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- Title
α2-COP is involved in early secretory traffic in Arabidopsis and is required for plant growth.
- Authors
Gimeno-Ferrer, Fátima; Pastor-Cantizano, Noelia; Bernat-Silvestre, César; Selvi-Martínez, Pilar; Vera-Sirera, Francisco; Caiji Gao; Perez-Amador, Miguel Angel; Liwen Jiang; Aniento, Fernando; Marcote, María Jesús
- Abstract
COP (coat protein) I-coated vesicles mediate intra-Golgi transport and retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum. These vesicles form through the action of the small GTPase ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) and the COPI heptameric protein complex (coatomer), which consists of seven subunits (α-, β-, β'-, γ-, δ-, ε- and ζ-COP). In contrast to mammals and yeast, several isoforms for coatomer subunits, with the exception of γ and δ, have been identified in Arabidopsis. To understand the role of COPI proteins in plant biology, we have identified and characterized a loss-offunction mutant of α2-COP, an Arabidopsis α-COP isoform. The α2-cop mutant displayed defects in plant growth, including small rosettes, stems and roots and mislocalization of p24δ5, a protein of the p24 family containing a C-terminal dilysine motif involved in COPI binding. The α2-cop mutant also exhibited abnormal morphology of the Golgi apparatus. Global expression analysis of the α2-cop mutant revealed altered expression of plant cell wall-associated genes. In addition, a strong upregulation of SEC31A, which encodes a subunit of the COPII coat, was observed in the α2-cop mutant; this also occurs in a mutant of a gene upstream of COPI assembly, GNL1, which encodes an ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF). These findings suggest that loss of α2-COP affects the expression of secretory pathway genes.
- Subjects
ARABIDOPSIS proteins; COAT proteins (Viruses); ADP ribosylation factor 1; PLANT growth; COATOMER; GUANINE nucleotide exchange factors; GOLGI apparatus
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2017, Vol 68, Issue 3, p391
- ISSN
0022-0957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jxb/erw446