Overlapping functions of the four class XI myosins in Arabidopsis growth, root hair elongation, and organelle motility
Overlapping functions of the four class XI myosins in Arabidopsis growth, root hair elongation, and organelle motility
Flowering plants have evolved multigene families of the class XI myosin motors, the functions of which remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated functional profiles of the Arabidopsis myosins that belong to two paralogous pairs, XI-K/XI-1 and XI-2/XI-B, using single and double gene-knockout mutants. It was found that the myosins XI-K, XI-2, and XI-B, but not XI-1 have overlapping and additive roles in the root hair elongation. A nonidentical set of the three myosins, XI-K, XI-1, and XI-2, exhibited partially redundant and additive roles in the transport of Golgi stacks, peroxisomes, and mitochondria. Conspicuously, the double xi-k/1 knockout plants that showed the largest cumulative reduction of the organelle velocities also exhibited a stunted plant growth and reduced fecundity phenotype. Collectively, these results suggest that the rapid, myosin-powered organelle trafficking is required for the optimal plant growth, whereas a distinct myosin function, presumably the vesicular transport, is involved in elongation of the root hairs. In addition, our data imply that the myosin gene duplication in plants has been followed by a gradual functional specialization of the resulting pairs of myosin paralogs.
- Oregon State University United States
Organelles, Gene Knockout Techniques, Arabidopsis Proteins, Arabidopsis, Myosins, Plant Roots
Organelles, Gene Knockout Techniques, Arabidopsis Proteins, Arabidopsis, Myosins, Plant Roots
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