Arabidopsis Fused kinase TWO-IN-ONE dominantly inhibits male meiotic cytokinesis |
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Authors: | Sung Aeong Oh Valérie Bourdon Hugh G Dickinson David Twell Soon Ki Park |
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Institution: | 1. School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea 4. Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK 2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK 3. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Limited, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4RW, UK
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Abstract: | Arabidopsis Fused kinase TWO-IN-ONE (TIO) controls phragmoplast expansion through its interaction with the Kinesin-12 subfamily proteins that anchor the plus ends of interdigitating microtubules in the phragmoplast midzone. Previous analyses of loss-of-function mutants and RNA interference lines revealed that TIO positively controls both somatic and gametophytic cell cytokinesis; however, knowledge of the full spectrum of TIO functions during plant development remains incomplete. To characterize TIO functions further, we expressed TIO and a range of TIO variants under control of the TIO promoter in wild-type Arabidopsis plants. We discovered that TIO-overexpressing transgenic lines produce enlarged pollen grains, arising from incomplete cytokinesis during male meiosis, and show sporophytic abnormalities indicative of polyploidy. These phenotypes arose independently in TIO variants in which either gametophytic function or the ability of TIO to interact with Kinesin-12 subfamily proteins was abolished. Interaction assays in yeast showed TIO to bind to the AtNACK2/TETRASPORE, and plants doubly homozygous for kinesin-12a and kinesin-12b knockout mutations to produce enlarged pollen grains. Our results show TIO to dominantly inhibit male meiotic cytokinesis in a dosage-dependent manner that may involve direct binding to a component of the canonical NACK-PQR cytokinesis signaling pathway. |
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