期刊
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 65, 期 4, 页码 1181-1191出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert478
关键词
APUM23; Arabidopsis; KANADI; leaf development; polarity; PUF
资金
- National Science Foundation [IBN-0343179]
- Charles and Johanna Busch Foundation
The normal biological function of leaves, such as intercepting light and exchanging gasses, relies on proper differentiation of adaxial and abaxial polarity. KANADI (KAN) genes, members of the GARP family, are key regulators of abaxial identity in leaf morphogenesis. This study identified a mutant allele (apum23-3) of APUM23, which encodes a Pumilio/PUF domain protein and acts as an enhancer of the kan mutant. Arabidopsis APUM23 has been shown to function in pre-rRNA processing and play pleiotropic roles in plant development. The apum23-3 mutant also synergistically interacts with other leaf polarity mutants, affects proliferation of division-competent cells, and alters the expression of important leaf polarity genes. These phenotypes show that APUM23 has critical functions in plant development, particularly in polarity formation. The PUF gene family is conserved across kingdoms yet it has not been well characterized in plants. These results illuminating the functions of APUM23 suggest a novel role for PUF genes in Arabidopsis leaf development.
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