriculture Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin644000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment, College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu610064, China
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Mohr I, Mirzaiebadizi A, Sanyal SK, Chuenban P, Ahmadian MR, Ivanov R, Bauer P. Characterization of the small Arabidopsis thaliana GTPase and ADP-ribosylation factor-like 2 protein TITAN 5. J Cell Sci 2024; 137:jcs262315. [PMID: 39056156 PMCID: PMC11361645 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.262315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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Small GTPases switch between GDP- and GTP-bound states during cell signaling. The ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family of small GTPases is involved in vesicle trafficking. Although evolutionarily well conserved, little is known about ARF and ARF-like GTPases in plants. We characterized biochemical properties and cellular localization of the essential small ARF-like GTPase TITAN 5 (TTN5; also known as HALLIMASCH, ARL2 and ARLC1) from Arabidopsis thaliana, and two TTN5 proteins with point mutants in conserved residues, TTN5T30N and TTN5Q70L, that were expected to be unable to perform nucleotide exchange and GTP hydrolysis, respectively. TTN5 exhibited very rapid intrinsic nucleotide exchange and remarkably low GTP hydrolysis activity, functioning as a non-classical small GTPase being likely present in a GTP-loaded active form. We analyzed signals from YFP-TTN5 and HA3-TTN5 by in situ immunolocalization in Arabidopsis seedlings and through use of a transient expression system. Colocalization with endomembrane markers and pharmacological treatments suggests that TTN5 can be present at the plasma membrane and that it dynamically associates with membranes of vesicles, Golgi stacks and multivesicular bodies. Although TTN5Q70L mirrored wild-type TTN5 behavior, the TTN5T30N mutant differed in some aspects. Hence, the unusual rapid nucleotide exchange activity of TTN5 is linked with its membrane dynamics, and TTN5 likely has a role in vesicle transport within the endomembrane system.
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- Inga Mohr
- Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Center for Plant Genome Engineering, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Guo X, Zhang X, Jiang S, Qiao X, Meng B, Wang X, Wang Y, Yang K, Zhang Y, Li N, Chen T, Kang Y, Yao M, Zhang X, Wang X, Zhang E, Li J, Yan D, Hu Z, Botella JR, Song CP, Li Y, Guo S. E3 ligases MAC3A and MAC3B ubiquitinate UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE14 to regulate organ size in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 194:684-697. [PMID: 37850874 PMCID: PMC10828200 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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The molecular mechanisms controlling organ size during plant development ultimately influence crop yield. However, a deep understanding of these mechanisms is still lacking. UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE14 (UBP14), encoded by DA3, is an essential factor determining organ size in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Here, we identified two suppressors of the da3-1 mutant phenotype, namely SUPPRESSOR OF da3-1 1 and 2 (SUD1 and SUD2), which encode the E3 ligases MOS4-ASSOCIATED COMPLEX 3A (MAC3A) and MAC3B, respectively. The mac3a-1 and mac3b-1 mutations partially suppressed the high ploidy level and organ size phenotypes observed in the da3-1 mutant. Biochemical analysis showed that MAC3A and MAC3B physically interacted with and ubiquitinated UBP14/DA3 to modulate its stability. We previously reported that UBP14/DA3 acts upstream of the B-type cyclin-dependent kinase CDKB1;1 and maintains its stability to inhibit endoreduplication and cell growth. In this work, MAC3A and MAC3B were found to promote the degradation of CDKB1;1 by ubiquitinating UBP14/DA3. Genetic analysis suggests that MAC3A and MAC3B act in a common pathway with UBP14/DA3 to control endoreduplication and organ size. Thus, our findings define a regulatory module, MAC3A/MAC3B-UBP14-CDKB1;1, that plays a critical role in determining organ size and endoreduplication in Arabidopsis.
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- Xiaopeng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya 572025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
- Sanya Institute, Henan University, Sanya 572025, China
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Mahlandt A, Singh DK, Mercier R. Engineering apomixis in crops. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:131. [PMID: 37199785 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04357-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Apomixis is an asexual mode of reproduction through seeds where progeny are clones of the mother plants. Naturally apomictic modes of reproduction are found in hundreds of plant genera distributed across more than 30 plant families, but are absent in major crop plants. Apomixis has the potential to be a breakthrough technology by allowing the propagation through seed of any genotype, including F1 hybrids. Here, we have summarized the recent progress toward synthetic apomixis, where combining targeted modifications of both the meiosis and fertilization processes leads to the production of clonal seeds at high frequencies. Despite some remaining challenges, the technology has approached a level of maturity that allows its consideration for application in the field.
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- Alexander Mahlandt
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, Cologne, Germany.
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Zhang Y, Ma M, Liu M, Sun A, Zheng X, Liu K, Yin C, Li C, Jiang C, Tu X, Fang Y. Histone H2A monoubiquitination marks are targeted to specific sites by cohesin subunits in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1209. [PMID: 36869051 PMCID: PMC9984397 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36788-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Histone H2A monoubiquitination (H2Aub1) functions as a conserved posttranslational modification in eukaryotes to maintain gene expression and guarantee cellular identity. Arabidopsis H2Aub1 is catalyzed by the core components AtRING1s and AtBMI1s of polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1). Because PRC1 components lack known DNA binding domains, it is unclear how H2Aub1 is established at specific genomic locations. Here, we show that the Arabidopsis cohesin subunits AtSYN4 and AtSCC3 interact with each other, and AtSCC3 binds to AtBMI1s. H2Aub1 levels are reduced in atsyn4 mutant or AtSCC3 artificial microRNA knockdown plants. ChIP-seq assays indicate that most binding events of AtSYN4 and AtSCC3 are associated with H2Aub1 along the genome where transcription is activated independently of H3K27me3. Finally, we show that AtSYN4 binds directly to the G-box motif and directs H2Aub1 to these sites. Our study thus reveals a mechanism for cohesin-mediated recruitment of AtBMI1s to specific genomic loci to mediate H2Aub1.
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- Yu Zhang
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200065, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Repair and Regeneration of Ministry of Education, Orthopaedic Department of Tongji Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 200065, Shanghai, China.
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China.
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China.
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Zhou Q, Fu Z, Li M, Shen Q, Sun C, Feng Y, Liu Y, Jiang J, Qin T, Mao T, Hearne SJ, Wang G, Tang J. Maize tubulin folding cofactor B is required for cell division and cell growth through modulating microtubule homeostasis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023. [PMID: 36843261 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Tubulin folding cofactors (TFCs) are required for tubulin folding, α/β tubulin heterodimer formation, and microtubule (MT) dynamics in yeast and mammals. However, the functions of their plant counterparts remain to be characterized. We identified a natural maize crumpled kernel mutant, crk2, which exhibits reductions in endosperm cell number and size, as well as embryo/seedling lethality. Map-based cloning and functional complementation confirmed that ZmTFCB is causal for the mutation. ZmTFCB is targeted mainly to the cytosol. It facilitates α-tubulin folding and heterodimer formation through sequential interactions with the cytosolic chaperonin-containing TCP-1 ε subunit ZmCCT5 and ZmTFCE, thus affecting the organization of both the spindle and phragmoplast MT array and the cortical MT polymerization and array formation, which consequently mediated cell division and cell growth. We detected a physical association between ZmTFCB and the maize MT plus-end binding protein END-BINDING1 (ZmEB1), indicating that ZmTFCB1 may modulate MT dynamics by sequestering ZmEB1. Our data demonstrate that ZmTFCB is required for cell division and cell growth through modulating MT homeostasis, an evolutionarily conserved machinery with some species-specific divergence.
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- Qingqian Zhou
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- College of Grassland Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- CIMMYT, KM 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, El Batan, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56237, Mexico
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science/Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
- The Shennong Laboratory, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, China
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Yang F, Pecinka A. Multiple Roles of SMC5/6 Complex during Plant Sexual Reproduction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094503. [PMID: 35562893 PMCID: PMC9099584 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Chromatin-based processes are essential for cellular functions. Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMCs) are evolutionarily conserved molecular machines that organize chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, mediate chromosome compaction, promote DNA repair, or control sister chromatid attachment. The SMC5/6 complex is known for its pivotal role during the maintenance of genome stability. However, a dozen recent plant studies expanded the repertoire of SMC5/6 complex functions to the entire plant sexual reproductive phase. The SMC5/6 complex is essential in meiosis, where its activity must be precisely regulated to allow for normal meiocyte development. Initially, it is attenuated by the recombinase RAD51 to allow for efficient strand invasion by the meiosis-specific recombinase DMC1. At later stages, it is essential for the normal ratio of interfering and non-interfering crossovers, detoxifying aberrant joint molecules, preventing chromosome fragmentation, and ensuring normal chromosome/sister chromatid segregation. The latter meiotic defects lead to the production of diploid male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants, increased seed abortion, and production of triploid offspring. The SMC5/6 complex is directly involved in controlling normal embryo and endosperm cell divisions, and pioneer studies show that the SMC5/6 complex is also important for seed development and normal plant growth in cereals.
