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Central cell-derived peptides regulate early embryo patterning in flowering plants

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Costa, L. M., Marshall, E., Tesfaye, M. , Silverstein, K. A. T. , Mori, M. , Umetsu, Y. , Otterbach, S, Papareddy, Ranjith, Dickinson, H. G. , Boutiller, K. , VandenBosch, K. A., Ohki, S. and Gutierrez-Marcos, José F. (2014) Central cell-derived peptides regulate early embryo patterning in flowering plants. Science, 344 (6180). pp. 168-172. doi:10.1126/science.1243005

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Abstract

Plant embryogenesis initiates with the establishment of an apical-basal axis; however, the molecular mechanisms accompanying this early event remain unclear. Here, we show that a small cysteine-rich peptide family is required for formation of the zygotic basal cell lineage and proembryo patterning in Arabidopsis. EMBRYO SURROUNDING FACTOR 1 (ESF1) peptides accumulate before fertilization in central cell gametes and thereafter in embryo-surrounding endosperm cells. Biochemical and structural analyses revealed cleavage of ESF1 propeptides to form biologically active mature peptides. Further, these peptides act in a non–cell-autonomous manner and synergistically with the receptor-like kinase SHORT SUSPENSOR to promote suspensor elongation through the YODA mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Our findings demonstrate that the second female gamete and its sexually derived endosperm regulate early embryonic patterning in flowering plants.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Journal or Publication Title: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISSN: 0036-8075
Official Date: 11 April 2014
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11 April 2014Published
4 March 2014Accepted
10 July 2013Submitted
Volume: 344
Number: 6180
Page Range: pp. 168-172
DOI: 10.1126/science.1243005
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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