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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The number of root nodules developing on legume roots after rhizobial infection is controlled by the plant shoot through autoregulation and mutational inactivation of this mechanism leads to hypernodulation. We have characterised the Pisum sativum (pea) Sym28 locus involved in autoregulation and shown that it encodes a protein similar to the Arabidopsis CLAVATA2 (CLV2) protein. Inactivation of the PsClv2 gene in four independent sym28 mutant alleles, carrying premature stop codons, results in hypernodulation of the root and changes to the shoot architecture. In the reproductive phase sym28 shoots develops additional flowers, the stem fasciates, and the normal phyllotaxis is perturbed. Mutational substitution of an amino acid in one leucine rich repeat of the corresponding Lotus japonicus LjCLV2 protein results in increased nodulation. Similarly, down-regulation of the Lotus Clv2 gene by RNAi mediated reduction of the transcript level also resulted in increased nodulation. Gene expression analysis of LjClv2 and Lotus hypernodulation aberrant root formation Har1 (previously shown to regulate nodule numbers) indicated they have overlapping organ expression patterns. However, we were unable to demonstrate a direct protein-protein interaction between LjCLV2 and LjHAR1 proteins in contrast to the situation between equivalent proteins in Arabidopsis. LjHAR1 was localised to the plasma membrane using a YFP fusion whereas LjCLV2-YFP localised to the endoplasmic reticulum when transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. This finding is the most likely explanation for the lack of interaction between these two proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1365-313X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 The Authors. The Plant Journal © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
861-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Lotus, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Peas, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Plant Root Nodulation, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:21276104-Tobacco
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The Clavata2 genes of pea and Lotus japonicus affect autoregulation of nodulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't