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- Fen Yang
- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany (IEB), Czech Academy of Sciences, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research (CRH), Institute of Experimental Botany (IEB), Czech Academy of Sciences, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Hyun DY, Sebastin R, Lee GA, Lee KJ, Kim SH, Yoo E, Lee S, Kang MJ, Lee SB, Jang I, Ro NY, Cho GT. Genome-Wide SNP Markers for Genotypic and Phenotypic Differentiation of Melon ( Cucumis melo L.) Varieties Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22136722. [PMID: 34201603 PMCID: PMC8268568 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22136722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is an economically important horticultural crop with abundant morphological and genetic variability. Complex genetic variations exist even among melon varieties and remain unclear to date. Therefore, unraveling the genetic variability among the three different melon varieties, muskmelon (C. melo subsp. melo), makuwa (C. melo L. var. makuwa), and cantaloupes (C. melo subsp. melo var. cantalupensis), could provide a basis for evolutionary research. In this study, we attempted a systematic approach with genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS)-derived single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to reveal the genetic structure and diversity, haplotype differences, and marker-based varieties differentiation. A total of 6406 GBS-derived SNPs were selected for the diversity analysis, in which the muskmelon varieties showed higher heterozygote SNPs. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay varied significantly among the three melon varieties, in which more rapid LD decay was observed in muskmelon (r2 = 0.25) varieties. The Bayesian phylogenetic tree provided the intraspecific relationships among the three melon varieties that formed, as expected, individual clusters exhibiting the greatest genetic distance based on the posterior probability. The haplotype analysis also supported the phylogeny result by generating three major networks for 48 haplotypes. Further investigation for varieties discrimination allowed us to detect a total of 52 SNP markers that discriminated muskmelon from makuwa varieties, of which two SNPs were converted into cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence markers for practical use. In addition to these markers, the genome-wide association study identified two SNPs located in the genes on chromosome 6, which were significantly associated with the phenotypic traits of melon seed. This study demonstrated that a systematic approach using GBS-derived SNPs could serve to efficiently classify and manage the melon varieties in the genebank.
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- Do Yoon Hyun
- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
- Correspondence:
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
- Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo-si 58762, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (NAS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Jeonju 54874, Korea; (R.S.); (G.-A.L.); (K.J.L.); (S.-H.K.); (E.Y.); (S.L.); (M.-J.K.); (S.B.L.); (I.J.); (N.-Y.R.); (G.-T.C.)
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Molecular evolution and expression analysis of ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) from longan embryogenic callus. Gene 2021; 777:145461. [PMID: 33515723 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ADP-ribosylation modification considered as a model to study histone post-translational modification in chromatin modification. Despite it was reported in many plants, the study of ARFs gene family in longan was still unclear. In this study, 14 longan ARFs genes were identified using the longan genome (the third-generation genome) and further divided into two major groups, including the DlARF in the I-II group and the ARF-like (DlARL) in the III-V group, according to their structure and evolutionary characteristics. Whole-genome duplication (WGD) and segmental duplication events played a major role in the expansion of the DlARFs gene family, the synteny and phylogenetic analyses provided a deeper insight into the evolutionary characteristics of the DlARFs. Protein-protein interactions suggested that some DlARFs proteins may interact to participate in biological processes. Promoter analysis showed more stress response elements in DlARF5, DlGB1, DlARL1, DlARL2, and DlARL8a, suggesting that they may participate in abiotic stress. Expression profiles of DlARFs by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) showed that they were abundant accumulation during early somatic embryogenesis (SE). Expression pattern analysis of RNA-seq and qRT-PCR revealed that some ARFs members regulated early SE, and respond to exogenous hormones and abiotic stress such as abscisic acid (ABA), gibberellin A3 (GA3), salicylic acid (SA), methyl jasmonate (MeJA), cold, and heat. Our study provides new insights for further research on the potential function of DlARFs, which may be useful for the improvement of longan.
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Cabral LM, Masuda HP, Ballesteros HF, de Almeida-Engler J, Alves-Ferreira M, De Toni KLG, Bizotto FM, Ferreira PCG, Hemerly AS. ABAP1 Plays a Role in the Differentiation of Male and Female Gametes in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:642758. [PMID: 33643370 PMCID: PMC7903899 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.642758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The correct development of a diploid sporophyte body and a haploid gametophyte relies on a strict coordination between cell divisions in space and time. During plant reproduction, these divisions have to be temporally and spatially coordinated with cell differentiation processes, to ensure a successful fertilization. Armadillo BTB Arabidopsis protein 1 (ABAP1) is a plant exclusive protein that has been previously reported to control proliferative cell divisions during leaf growth in Arabidopsis. Here, we show that ABAP1 binds to different transcription factors that regulate male and female gametophyte differentiation, repressing their target genes expression. During male gametogenesis, the ABAP1-TCP16 complex represses CDT1b transcription, and consequently regulates microspore first asymmetric mitosis. In the female gametogenesis, the ABAP1-ADAP complex represses EDA24-like transcription, regulating polar nuclei fusion to form the central cell. Therefore, besides its function during vegetative development, this work shows that ABAP1 is also involved in differentiation processes during plant reproduction, by having a dual role in regulating both the first asymmetric cell division of male gametophyte and the cell differentiation (or cell fusion) of female gametophyte.
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- Luiz M. Cabral
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, Université Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Adriana S. Hemerly, ;
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Mondal KK, Soni M, Verma G, Kulshreshtha A, Mrutyunjaya S, Kumar R. Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae depends on multiple non-TAL (Xop) T3SS effectors for its coveted growth inside the pomegranate plant through repressing the immune responses during bacterial blight development. Microbiol Res 2020; 240:126560. [PMID: 32721820 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae (Xap), the bacterial blight pathogen of pomegranate, incurs substantial loss to yield and reduces export quality of this economically important fruit crop. During infection, the bacterium secretes six non-TAL (Xop) effectors into the pomegranate cells through a specialized type three secretion system (T3SS). Previously, we demonstrated the role of two key effectors, XopL and XopN in pathogenesis. Here, we investigate the role of rest effectors (XopC2, XopE1, XopQ and XopZ) on disease development. We generated null mutants for each individual effector and mutant bacterial suspension was infiltrated into pomegranate leaves. Compared to Xap wild, the mutant bacterial growth was reduced by 2.7-11.5 folds. The mutants produced lesser water-soaked lesions when infiltrated on leaves by 1.13-2.21 folds. Among the four effectors, XopC2 contributes highest for in planta bacterial growth and disease development. XopC2 efficiently suppressed the defense responses like callose deposition, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the activation of immune responsive genes. Being a major contributor, we further characterize XopC2 for its subcellular localization, its protein structure and networking. XopC2 is localized to the plasma membrane of Nicotiana benthamiana like XopL and XopN. XopC2 is a 661 amino acids protein having 15 alpha and 17 beta helix. Our STRING and I-TASSER based analysis hinted that XopC2 interacts with multiple membrane localized plant proteins including transcription regulator of CCR4-NOT family, TTN of maintenance of chromosome family and serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) isoform. Based on the interaction it is predicted that XopC2 might involve in diverse functions like nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, maintenance of chromosome, hormone signaling and protein dephosphorylation activities and thereby suppress the plant immunity. Altogether, our study suggests that Xap largely depends on three non-TAL (Xop) effectors, including XopC2, XopL and XopN, to modulate pomegranate PTI for its unrestricted proliferation during bacterial blight development.
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- Kalyan K Mondal
- Plant Bacteriology Lab, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- Plant Bacteriology Lab, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Plant Bacteriology Lab, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Plant Bacteriology Lab, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Plant Bacteriology Lab, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208024, India
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Majumdar P, Nath U. De-ubiquitinases on the move: an emerging field in plant biology. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2020; 22:563-572. [PMID: 32233097 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A balance between the synthesis and degradation of active proteins governs diverse cellular processes in plants, spanning from cell-cycle progression and circadian rhythm to the outcome of several hormone signalling pathways. Ubiquitin-mediated post-translational modification determines the degradative fate of the target proteins, thereby altering the output of cellular processes. An equally important, and perhaps under-appreciated, aspect of this pathway is the antagonistic process of de-ubiquitination. De-ubiquitinases (DUBs), a group of processing enzymes, play an important role in maintaining cellular ubiquitin homeostasis by hydrolyzing ubiquitin poly-proteins and free poly-ubiquitin chains into mono-ubiquitin. Further, DUBs rescue the cellular proteins from 26S proteasome-mediated degradation to their active form by cleaving the poly-ubiquitin chain from the target protein. Any perturbation in DUB activity is likely to affect proteostasis and downstream cellular processes. This review illustrates recent findings on the biological significance and mechanisms of action of the DUBs in Arabidopsis thaliana, with an emphasis on ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBPs), the largest family among the DUBs. We focus on the putative roles of various protein-protein interaction interfaces in DUBs and their generalized function in ubiquitin recycling, along with their pre-eminent role in plant development.
