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A novel plant actin-microtubule bridging complex regulates cytoskeletal and ER structure at Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Contact Sites (EPCS)

Abstract

In plants, the cortical ER network is connected to the plasma membrane through the ER-PM contact sites (EPCS), whose structures are maintained by EPCS resident proteins and the cytoskeleton [1-7] . Strong co-alignment between EPCS and the cytoskeleton is observed in plants [1, 8], but little is known of how the cytoskeleton is maintained and regulated at the EPCS. Here we have used a yeast-two-hybrid screen and subsequent in vivo interaction studies in plants by FRET-FLIM analysis, to identify two microtubule binding proteins, KLCR1 (Kinesin Light Chain Related protein 1) and IQD2 (IQ67-Domain 2) that interact with the actin binding protein NET3C and form a component of plant EPCS, that mediates the link between the actin and microtubule networks. The NET3C-KLCR1-IQD2 module, acting as an actin-microtubule bridging complex, has a direct influence on ER morphology and EPCS structure. Their loss of function mutants, net3a/NET3C RNAi, klcr1 or iqd2, exhibit defects in pavement cell morphology which we suggest is linked to the disorganization of both actin filaments and microtubules. In conclusion, our results reveal a novel cytoskeletal associated complex, which is essential for the maintenance and organization of cytoskeletal structure and ER morphology at the EPCS, and for normal plant cell morphogenesis.

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Authors

Zang Jingze
Klemm, Sandra
Pain, Charlotte
Duckney, Patrick
Bao Zhiru
Stamm, Gina
Kriechbaumer, Verena
Bürstenbinder, Katharina
Hussey, Patrick J.
Wang Pengwei

Oxford Brookes departments

Department of Biological and Medical Sciences

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Year of publication: 2021
Date of RADAR deposit: 2020-12-10


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