Arabidopsis myosin XI mutant is defective in organelle movement and polar auxin transport

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Carola Holweg, Peter Nick

Abstract

Myosins are eukaryotic molecular motors moving along actin filaments. Only a small set of myosin classes is present in plants, in which myosins have been found to play a role in cytoplasmic streaming and chloroplast movement. Whereas most studies have been done on green algae, more recent data suggest a role of higher plant myosin at the postcytokinetic cell wall. Here we characterize a loss-of-function mutation for a myosin of plant-specific class XI and demonstrate myosin functions during plant development in Arabidopsis. T-DNA insertion in MYA2 caused pleiotropic effects, including flower sterility and dwarf growth. Elongation of epidermal cells, such as in hypocotyls and anther filaments, was reduced by up to 50% of normal length. This effect on anther filaments is responsible for flower sterility. In the meristems of root tips, it was evident that cell division was delayed and that cell plates were mislocated. Like zwichel, a kinesin-related mutation causing two-branched trichomes, the mya2 knockout causes branching defects, but here the trichomes remained unbranched. Growth was also impaired in pollen tubes and root hairs, cells that are highly dependent on vesicle transport. A failure in vesicle flow could be directly co...Continue Reading

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