The Arabidopsis gene PEPINO/PASTICCINO2 is required for proliferation control of meristematic and non-meristematic cells and encodes a putative anti-phosphatase

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作者
Haberer, G [1 ]
Erschadi, S [1 ]
Torres-Ruiz, RA [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Munich, D-85350 Freising Weihenstephan, Germany
关键词
cell cycle; anti-phosphatase; meristem; differentiation; tumour;
D O I
10.1007/s00427-002-0273-9
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Growth in organisms requires that cell division versus differentiation are precisely controlled and that cells, once differentiated, do not resume proliferation activity. Mutants of the Arabidopsis gene PEPINO/PASTICCINO2 develop abnormal shoot phenotypes from slow tumour-like cell proliferation. Abnormal proliferation is enhanced in a mutant background, which elevates endogenous cytokinin levels as seen in double mutants of pepino and altered meristem primordial. The enlarged shoot apical meristem produces supernumerary abnormal leaves. However, comparison of expression patterns of Cyclin1At and the homeobox gene KNAT2 indicates that PEPINO (PEP) is involved in cell cycle regulation of meristematic and non-meristematic cells. PEP encodes a putative anti -phosphatase, a representative of an enigmatic class of proteins, which might participate in proliferation processes. In mammals at least two proteins, Sbf1 and STYX, have been predicted to represent functional anti-phosphatases controlling cell proliferation. However, the in vivo function of this class of molecules is not known since no loss-of-function mutants have been reported to date. Anti-phosphatases display a natural change of the essential cysteine by glycine in the phosphatase catalytic signature motif HCxxGxxR(S/T). The remaining motif harbours highly conserved amino acid residues and is thought to constitute a pocket that enables such proteins to bind but not catalyse phosphorylated residues. One of the sequenced mutations in PEP indicates that the integrity of this anti-phosphatase signature motif is essential for function. The analysis of pepino, the first known loss-of-function mutant of an anti-phosphatase in a multicellular organism, proves the biological significance of these molecules.
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