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- P Majumdar
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Sakamoto T, Sugiyama T, Yamashita T, Matsunaga S. Plant condensin II is required for the correct spatial relationship between centromeres and rDNA arrays. Nucleus 2020; 10:116-125. [PMID: 31092096 PMCID: PMC6527393 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2019.1616507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Plants possess the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein complexes cohesin, condensin, and SMC5/6, which function in fundamental biological processes such as sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation and segregation, and damaged DNA repair. Recently, increasing evidence in several organisms has suggested that condensin is involved in chromatin organizations during interphase. In Arabidopsis thaliana, condensin II is localized in the nucleus throughout interphase and is suggested to be required for keeping centromeres apart and the assembly of euchromatic chromosome arms. However, it remains unclear how condensin II organizes chromatin associations. Here, we first showed the high possibility that the function of condensin II as a complex is required for the disassociation of centromeres. Analysis of the rDNA array distribution revealed that condensin II is also indispensable for the association of centromeres with rDNA arrays. Reduced axial compaction of chromosomes and impaired genome integrity in condensin II mutants are not related to the disruption of chromatin organization. In contrast, the axial compaction of chromosomes by condensin II produces the force leading to the disassociation of heterologous centromeres in Drosophila melanogaster. Taken together, our data imply that the condensin II function in chromatin organization differs among eukaryotes.
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- Takuya Sakamoto
- a Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology , Tokyo University of Science , Noda , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology , Tokyo University of Science , Noda , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology , Tokyo University of Science , Noda , Chiba , Japan
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- a Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology , Tokyo University of Science , Noda , Chiba , Japan
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Meinke DW. Genome-wide identification of EMBRYO-DEFECTIVE (EMB) genes required for growth and development in Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:306-325. [PMID: 31334862 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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With the emergence of high-throughput methods in plant biology, the importance of long-term projects characterized by incremental advances involving multiple laboratories can sometimes be overlooked. Here, I highlight my 40-year effort to isolate and characterize the most common class of mutants encountered in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana): those defective in embryo development. I present an updated dataset of 510 EMBRYO-DEFECTIVE (EMB) genes identified throughout the Arabidopsis community; include important details on 2200 emb mutants and 241 pigment-defective embryo (pde) mutants analyzed in my laboratory; provide curated datasets with key features and publication links for each EMB gene identified; revisit past estimates of 500-1000 total EMB genes in Arabidopsis; document 83 double mutant combinations reported to disrupt embryo development; emphasize the importance of following established nomenclature guidelines and acknowledging allele history in research publications; and consider how best to extend community-based curation and screening efforts to approach saturation for this diverse class of mutants in the future. Continued advances in identifying EMB genes and characterizing their loss-of-function mutant alleles are needed to understand genotype-to-phenotype relationships in Arabidopsis on a broad scale, and to document the contributions of large numbers of essential genes to plant growth and development.
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- David W Meinke
- Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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Beseda T, Cápal P, Kubalová I, Schubert V, Doležel J, Šimková H. Mitotic chromosome organization: General rules meet species-specific variability. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:1311-1319. [PMID: 32612754 PMCID: PMC7305364 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Research on the formation of mitotic chromosomes from interphase chromatin domains, ongoing for several decades, made significant progress in recent years. It was stimulated by the development of advanced microscopic techniques and implementation of chromatin conformation capture methods that provide new insights into chromosome ultrastructure. This review aims to summarize and compare several models of chromatin fiber folding to form mitotic chromosomes and discusses them in the light of the novel findings. Functional genomics studies in several organisms confirmed condensins and cohesins as the major players in chromosome condensation. Here we compare available data on the role of these proteins across lower and higher eukaryotes and point to differences indicating evolutionary different pathways to shape mitotic chromosomes. Moreover, we discuss a controversial phenomenon of the mitotic chromosome ultrastructure - chromosome cavities - and using our super-resolution microscopy data, we contribute to its elucidation.
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- Tomáš Beseda
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad. Sci., Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad. Sci., Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad. Sci., Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad. Sci., Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Alves‐Pereira A, Clement CR, Picanço‐Rodrigues D, Veasey EA, Dequigiovanni G, Ramos SLF, Pinheiro JB, de Souza AP, Zucchi MI. A population genomics appraisal suggests independent dispersals for bitter and sweet manioc in Brazilian Amazonia. Evol Appl 2020; 13:342-361. [PMID: 31993081 PMCID: PMC6976959 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Amazonia is a major world centre of plant domestication, but the genetics of domestication remains unclear for most Amazonian crops. Manioc (Manihot esculenta) is the most important staple food crop that originated in this region. Although manioc is relatively well-studied, little is known about the diversification of bitter and sweet landraces and how they were dispersed across Amazonia. We evaluated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in wild and cultivated manioc to identify outlier SNPs putatively under selection and to assess the neutral genetic structure of landraces to make inferences about the evolution of the crop in Amazonia. Some outlier SNPs were in putative manioc genes possibly related to plant architecture, transcriptional regulation and responses to stress. The neutral SNPs revealed contrasting genetic structuring for bitter and sweet landraces. The outlier SNPs may be signatures of the genomic changes resulting from domestication, while the neutral genetic structure suggests independent dispersals for sweet and bitter manioc, possibly related to the earlier domestication and diversification of the former. Our results highlight the role of ancient peoples and current smallholders in the management and conservation of manioc genetic diversity, including putative genes and specific genetic resources with adaptive potential in the context of climate change.
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- Alessandro Alves‐Pereira
- Departamento de GenéticaEscola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz”Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ‐USP)PiracicabaBrazil
- Departamento de Biologia VegetalInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)CampinasBrazil
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- Departamento de GenéticaEscola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz”Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ‐USP)PiracicabaBrazil
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- Departamento de GenéticaEscola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz”Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ‐USP)PiracicabaBrazil
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- Departamento de GenéticaEscola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz”Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ‐USP)PiracicabaBrazil
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- Departamento de GenéticaEscola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiróz”Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ‐USP)PiracicabaBrazil
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- Departamento de Biologia VegetalInstituto de BiologiaUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)CampinasBrazil
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Wu R, Zheng W, Tan J, Sammer R, Du L, Lu C. Protein partners of plant ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBPs). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 145:227-236. [PMID: 31630936 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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As one type of deubiquitinases (DUBs), ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBPs) play an extensive and significant role in plant life involving the regulation of plant development and stress responses. However, comprehensive studies are still needed to determine the functional mechanisms, which are largely unclear. Here, we summarized recent progress of plant UBPs' functional partners, particularly the molecular mechanisms by which UBPs work with their partners. We believe that functional analyses of UBPs and their partners will provide new insights into protein deubiquitination and lead to a better understanding of the physiological roles of UBPs in plants.
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- Ruihua Wu
- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Plowman R, Singh N, Tromer EC, Payan A, Duro E, Spanos C, Rappsilber J, Snel B, Kops GJPL, Corbett KD, Marston AL. The molecular basis of monopolin recruitment to the kinetochore. Chromosoma 2019; 128:331-354. [PMID: 31037469 PMCID: PMC6823300 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-019-00700-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The monopolin complex is a multifunctional molecular crosslinker, which in S. pombe binds and organises mitotic kinetochores to prevent aberrant kinetochore-microtubule interactions. In the budding yeast S. cerevisiae, whose kinetochores bind a single microtubule, the monopolin complex crosslinks and mono-orients sister kinetochores in meiosis I, enabling the biorientation and segregation of homologs. Here, we show that both the monopolin complex subunit Csm1 and its binding site on the kinetochore protein Dsn1 are broadly distributed throughout eukaryotes, suggesting a conserved role in kinetochore organisation and function. We find that budding yeast Csm1 binds two conserved motifs in Dsn1, one (termed Box 1) representing the ancestral, widely conserved monopolin binding motif and a second (termed Box 2-3) with a likely role in enforcing specificity of sister kinetochore crosslinking. We find that Box 1 and Box 2-3 bind the same conserved hydrophobic cavity on Csm1, suggesting competition or handoff between these motifs. Using structure-based mutants, we also find that both Box 1 and Box 2-3 are critical for monopolin function in meiosis. We identify two conserved serine residues in Box 2-3 that are phosphorylated in meiosis and whose mutation to aspartate stabilises Csm1-Dsn1 binding, suggesting that regulated phosphorylation of these residues may play a role in sister kinetochore crosslinking specificity. Overall, our results reveal the monopolin complex as a broadly conserved kinetochore organiser in eukaryotes, which budding yeast have co-opted to mediate sister kinetochore crosslinking through the addition of a second, regulatable monopolin binding interface.
