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| RRC ID | 33336 |
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| Author | Levesque-Tremblay G, Müller K, Mansfield SD, Haughn GW. |
| Title | HIGHLY METHYL ESTERIFIED SEEDS is a pectin methyl esterase involved in embryo development. |
| Journal | Plant Physiol |
| Abstract |
Homogalacturonan pectin domains are synthesized in a highly methyl-esterified form that later can be differentially demethyl esterified by pectin methyl esterase (PME) to strengthen or loosen plant cell walls that contain pectin, including seed coat mucilage, a specialized secondary cell wall of seed coat epidermal cells. As a means to identify the active PMEs in seed coat mucilage, we identified seven PMEs expressed during seed coat development. One of these, HIGHLY METHYL ESTERIFIED SEEDS (HMS), is abundant during mucilage secretion, peaking at 7 d postanthesis in both the seed coat and the embryo. We have determined that this gene is required for normal levels of PME activity and homogalacturonan methyl esterification in the seed. The hms-1 mutant displays altered embryo morphology and mucilage extrusion, both of which are a consequence of defects in embryo development. A significant decrease in the size of cells in the embryo suggests that the changes in embryo morphology are a consequence of lack of cell expansion. Progeny from a cross between hms-1 and the previously characterized PME inhibitor5 overexpression line suggest that HMS acts independently from other cell wall-modifying enzymes in the embryo. We propose that HMS is required for cell wall loosening in the embryo to facilitate cell expansion during the accumulation of storage reserves and that its role in the seed coat is masked by redundancy. |
| Volume | 167(3) |
| Pages | 725-37 |
| Published | 2015-3-1 |
| DOI | 10.1104/pp.114.255604 |
| PII | pp.114.255604 |
| PMID | 25572606 |
| PMC | PMC4348785 |
| MeSH | Antibodies / metabolism Arabidopsis / embryology* Arabidopsis / enzymology* Arabidopsis / genetics Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism* Biomechanical Phenomena Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / metabolism* Cell Size Esterification Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genes, Plant Mutagenesis, Insertional Pectins / metabolism Phenotype Plant Mucilage / metabolism Plants, Genetically Modified Seeds / embryology* Seeds / enzymology* Seeds / genetics Seeds / ultrastructure |
| IF | 6.902 |
| Times Cited | 26 |
| WOS Category | PLANT SCIENCES |
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| Total number of mentions | 2 |
| Altmetric score changes over past 6months | 0.0 |
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| Arabidopsis / Cultured plant cells, genes | psh19427 pda06484 psh19427 |