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MLKS2 is an ARM domain and F-actin-associated KASH protein that functions in stomatal complex development and meiotic chromosome segregation
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Gumber, Hardeep K., McKenna, Joseph F., Tolmie, Andrea F., Jalovec, Alexis M., Kartick, Andre C., Graumann, Katja and Bass, Hank W. (2019) MLKS2 is an ARM domain and F-actin-associated KASH protein that functions in stomatal complex development and meiotic chromosome segregation. Nucleus, 10 (1). pp. 144-166. doi:10.1080/19491034.2019.1629795 ISSN 1949-1034.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491034.2019.1629795
Abstract
The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex is an essential multi-protein structure spanning the eukaryotic nuclear envelope. The LINC complex functions to maintain nuclear architecture, positioning, and mobility, along with specialized functions in meiotic prophase and chromosome segregation. Members of the LINC complex were recently identified in maize, an important scientific and agricultural grass species. Here we characterized Maize LINC KASH AtSINE-like2, MLKS2, which encodes a highly conserved SINE-group plant KASH protein with characteristic N-terminal armadillo repeats (ARM). Using a heterologous expression system, we showed that actively expressed GFP-MLKS2 is targeted to the nuclear periphery and colocalizes with F-actin and the endoplasmic reticulum, but not microtubules in the cell cortex. Expression of GFP-MLKS2, but not GFP-MLKS2ΔARM, resulted in nuclear anchoring. Genetic analysis of transposon-insertion mutations, mlks2-1 and mlks2-2, showed that the mutant phenotypes were pleiotropic, affecting root hair nuclear morphology, stomatal complex development, multiple aspects of meiosis, and pollen viability. In male meiosis, the mutants showed defects for bouquet-stage telomere clustering, nuclear repositioning, perinuclear actin accumulation, dispersal of late prophase bivalents, and meiotic chromosome segregation. These findings support a model in which the nucleus is connected to cytoskeletal F-actin through the ARM-domain, predicted alpha solenoid structure of MLKS2. Functional conservation of MLKS2 was demonstrated through genetic rescue of the misshapen nuclear phenotype of an Arabidopsis (triple-WIP) KASH mutant. This study establishes a role for the SINE-type KASH proteins in affecting the dynamic nuclear phenomena required for normal plant growth and fertility. Abbreviations: FRAP: Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; DPI: Days post infiltration; OD: Optical density; MLKS2: Maize LINC KASH AtSINE-like2; LINC: Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton; NE: Nuclear envelope; INM: Inner nuclear membrane; ONM: Outer nuclear membrane.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nucleus | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1949-1034 | ||||||
Official Date: | 20 June 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 144-166 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/19491034.2019.1629795 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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