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- Rebecca Plowman
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego Branch, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.,Synthorx Inc., 11099 North Torrey Pines Road, Suite 290, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.,Institute of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Utrecht, The Netherlands.,University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
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Saatian B, Austin RS, Tian G, Chen C, Nguyen V, Kohalmi SE, Geelen D, Cui Y. Analysis of a novel mutant allele of GSL8 reveals its key roles in cytokinesis and symplastic trafficking in Arabidopsis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:295. [PMID: 30466394 PMCID: PMC6249969 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1515-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant cell walls are mainly composed of polysaccharides such as cellulose and callose. Callose exists at a very low level in the cell wall; however, it plays critical roles at different stages of plant development as well as in defence against unfavorable conditions. Callose is accumulated at the cell plate, at plasmodesmata and in male and female gametophytes. Despite the important roles of callose in plants, the mechanisms of its synthesis and regulatory properties are not well understood. RESULTS CALLOSE SYNTHASE (CALS) genes, also known as GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE (GSL), comprise a family of 12 members in Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we describe a new allele of GSL8 (named essp8) that exhibits pleiotropic seedling defects. Reduction of callose deposition at the cell plates and plasmodesmata in essp8 leads to ectopic endomitosis and an increase in the size exclusion limit of plasmodesmata during early seedling development. Movement of two non-cell-autonomous factors, SHORT ROOT and microRNA165/6, both required for root radial patterning during embryonic root development, are dysregulated in the primary root of essp8. This observation provides evidence for a molecular mechanism explaining the gsl8 root phenotype. We demonstrated that GSL8 interacts with PLASMODESMATA-LOCALIZED PROTEIN 5, a β-1,3-glucanase, and GSL10. We propose that they all might be part of a putative callose synthase complex, allowing a concerted regulation of callose deposition at plasmodesmata. CONCLUSION Analysis of a novel mutant allele of GSL8 reveals that GSL8 is a key player in early seedling development in Arabidopsis. GSL8 is required for maintaining the basic ploidy level and regulating the symplastic trafficking. Callose deposition at plasmodesmata is highly regulated and occurs through interaction of different components, likely to be incorporated into a callose biosynthesis complex. We are providing new evidence supporting an earlier hypothesis that GSL8 might have regulatory roles apart from its enzymatic function in plasmodesmata regulation.
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- Behnaz Saatian
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
- Department of Biology, Western University, 1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
- Department of Biology, Western University, 1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
- Department of Biology, Western University, 1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
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- Department of Biology, Western University, 1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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- In Vitro Biology and Horticulture, Department of Plant Production, University of Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, ON Canada
- Department of Biology, Western University, 1391 Sandford St, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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Diaz M, Pecinka A. Scaffolding for Repair: Understanding Molecular Functions of the SMC5/6 Complex. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9010036. [PMID: 29329249 PMCID: PMC5793187 DOI: 10.3390/genes9010036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Chromosome organization, dynamics and stability are required for successful passage through cellular generations and transmission of genetic information to offspring. The key components involved are Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes. Cohesin complex ensures proper chromatid alignment, condensin complex chromosome condensation and the SMC5/6 complex is specialized in the maintenance of genome stability. Here we summarize recent knowledge on the composition and molecular functions of SMC5/6 complex. SMC5/6 complex was originally identified based on the sensitivity of its mutants to genotoxic stress but there is increasing number of studies demonstrating its roles in the control of DNA replication, sister chromatid resolution and genomic location-dependent promotion or suppression of homologous recombination. Some of these functions appear to be due to a very dynamic interaction with cohesin or other repair complexes. Studies in Arabidopsis indicate that, besides its canonical function in repair of damaged DNA, the SMC5/6 complex plays important roles in regulating plant development, abiotic stress responses, suppression of autoimmune responses and sexual reproduction.
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- Mariana Diaz
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IEB), Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900 Olomouc-Holice, Czech Republic.
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IEB), Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900 Olomouc-Holice, Czech Republic.
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Macovei A, Faè M, Biggiogera M, de Sousa Araújo S, Carbonera D, Balestrazzi A. Ultrastructural and Molecular Analyses Reveal Enhanced Nucleolar Activity in Medicago truncatula Cells Overexpressing the MtTdp2α Gene. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:596. [PMID: 29868059 PMCID: PMC5958304 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The role of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (Tdp2) involved in the repair of 5'-end-blocking DNA lesions is still poorly explored in plants. To gain novel insights, Medicago truncatula suspension cultures overexpressing the MtTdp2α gene (Tdp2α-13C and Tdp2α-28 lines, respectively) and a control (CTRL) line carrying the empty vector were investigated. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed enlarged nucleoli (up to 44% expansion of the area, compared to CTRL), the presence of nucleolar vacuoles, increased frequency of multinucleolate cells (up to 4.3-fold compared to CTRL) and reduced number of ring-shaped nucleoli in Tdp2α-13C and Tdp2α-28 lines. Ultrastructural data suggesting for enhanced nucleolar activity in MtTdp2α-overexpressing lines were integrated with results from bromouridine incorporation. The latter revealed an increase of labeled transcripts in both Tdp2α-13C and Tdp2α-28 cells, within the nucleolus and in the extra-nucleolar region. MtTdp2α-overexpressing cells showed tolerance to etoposide, a selective inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase II, as evidenced by DNA diffusion assay. TEM analysis revealed etoposide-induced rearrangements within the nucleolus, resembling the nucleolar caps observed in animal cells under transcription impairment. Based on these findings it is evident that MtTdp2α-overexpression enhances nucleolar activity in plant cells.
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- Anca Macovei
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, Pavia, Italy
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- Instituto de Technologia Quìmica e Biologica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, Pavia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Alma Balestrazzi,
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Xie S, Zhang X, Zhou Z, Li X, Huang Y, Zhang J, Weng J. Identification of genes alternatively spliced in developing maize endosperm. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2018; 20:59-66. [PMID: 28945323 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The process of alternative splicing is critical for the regulation of growth and development of plants. Thus far, little is known about the role of alternative splicing in the regulation of maize (Zea mays L.) endosperm development. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data of endosperms from two maize inbred lines, Mo17 and Ji419, at 15 and 25 days after pollination (DAP), respectively, were used to identify genes that were alternatively spliced during endosperm development. Intron retention (IR) in GRMZM2G005887 was further validated using PCR and re-sequencing technologies. In total, 49,000 alternatively spliced events and ca. 20,000 alternatively spliced genes were identified in the two maize inbred lines. Of these, 30 genes involved in amino acid biosynthesis and starch biosynthesis were identified, with IR occurring only in a specific sample, and were significantly co-expressed with ten well-known genes related to maize endosperm development. Moreover, IR in GRMZM2G005887, which encodes a cysteine synthase, was confirmed to occur only in the endosperm of Mo17 at 15 DAP, resulting in the retention of a 121-bp fragment in its 5' untranslated region. Two cis-acting regulatory elements, CAAT-box and TATA-box were observed in the retained fragment in Mo17 at 15 DAP; this could regulate the expression of this gene and influence endosperm development. The results suggest that the 30 genes with IR identified herein might be associated with maize endosperm development, and are likely to play important roles in the developing maize endosperm.
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- S Xie
- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China
- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Newman LE, Schiavon CR, Turn RE, Kahn RA. The ARL2 GTPase regulates mitochondrial fusion from the intermembrane space. CELLULAR LOGISTICS 2017; 7:e1340104. [PMID: 28944094 PMCID: PMC5602422 DOI: 10.1080/21592799.2017.1340104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mitochondria are essential, dynamic organelles that regularly undergo both fusion and fission in response to cellular conditions, though mechanisms of the regulation of their dynamics are incompletely understood. We provide evidence that increased activity of the small GTPase ARL2 is strongly correlated with an increase in fusion, while loss of ARL2 activity results in a decreased rate of mitochondrial fusion. Strikingly, expression of activated ARL2 can partially restore the loss of fusion resulting from deletion of either mitofusin 1 (MFN1) or mitofusin 2 (MFN2), but not deletion of both. We only observe the full effects of ARL2 on mitochondrial fusion when it is present in the intermembrane space (IMS), as constructs driven to the matrix or prevented from entering mitochondria are essentially inactive in promoting fusion. Thus, ARL2 is the first regulatory (small) GTPase shown to act inside mitochondria or in the fusion pathway. Finally, using high-resolution, structured illumination microscopy (SIM), we find that ARL2 and mitofusin immunoreactivities present as punctate staining along mitochondria that share a spatial convergence in fluorescence signals. Thus, we propose that ARL2 plays a regulatory role in mitochondrial fusion, acting from the IMS and requiring at least one of the mitofusins in their canonical role in fusion of the outer membranes.
