生物
形态发生
根毛
细胞生物学
细胞壁
拟南芥
拟南芥
富含亮氨酸重复
互补
突变体
基因
植物
遗传学
激酶
作者
Nicolas Baumberger,Christoph Ringli,Beat Keller
出处
期刊:Genes & Development
[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]
日期:2001-05-01
卷期号:15 (9): 1128-1139
被引量:247
摘要
In plants, the cell wall is a major determinant of cell morphogenesis. Cell enlargement depends on the tightly regulated expansion of the wall, which surrounds each cell. However, the qualitative and quantitative mechanisms controlling cell wall enlargement are still poorly understood. Here, we report the molecular and functional characterization of LRX1, a new Arabidopsis gene that encodes a chimeric leucine-rich repeat/extensin protein. LRX1 is expressed in root hair cells and the protein is specifically localized in the wall of the hair proper, where it becomes insolubilized during development. lrx1-null mutants, isolated by a reverse-genetic approach, develop root hairs that frequently abort, swell, or branch. Complementation and overexpression experiments using modified LRX1 proteins indicate that the interaction with the cell wall is important for LRX1 function. These results suggest that LRX1 is an extracellular component of a mechanism regulating root hair morphogenesis and elongation by controlling either polarized growth or cell wall formation and assembly.
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