Cell polarity linked to gravity sensing is generated by LZY translocation from statoliths to the plasma membrane
Cell polarity linked to gravity sensing is generated by LZY translocation from statoliths to the plasma membrane
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10.1126/science.adh9978
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发表时间:
2023-09-01
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56.9
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Morita,Miyo Terao
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Nishimura,Takeshi;Mori,Shogo;Morita,Miyo Terao
Organisms have evolved under gravitational force, and many sense the direction of gravity by means of statoliths in specialized cells. In flowering plants, starch-accumulating plastids, known as amyloplasts, act as statoliths to facilitate downstream gravitropism. The gravity-sensing mechanism has long been considered a mechanosensing process by which amyloplasts transmit forces to intracellular structures, but the molecular mechanism underlying this has not been elucidated. We show here that LAZY1-LIKE (LZY) family proteins involved in statocyte gravity signaling associate with amyloplasts and the proximal plasma membrane. This results in polar localization according to the direction of gravity. We propose a gravity-sensing mechanism by which LZY translocation to the plasma membrane signals the direction of gravity by transmitting information on the position of amyloplasts.