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JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 132-147Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12904
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- National Institute of Health Funding Source: Medline
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM109080, R35 GM131827] Funding Source: Medline
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Cell polarity plays an important role in a wide range of biological processes in plant growth and development. Cell polarity is manifested as the asymmetric distribution of molecules, for example, proteins and lipids, at the plasma membrane and/or inside of a cell. Here, we summarize a few polarized proteins that have been characterized in plants and we review recent advances towards understanding the molecular mechanism for them to polarize at the plasma membrane. Multiple mechanisms, including membrane trafficking, cytoskeletal activities, and protein phosphorylation, and so forth define the polarized plasma membrane domains. Recent discoveries suggest that the polar positioning of the proteo-lipid membrane domain may instruct the formation of polarity complexes in plants. In this review, we highlight the factors and regulators for their functions in establishing the membrane asymmetries in plant development. Furthermore, we discuss a few outstanding questions to be addressed to better understand the mechanisms by which cell polarity is regulated in plants.
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