Journal
PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 411-418Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04337.x
Keywords
plant; endoplasmic reticulum; reticulon; tubule; organelle shape; golgi
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- European Union [LSH-2002-1.2.5-2]
- BBSRC [BB/G009724/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/G009724/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Reticulons are integral endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane proteins that have the ability to shape the ER into tubules. It has been hypothesized that their unusually long conserved hydrophobic regions cause reticulons to assume a wedge-like topology that induces membrane curvature. Here we provide proof of this hypothesis. When over-expressed, an Arabidopsis thaliana reticulon (RTNLB13) localized to, and induced constrictions in, cortical ER tubules. Ectopic expression of RTNLB13 was sufficient to induce ER tubulation in an Arabidopsis mutant (pah1 pah2) whose ER membrane is mostly present in a sheet-like form. By sequential shortening of the four transmembrane domains (TMDs) of RTNLB13, we show that the length of the transmembrane regions is directly correlated with the ability of RTNLB13 to induce membrane tubulation and to form low-mobility complexes within the ER membrane. We also show that full-length TMDs are necessary for the ability of RTNLB13 to reside in the ER membrane.
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