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- Laura E. Newman
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Minina EA, Reza SH, Gutierrez-Beltran E, Elander PH, Bozhkov PV, Moschou PN. The Arabidopsis homolog of Scc4/MAU2 is essential for embryogenesis. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:1051-1063. [PMID: 28137757 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.196865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Factors regulating dynamics of chromatin structure have direct impact on expression of genetic information. Cohesin is a multi-subunit protein complex that is crucial for pairing sister chromatids during cell division, DNA repair and regulation of gene transcription and silencing. In non-plant species, cohesin is loaded on chromatin by the Scc2-Scc4 complex (also known as the NIBPL-MAU2 complex). Here, we identify the Arabidopsis homolog of Scc4, which we denote Arabidopsis thaliana (At)SCC4, and show that it forms a functional complex with AtSCC2, the homolog of Scc2. We demonstrate that AtSCC2 and AtSCC4 act in the same pathway, and that both proteins are indispensable for cell fate determination during early stages of embryo development. Mutant embryos lacking either of these proteins develop only up to the globular stage, and show the suspensor overproliferation phenotype preceded by ectopic auxin maxima distribution. We further establish a new assay to reveal the AtSCC4-dependent dynamics of cohesin loading on chromatin in vivo Our findings define the Scc2-Scc4 complex as an evolutionary conserved machinery controlling cohesin loading and chromatin structure maintenance, and provide new insight into the plant-specific role of this complex in controlling cell fate during embryogenesis.
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- Elena A Minina
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7015, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7015, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7080, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7015, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7015, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7015, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, PO Box 7080, Uppsala SE-75007, Sweden
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- Mariana Diaz
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Haná Region for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ)
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Haná Region for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research
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Wang Q, Xue X, Li Y, Dong Y, Zhang L, Zhou Q, Deng F, Ma Z, Qiao D, Hu C, Ren Y. A maize ADP-ribosylation factor ZmArf2 increases organ and seed size by promoting cell expansion in Arabidopsis. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2016; 156:97-107. [PMID: 26096810 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are small GTP-binding proteins that regulate a wide variety of cell functions. Previously, we isolated a new ARF, ZmArf2, from maize (Zea mays). Sequence and expression characteristics indicated that ZmArf2 might play a critical role in the early stages of endosperm development. In this study, we investigated ZmArf2 function by analysis of its GTP-binding activity and subcellular localization. We also over-expressed ZmArf2 in Arabidopsis and measured organ and cell size and counted cell numbers. The expression levels of five organ size-associated genes were also determined in 35S::ZmArf2 transgenic and wild-type plants. Results showed that the recombinant ZmArf2 protein purified from Escherichia coli exhibited GTP-binding activity. Subcellular localization revealed that ZmArf2 was localized in the cytoplasm and plasma membrane. ZmArf2 over-expression in Arabidopsis showed that 35S::ZmArf2 transgenic plants were taller and had larger leaves and seeds compared to wild-type plants, which resulted from cell expansions, not an increase in cell numbers. In addition, three cell expansion-related genes, AtEXP3, AtEXP5 and AtEXP10, were upregulated in 35S::ZmArf2 transgenic lines, while the expression levels of AtGIF1 and AtGRF5, were unchanged. Collectively, our studies suggest that ZmArf2 has an active GTP-binding function, and plays a crucial role in growth and development in Arabidopsis through cell expansion mediated by cell expansion genes.
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- Qilei Wang
- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Agriculture, Henan Agricultural University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops, National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Zhengzhou, China
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Shi T, Dimitrov I, Zhang Y, Tax FE, Yi J, Gou X, Li J. Accelerated rates of protein evolution in barley grain and pistil biased genes might be legacy of domestication. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 89:253-261. [PMID: 26362289 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0366-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Traits related to grain and reproductive organs in grass crops have been under continuous directional selection during domestication. Barley is one of the oldest domesticated crops in human history. Thus genes associated with the grain and reproductive organs in barley may show evidence of dramatic evolutionary change. To understand how artificial selection contributes to protein evolution of biased genes in different barley organs, we used Digital Gene Expression analysis of six barley organs (grain, pistil, anther, leaf, stem and root) to identify genes with biased expression in specific organs. Pairwise comparisons of orthologs between barley and Brachypodium distachyon, as well as between highland and lowland barley cultivars mutually indicated that grain and pistil biased genes show relatively higher protein evolutionary rates compared with the median of all orthologs and other organ biased genes. Lineage-specific protein evolutionary rates estimation showed similar patterns with elevated protein evolution in barley grain and pistil biased genes, yet protein sequences generally evolve much faster in the lowland barley cultivar. Further functional annotations revealed that some of these grain and pistil biased genes with rapid protein evolution are related to nutrient biosynthesis and cell cycle/division. Our analyses provide insights into how domestication differentially shaped the evolution of genes specific to different organs of a crop species, and implications for future functional studies of domestication genes.
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- Tao Shi
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
- School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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Hara T, Katoh H, Ogawa D, Kagaya Y, Sato Y, Kitano H, Nagato Y, Ishikawa R, Ono A, Kinoshita T, Takeda S, Hattori T. Rice SNF2 family helicase ENL1 is essential for syncytial endosperm development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 81:1-12. [PMID: 25327517 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The endosperm of cereal grains represents the most important source of human nutrition. In addition, the endosperm provides many investigatory opportunities for biologists because of the unique processes that occur during its ontogeny, including syncytial development at early stages. Rice endospermless 1 (enl1) develops seeds lacking an endosperm but carrying a functional embryo. The enl1 endosperm produces strikingly enlarged amoeboid nuclei. These abnormal nuclei result from a malfunction in mitotic chromosomal segregation during syncytial endosperm development. The molecular identification of the causal gene revealed that ENL1 encodes an SNF2 helicase family protein that is orthologous to human Plk1-Interacting Checkpoint Helicase (PICH), which has been implicated in the resolution of persistent DNA catenation during anaphase. ENL1-Venus (enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (YFP)) localizes to the cytoplasm during interphase but moves to the chromosome arms during mitosis. ENL1-Venus is also detected on a thread-like structure that connects separating sister chromosomes. These observations indicate the functional conservation between PICH and ENL1 and confirm the proposed role of PICH. Although ENL1 dysfunction also affects karyokinesis in the root meristem, enl1 plants can grow in a field and set seeds, indicating that its indispensability is tissue-dependent. Notably, despite the wide conservation of ENL1/PICH among eukaryotes, the loss of function of the ENL1 ortholog in Arabidopsis (CHR24) has only marginal effects on endosperm nuclei and results in normal plant development. Our results suggest that ENL1 is endowed with an indispensable role to secure the extremely rapid nuclear cycle during syncytial endosperm development in rice.
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- Tomomi Hara
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Karan R, Subudhi PK. Overexpression of an adenosine diphosphate-ribosylation factor gene from the halophytic grass Spartina alterniflora confers salinity and drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2014; 33:373-84. [PMID: 24247851 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1537-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 11/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Adenosine diphosphate-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that play an important role in intracellular protein trafficking necessary for undertaking multiple physiological functions in plant growth and developmental processes. However, little is known about the mechanism of ARF functioning at the molecular level, as well as its involvement in abiotic stress tolerance. In this study, we demonstrated the direct involvement of an ARF gene SaARF from a grass halophyte Spartina alterniflora in abiotic stress adaptation for the first time. SaARF, which encodes a protein with predicted molecular mass of 21 kDa, revealed highest identity with ARF of Oryza sativa. The SaARF gene is transcriptionally regulated by salt, drought, cold, and ABA in the leaves and roots of S. alterniflora. Arabidopsis plants overexpressing SaARF showed improved seed germination and survival of seedlings under salinity stress. Similarly, SaARF transgenic Arabidopsis plants were more tolerant to drought stress, compared to wild-type plants, by maintaining chlorophyll synthesis, increasing osmolyte synthesis, and stabilizing membrane integrity. Oxidative damage due to moisture stress in transgenic Arabidopsis was also reduced possibly by activating antioxidant genes, AtSOD1 and AtCAT. Our results suggest that enhanced drought and salinity tolerance conferred by the SaARF gene may be due to its role in mediating multiple abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms.
