Arabidopsis thaliana MAP65-1 and MAP65-2 function redundantly with MAP65-3/PLEIADE in cytokinesis downstream of MPK4
Arabidopsis thaliana MAP65-1 and MAP65-2 function redundantly with MAP65-3/PLEIADE in cytokinesis downstream of MPK4
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DOI:
10.4161/psb.6.5.15146
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发表时间:
2011-05
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
M. Sasabe;Ken Kosetsu;M. Hidaka;A. Murase;Y. Machida
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M. Sasabe;Ken Kosetsu;M. Hidaka;A. Murase;Y. Machida
Plant cytokinesis occurs by the growth of cell plates from the interior to the periphery of the cell. These dynamic events in cytokinesis are mediated by a plant-specific microtubule (MT) array called the phragmoplast, which consists of bundled antiparallel MTs between the two daughter nuclei. The NACK-PQR pathway, a NACK1 kinesin-like protein and mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, is a key regulator of plant cytokinesis through the regulation of phragmoplast MTs. The MT-associated protein MAP65 has been identified as one of the structural components of MT assays involved in cell division, and we recently showed that Arabidopsis AtMAP65-3/PLEIADE (PLE) is a substrate of MPK4 that is a component of the NACK-PQR pathway in Arabidopsis. Here we show that AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-2 are also phosphorylated by MPK4. AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-2 that localize to the phragmoplast were phosphorylated by MPK4 in vitro. Although mutants of the Arabidopsis AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-2 genes exhibited a wild-type phenotype, double mutations of AtMAP65-3 and AtMAP65-1 or AtMAP65-2 caused more severe growth and cytokinetic defects than the single atmap65-3/ple mutation. These results suggest that AtMAP65-1 and AtMAP65-2 also function in cytokinesis downstream of MPK4.