centrin homologue is localised across the developing cell plate in gymnosperms and angiosperms

A homologue of centrin, a calcium-binding protein, has been found in some land plants and shown by immunochemistry to localise prominently to the cell plate in angiosperms. In the present study, we used immunochemistry to extend these observations to gymnosperms and to further our understanding of c...

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Published in:Protoplasma 2000-01, Vol.211 (3/4), p.207-216
Main Authors: Harper, J.D.I, Fowke, L.C, Gilmer, S, Overall, R.L, Marc, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allium cepa
Arabidopsis thaliana
calcium-binding proteins
immunocytochemistry
Pinus contorta
Pinus radiata
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Summary:A homologue of centrin, a calcium-binding protein, has been found in some land plants and shown by immunochemistry to localise prominently to the cell plate in angiosperms. In the present study, we used immunochemistry to extend these observations to gymnosperms and to further our understanding of centrin localisation in the two divisions. In Monterey pine, immunoblotting revealed an 18 kDa centrin homologue. Immunofluorescence confocal microscopy of root-tip cells of pine and onion and three-dimensional reconstruction showed that a centrin homologue is localised across the developing cell plate. The localisation extended both to the zone of overlap of the two interdigitating sets of phragmoplast microtubules at the edge of the expanding cell plate and to the remainder of the plate devoid of phragmoplast microtubules. Induction of cytokinetic arrest in onion andArabidopsis thaliana by caffeine or brefeldin A produced disrupted phragmoplasts and centrin-labelled cell plates, indicating that the localisation of centrin is coupled to the deposition of the cell plate by the phragmoplast.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0033-183X
1615-6102
DOI:10.1007/BF01304488