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- Ratna Karan
- Agronomy Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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Schubert V, Lermontova I, Schubert I. The Arabidopsis CAP-D proteins are required for correct chromatin organisation, growth and fertility. Chromosoma 2013; 122:517-33. [PMID: 23929493 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0424-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In plants as in other eukaryotes, the structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) protein complexes cohesin, condensin and SMC5/6 are essential for sister chromatid cohesion, chromosome condensation, DNA repair and recombination. The presence of paralogous genes for various components of the different SMC complexes suggests the diversification of their biological functions during the evolution of higher plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, we identified two candidate genes (Cap-D2 and Cap-D3) which may express conserved proteins presumably associated with condensin. In silico analyses using public databases suggest that both genes are controlled by factors acting in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Cap-D2 is essential because homozygous T-DNA insertion mutants were not viable. The heterozygous mutant showed wild-type growth habit but reduced fertility. For Cap-D3, we selected two homozygous mutants expressing truncated transcripts which are obviously not fully functional. Both mutants show reduced pollen fertility and seed set (one of them also reduced plant vigour), a lower chromatin density and frequent (peri)centromere association in interphase nuclei. Sister chromatid cohesion was impaired compared to wild-type in the cap-D3 mutants but not in the heterozygous cap-D2 mutant. At superresolution (Structured Illumination Microscopy), we found no alteration of chromatin substructure for both cap-D mutants. Chromosome-associated polypeptide (CAP)-D3 and the cohesin subunit SMC3 form similar but positionally non-overlapping reticulate structures in 2C-16C nuclei, suggesting their importance for interphase chromatin architecture in differentiated nuclei. Thus, we presume that CAP-D proteins are required for fertility, growth, chromatin organisation, sister chromatid cohesion and in a process preventing the association of centromeric repeats.
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- Veit Schubert
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany,
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Kaas Q, Craik DJ. NMR of plant proteins. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2013; 71:1-34. [PMID: 23611313 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- Quentin Kaas
- The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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D'Erfurth I, Le Signor C, Aubert G, Sanchez M, Vernoud V, Darchy B, Lherminier J, Bourion V, Bouteiller N, Bendahmane A, Buitink J, Prosperi JM, Thompson R, Burstin J, Gallardo K. A role for an endosperm-localized subtilase in the control of seed size in legumes. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2012; 196:738-751. [PMID: 22985172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04296.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Here, we report a subtilase gene (SBT1.1) specifically expressed in the endosperm of Medicago truncatula and Pisum sativum seeds during development, which is located at a chromosomal position coinciding with a seed weight quantitative trait locus (QTL). Association studies between SBT1.1 polymorphisms and seed weights in ecotype collections provided further evidence for linkage disequilibrium between the SBT1.1 locus and a seed weight locus. To investigate the possible contribution of SBT1.1 to the control of seed weight, a search for TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes) mutants was performed. An inspection of seed phenotype revealed a decreased weight and area of the sbt1.1 mutant seeds, thus inferring a role of SBT1.1 in the control of seed size in the forage and grain legume species. Microscopic analyses of the embryo, representing the major part of the seed, revealed a reduced number of cells in the MtP330S mutant, but no significant variation in cell size. SBT1.1 is therefore most likely to be involved in the control of cotyledon cell number, rather than cell expansion, during seed development. This raises the hypothesis of a role of SBT1.1 in the regulation of seed size by providing molecules that can act as signals to control cell division within the embryo.
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- I D'Erfurth
- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA/CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, CP5708, 91057, Evry, France
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- INRA/CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, CP5708, 91057, Evry, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, SFR 4207 QUASAV, 49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1334 Amélioration Génétique et Adaptation des Plantes, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21000, Dijon, France
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Lu X, Li Y, Su Y, Liang Q, Meng H, Li S, Shen S, Fan Y, Zhang C. An Arabidopsis gene encoding a C2H2-domain protein with alternatively spliced transcripts is essential for endosperm development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:5935-5944. [PMID: 22991160 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The endosperm is an essential part of the seed which sustains embryo development and contains storage reserves. Endosperm development involves a series of nuclear divisions in the absence of cytokinesis. In this study, it is shown that a mutant Arabidopsis plant carrying the disrupted At4g24900 gene exhibits severe defects during seed development. At4g24900 encodes a nuclear-localized C2H2-containing protein and the transcripts of this gene are alternatively spliced, consequently producing at least nine differentially spliced isoforms. The heterozygous T-DNA insertion mutation in this gene resulted in abortion of 25% of seeds, and the homozygous mutant allele displayed embryo lethality. Differential interfernce contrast (DIC) analyses revealed that the mutant has endosperm nuclei with more than one nucleolus and an embryo arrested at the globular to heart stage transition. Because this mutant exhibits a titan-like phenotype, it was designated ttl. The TTL gene is preferentially expressed in tissues with quickly dividing cells as revealed in P(TTL)::GUS (β-glucuronidase) transgenic plants. It is proposed that TTL is likely to function as a key regulator of endosperm nuclear division.
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- Xiaoduo Lu
- Department of Life Sciences, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
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Varadarajan J, Guilleminot J, Saint-Jore-Dupas C, Piégu B, Chabouté ME, Gomord V, Coolbaugh RC, Devic M, Delorme V. ATR3 encodes a diflavin reductase essential for Arabidopsis embryo development. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2010; 187:67-82. [PMID: 20406405 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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*The Arabidopsis genome possesses two confirmed Cytochrome P450 Reductase (CPR) genes, ATR1 and ATR2, together with a third putative homologue, ATR3, which annotation is questionable. *Phylogenetic analysis classified ATR3 as a CPR-like protein sharing homologies with the animal cytosolic dual flavin reductases, NR1 and Fre-1, distinct from the microsomal CPRs, ATR1 and ATR2. Like NR1 and Fre-1, ATR3 lacks the N-terminal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) anchor domain of CPRs and is localized in the cytoplasm. Recombinant ATR3 in plant soluble extracts was able to reduce cytochrome c but failed to reduce the human P450 CYP1A2. *Loss of ATR3 function resulted in early embryo lethality indicating that this reductase activity is essential. A yeast 2-hybrid screen identified a unique interaction of ATR3 with the homologue of the human anti-apoptotic CIAPIN1 and the yeast Dre2 protein. *This interaction suggests two possible roles for ATR3 in the control of cell death and in chromosome segregation at mitosis. Consistent with these results, the promoter of ATR3 is activated during cell cycle progression. Together these results demonstrated that ATR3 belongs to the NR1 subfamily of diflavin reductases whose characterized members are involved in essential cellular functions.
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- Janani Varadarajan
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1155, USA
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR-CNRS-IRD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan-Cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6037, IFRMP 23, UFR des Sciences, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR-CNRS-IRD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan-Cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, 12 rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg-Cedex, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 6037, IFRMP 23, UFR des Sciences, Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1155, USA
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR-CNRS-IRD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan-Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR-CNRS-IRD 5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia 58 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan-Cedex, France
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Yang X, Zhang X. Regulation of Somatic Embryogenesis in Higher Plants. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES 2010; 29:36-57. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1080/07352680903436291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Xiyan Yang
- a National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, P. R. China
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- a National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement , Huazhong Agricultural University , Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, P. R. China
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The contribution of cell cycle regulation to endosperm development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 22:207-19. [DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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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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Pignocchi C, Minns GE, Nesi N, Koumproglou R, Kitsios G, Benning C, Lloyd CW, Doonan JH, Hills MJ. ENDOSPERM DEFECTIVE1 Is a Novel Microtubule-Associated Protein Essential for Seed Development in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:90-105. [PMID: 19151224 PMCID: PMC2648083 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.061812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 12/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Early endosperm development involves a series of rapid nuclear divisions in the absence of cytokinesis; thus, many endosperm mutants reveal genes whose functions are essential for mitosis. This work finds that the endosperm of Arabidopsis thaliana endosperm-defective1 (ede1) mutants never cellularizes, contains a reduced number of enlarged polyploid nuclei, and features an aberrant microtubule cytoskeleton, where the specialized radial microtubule systems and cytokinetic phragmoplasts are absent. Early embryo development is substantially normal, although occasional cytokinesis defects are observed. The EDE1 gene was cloned using a map-based approach and represents the pioneer member of a conserved plant-specific family of genes of previously unknown function. EDE1 is expressed in the endosperm and embryo of developing seeds, and its expression is tightly regulated during cell cycle progression. EDE1 protein accumulates in nuclear caps in premitotic cells, colocalizes along microtubules of the spindle and phragmoplast, and binds microtubules in vitro. We conclude that EDE1 is a novel plant-specific microtubule-associated protein essential for microtubule function during the mitotic and cytokinetic stages that generate the Arabidopsis endosperm and embryo.
