Cytokinesis separates the forming daughter cells. Higher plants have lost the ability to constrict the plasma membrane (PM) in the division plane. Instead, trans-Golgi network (TGN)-derived membrane vesicles are targeted to the centre of the division plane and generate, by homotypic fusion, the partitioning membrane named cell plate (CP). The CP expands in a centrifugal fashion until its margin fuses with the PM at the cortical division site. Mutant screens in Arabidopsis have identified a cytokinesis-specific syntaxin named KNOLLE and an interacting Sec1/Munc18 (SM) protein named KEULE both of which are required for vesicle fusion during cytokinesis. KNOLLE is only made during M-phase, targeted to the division plane and degraded in the vacuole at the end of cytokinesis. Here we address mechanisms of KNOLLE trafficking and interaction of KNOLLE with different soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein (SNAP) receptor (SNARE) partners and with SM-protein KEULE, ensuring membrane fusion in cytokinesis.
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January 26 2015
Plant cytokinesis: a tale of membrane traffic and fusion
Gerd Jürgens;
Gerd Jürgens
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*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Misoon Park;
Misoon Park
*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Sandra Richter;
Sandra Richter
*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Sonja Touihri;
Sonja Touihri
*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Cornelia Krause;
Cornelia Krause
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*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Farid El Kasmi;
Farid El Kasmi
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*ZMBP, Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Ulrike Mayer
Ulrike Mayer
†ZMBP, Microscopy, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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September 15 2014
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2015 Biochemical Society
2015
Biochem Soc Trans (2015) 43 (1): 73–78.
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Gerd Jürgens, Misoon Park, Sandra Richter, Sonja Touihri, Cornelia Krause, Farid El Kasmi, Ulrike Mayer; Plant cytokinesis: a tale of membrane traffic and fusion. Biochem Soc Trans 1 February 2015; 43 (1): 73–78. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20140246
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