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- Cristina Pignocchi
- John Ines Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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Kondou Y, Nakazawa M, Kawashima M, Ichikawa T, Yoshizumi T, Suzuki K, Ishikawa A, Koshi T, Matsui R, Muto S, Matsui M. RETARDED GROWTH OF EMBRYO1, a new basic helix-loop-helix protein, expresses in endosperm to control embryo growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2008; 147:1924-35. [PMID: 18567831 PMCID: PMC2492639 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.118364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We have isolated two dominant mutants from screening approximately 50,000 RIKEN activation-tagging lines that have short inflorescence internodes. The activation T-DNAs were inserted near a putative basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene and expression of this gene was increased in the mutant lines. Overexpression of this bHLH gene produced the original mutant phenotype, indicating it was responsible for the mutants. Specific expression was observed during seed development. The loss-of-function mutation of the RETARDED GROWTH OF EMBRYO1 (RGE1) gene caused small and shriveled seeds. The embryo of the loss-of-function mutant showed retarded growth after the heart stage although abnormal morphogenesis and pattern formation of the embryo and endosperm was not observed. We named this bHLH gene RGE1. RGE1 expression was determined in endosperm cells using the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Microarray and real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed specific down-regulation of putative GDSL motif lipase genes in the rge1-1 mutant, indicating possible involvement of these genes in seed morphology. These data suggest that RGE1 expression in the endosperm at the heart stage of embryo development plays an important role in controlling embryo growth.
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- Youichi Kondou
- Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Castellano MM, Sablowski R. Phosducin-Like Protein 3 is required for microtubule-dependent steps of cell division but not for meristem growth in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2008; 20:969-81. [PMID: 18390592 PMCID: PMC2390725 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.057737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Given the central role of cell division in meristems, one might expect meristem growth to be regulated by mitotic checkpoints, including checkpoints for correct microtubule function. Here, we studied the role of two close Phosducin-Like Protein 3 homologs from Arabidopsis thaliana (PLP3a and PLP3b) in the microtubule assembly pathway and determined the consequences of inhibiting PLP3a and PLP3b expression in the meristem. PLP3 function is essential in Arabidopsis: impairing PLP3a and PLP3b expression disrupted microtubule arrays and caused polyploidy, aneuploidy, defective cytokinesis, and disoriented cell growth. Consistent with a role in microtubule formation, PLP3a interacted with beta-tubulin in the yeast two-hybrid assay and, when overexpressed, increased resistance to drugs that inhibit tubulin polymerization. Inhibition of PLP3 function targeted to the meristem caused severe mitotic defects, but the cells carried on cycling through DNA replication and abortive cytokinesis. Thus, we showed that PLP3 is involved in microtubule formation in Arabidopsis and provided genetic evidence that cell viability and growth in the meristem are not subordinate to successful completion of microtubule-dependent steps of cell division.
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- M Mar Castellano
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Ines Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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Doelling JH, Phillips AR, Soyler-Ogretim G, Wise J, Chandler J, Callis J, Otegui MS, Vierstra RD. The ubiquitin-specific protease subfamily UBP3/UBP4 is essential for pollen development and transmission in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 145:801-13. [PMID: 17905865 PMCID: PMC2048767 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.095323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Deubiquitinating enzymes are essential to the ubiquitin (Ub)/26S proteasome system where they release Ub monomers from the primary translation products of poly-Ub and Ub extension genes, recycle Ubs from polyubiquitinated proteins, and reverse the effects of ubiquitination by releasing bound Ubs from individual targets. The Ub-specific proteases (UBPs) are one large family of deubiquitinating enzymes that bear signature cysteine and histidine motifs. Here, we genetically characterize a UBP subfamily in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) encoded by paralogous UBP3 and UBP4 genes. Whereas homozygous ubp3 and ubp4 single mutants do not display obvious phenotypic abnormalities, double-homozygous mutant individuals could not be created due to a defect in pollen development and/or transmission. This pollen defect was rescued with a transgene encoding wild-type UBP3 or UBP4, but not with a transgene encoding an active-site mutant of UBP3, indicating that deubiquitination activity of UBP3/UBP4 is required. Nuclear DNA staining revealed that ubp3 ubp4 pollen often fail to undergo mitosis II, which generates the two sperm cells needed for double fertilization. Substantial changes in vacuolar morphology were also evident in mutant grains at the time of pollen dehiscence, suggesting defects in vacuole and endomembrane organization. Even though some ubp3 ubp4 pollen could germinate in vitro, they failed to fertilize wild-type ovules even in the absence of competing wild-type pollen. These studies provide additional evidence that the Ub/26S proteasome system is important for male gametogenesis in plants and suggest that deubiquitination of one or more targets by UBP3/UBP4 is critical for the development of functional pollen.
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- Jed H Doelling
- Division of Plant and Soil Sciences , West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
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Shultz T, Shmuel M, Hyman T, Altschuler Y. Beta-tubulin cofactor D and ARL2 take part in apical junctional complex disassembly and abrogate epithelial structure. FASEB J 2007; 22:168-82. [PMID: 17704193 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7786com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In epithelial cells, the apical junctional complex (AJC), composed of tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs), maintains cell-surface polarity by forming a fence that prevents lateral movement and diffusion of proteins and lipids between the apical and basolateral PM and holds the epithelial monolayer intact through cell-cell contacts. Disassembly of this complex is a prime event in development and cell transformation. Maintenance of the AJC has been shown to involve mainly the actin cytoskeleton. Recent findings also point to the involvement of the microtubule (MT) system. Here we show the first evidence that in polarized epithelial MDCK cells, ARF-like protein 2 (ARL2) and beta-tubulin cofactor D, known to be involved in MT dynamics, have a role in disassembly of the AJC followed by cell dissociation from the epithelial monolayer, which is not dependent on MT depolymerization. In addition, we show that beta-tubulin cofactor D is partially localized to the lateral PM through its 15 C-terminal amino acids and intact MTs. ARL2 inhibited beta-tubulin cofactor D-dependent cell dissociation from the monolayer and AJC disassembly. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence that beta-tubulin cofactor D plays a role in cells independent of its presumed role in folding tubulin heterodimers. We conclude that ARL2 and beta-tubulin cofactor D participate in AJC disassembly and epithelial depolarization.
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- Tamar Shultz
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Yang P, Smalle J, Lee S, Yan N, Emborg TJ, Vierstra RD. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases 1 and 2 affect shoot architecture in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 51:441-57. [PMID: 17559514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases (UCHs) are a subset of de-ubiquitinating proteases that release covalently linked ubiquitin (Ub), and as such play essential roles in recycling Ub and reversing the action of Ub conjugation. We show here that two related Arabidopsis UCHs, UCH1, and UCH2, are important for shoot development. The UCH1 and 2 genes are ubiquitously expressed, with the corresponding proteins present in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Unlike their animal and fungal counterparts, we found no evidence that the Arabidopsis UCH1 and 2 proteins stably associate with the 26S proteasome. Altering the levels of UCH1 and 2 has substantial effects on Arabidopsis shoot development, especially with respect to inflorescence architecture, with over-expression and double mutants enhancing and suppressing the outgrowth of cauline branches, respectively. Neither UCH1-over-expressing nor uch1-1 uch2-1 plants have detectably altered sensitivity to cytokinins or auxins individually, but exhibit an altered sensitivity to the ratio of the two hormones. UCH1-over-expressing plants show dramatically enhanced phenotypes when combined with auxin-insensitive mutants axr1-3 and axr2-1, suggesting that one or more aspects of auxin signaling are affected by this enzyme pair. Previous studies revealed that the ubiquitination and degradation of the AUX/IAA family of repressors is a key step in auxin signaling. Here, we show that turnover of a reporter fused to a representative AUX/IAA protein AXR3 is faster in the uch1-1 uch2-1 double mutant but slower in the UCH1 over-expression backgrounds. Taken together, our results indicate that de-ubiquitination helps to modify plant shoot architecture, possibly via its ability to directly or indirectly protect upstream target proteins involved in auxin/cytokinin signaling from Ub-mediated degradation.
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- Peizhen Yang
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1574, USA
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Lahmy S, Guilleminot J, Schmit AC, Pelletier G, Chaboute ME, Devic M. QQT proteins colocalize with microtubules and are essential for early embryo development in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 50:615-26. [PMID: 17419841 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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During Arabidopsis embryogenesis, the control of division between daughter cells is critical for pattern formation. Two embryo-defective (emb) mutant lines named quatre-quart (qqt) were characterized by forward and reverse genetics. The terminal arrest of qqt1 and qqt2 embryos was at the octant stage, just prior to the round of periclinal divisions that establishes the dermatogen stage . Homozygous embryos of a weaker allele of qqt1 were able to divide further, resulting in aberrant periclinal divisions. These phenotypic analyses support an essential role of the QQT proteins in the correct formation of the tangential divisions. That an important proportion of qqt1 embryos were arrested prior to the octant stage indicated a more general role in cell division. The analysis of QQT1 and QQT2 genes revealed that they belong to a small subgroup of the large family encoding ATP/GTP binding proteins, and are widely conserved among plants, vertebrates and Archaea. We showed that QQT1 and QQT2 proteins interact with each other in a yeast two-hybrid system, and that QQT1 and QQT2 tagged by distinct fluorescent probes colocalize with microtubules during mitosis, in agreement with their potential role in cell division and their mutant phenotype. We propose that QQT1 and QQT2 proteins participate in the organization of microtubules during cell division, and that this function is essential for the correct development of the early embryo.
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- Sylvie Lahmy
- Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMRCNRS 5096, Université de Perpignan, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan-cedex, France
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Fleurdépine S, Deragon JM, Devic M, Guilleminot J, Bousquet-Antonelli C. A bona fide La protein is required for embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:3306-21. [PMID: 17459889 PMCID: PMC1904278 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Revised: 03/21/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Searches in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome using the La motif as query revealed the presence of eight La or La-like proteins. Using structural and phylogenetic criteria, we identified two putative genuine La proteins (At32 and At79) and showed that both are expressed throughout plant development but at different levels and under different regulatory conditions. At32, but not At79, restores Saccharomyces cerevisiae La nuclear functions in non-coding RNAs biogenesis and is able to bind to plant 3'-UUU-OH RNAs. We conclude that these La nuclear functions are conserved in Arabidopsis and supported by At32, which we renamed as AtLa1. Consistently, AtLa1 is predominantly localized to the plant nucleoplasm and was also detected in the nucleolar cavity. The inactivation of AtLa1 in Arabidopsis leads to an embryonic-lethal phenotype with deficient embryos arrested at early globular stage of development. In addition, mutant embryonic cells display a nucleolar hypertrophy suggesting that AtLa1 is required for normal ribosome biogenesis. The identification of two distantly related proteins with all structural characteristics of genuine La proteins suggests that these factors evolved to a certain level of specialization in plants. This unprecedented situation provides a unique opportunity to dissect the very different aspects of this crucial cellular activity.
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- Sophie Fleurdépine
- CNRS UMR6547 GEEM, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France and CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- CNRS UMR6547 GEEM, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France and CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- CNRS UMR6547 GEEM, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France and CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- CNRS UMR6547 GEEM, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France and CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- CNRS UMR6547 GEEM, Université Blaise Pascal, 63177 Aubière, France and CNRS UMR5096 LGDP, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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Spencer MWB, Casson SA, Lindsey K. Transcriptional profiling of the Arabidopsis embryo. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 143:924-40. [PMID: 17189330 PMCID: PMC1803724 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.087668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We have used laser-capture microdissection to isolate RNA from discrete tissues of globular, heart, and torpedo stage embryos of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). This was amplified and analyzed by DNA microarray using the Affymetrix ATH1 GeneChip, representing approximately 22,800 Arabidopsis genes. Cluster analysis showed that spatial differences in gene expression were less significant than temporal differences. Time course analysis reveals the dynamics and complexity of gene expression in both apical and basal domains of the developing embryo, with several classes of synexpressed genes identifiable. The transition from globular to heart stage is associated in particular with an up-regulation of genes involved in cell cycle control, transcriptional regulation, and energetics and metabolism. The transition from heart to torpedo stage is associated with a repression of cell cycle genes and an up-regulation of genes encoding storage proteins, and pathways of cell growth, energy, and metabolism. The torpedo stage embryo shows strong functional differentiation in the root and cotyledon, as inferred from the classes of genes expressed in these tissues. The time course of expression of the essential EMBRYO-DEFECTIVE genes shows that most are expressed at unchanging levels across all stages of embryogenesis. We show how identified genes can be used to generate cell type-specific markers and promoter activities for future application in cell biology.
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- Matthew W B Spencer
- Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Dhonukshe P, Bargmann BOR, Gadella TWJ. Arabidopsis
Tubulin Folding Cofactor B Interacts with α-Tubulin In Vivo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 47:1406-11. [PMID: 16928693 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Microtubule biogenesis requires alphabeta tubulin dimers that are generated from alpha and beta tubulin following post-translational modification by several tubulin folding cofactors (TFCs). Here we report the isolation and characterization of Arabidopsis TFCB (AtTFCB). AtTFCB is expressed in all organs of Arabidopsis. The subcellular localization of AtTFCB is mainly cytosolic. AtTFCB-overexpressing cells have fewer microtubules compared with the controls. Multimode fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy reveals a direct physical interaction of AtTFCB with alpha tubulin in living plant cells. We conclude that AtTFCB interacts with alpha tubulin in vivo and its overexpression reduces the number of microtubules.
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- Pankaj Dhonukshe
- Section of Molecular Cytology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 316, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Aguilar-Henonin L, Bravo J, Guzmán P. Genetic interactions of a putative Arabidopsis thaliana ubiquitin-ligase with components of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ubiquitination machinery. Curr Genet 2006; 50:257-68. [PMID: 16897085 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0093-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The feasibility of using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetic tools to get insights into the function of a plant-specific ubiquitin-ligase was examined. ATL2 is a potential ubiquitin-ligase of the RING-H2 type that was originally isolated as a conditionally toxic Arabidopsis cDNA when overexpressed in yeast. ATL2 is a member of an Arabidopsis family that comprises 80 proteins. After testing cDNAs from 25 ATL members for toxicity we found that in addition to ATL2 only ATL63 was toxic, suggesting specific interactions of each one of these two ATLs in yeast. We seek to identify suppressors of the ATL2 toxicity in yeast and we found that toxicity was suppressed by knock-out mutations on different components of the ubiquitination pathway. Suppression was achieved in four deubiquitinating enzyme mutants and in one ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme mutant. A model is proposed in which Ubc4 and ATL2 act together to target for degradation one or more essential yeast proteins, Doa4/Ubp4, Ubp6 and Ubp14 have a role in disassembling ubiquitin chains on the target proteins and Ubp15 protects ATL2 from auto-ubiquitination. We presuppose that our approach can be further utilized to analyze the function of this distinctive class of ubiquitin-ligases in yeast as well as in Arabidopsis.
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- Laura Aguilar-Henonin
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética de Plantas, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato., Apartado Postal 629, Gto, 36500, Mexico
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Siddiqui NU, Rusyniak S, Hasenkampf CA, Riggs CD. Disruption of the Arabidopsis SMC4 gene, AtCAP-C, compromises gametogenesis and embryogenesis. PLANTA 2006; 223:990-7. [PMID: 16482433 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-006-0234-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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In higher eukaryotes, the condensin complex is a multisubunit apparatus that plays a pivotal role in the coordinated condensation of chromatin during mitosis. The catalytic subunits, CAP-E and CAP-C, members of the SMC family of ATPases, form a heterodimer, the activity of which is controlled by the non-SMC subunits CAP-D2, CAP-G and CAP-H. Here, we report the characterization of a T-DNA insertion mutant of the Arabidopsis CAP-C gene. Analysis of the progeny of selfed heterozygotes revealed that the homozygous null genotype is embryo lethal, with arrest occurring at or before the globular stage of development. Patterning defects associated with altered planes of cytokinesis were found in both the embryo and the suspensor. Crosses of heterozygotes with wild type plants revealed both male and female gametophytic defects. Stretched chromatin was observed between segregating mitotic chromosomes in pollen produced by selfed heterozygotes. Additionally, some plants heterozygous for the T-DNA insertion exhibited loss of apical dominance and mild fasciation, indicating a semi-dominant effect of the mutation. These results reveal a critical role for AtCAP-C during cell division and, unlike our previous studies on the AtCAP-E genes, suggest that no redundant factors for AtCAP-C exist in the Arabidopsis genome.
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- Najeeb U Siddiqui
- Department of Botany, Division of Life Sciences, University of Toronto, 1265 Military Trail, M1C 1A4, Scarborough, ON, Canada
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