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ArticleThe Plant cell2010

The Arabidopsis exocyst complex is involved in cytokinesis and cell plate maturation.

Matyás Fendrych, Lukás Synek, Tamara Pecenková, Hana Toupalová, Rex Cole, Edita Drdová, Jana Nebesárová, Miroslava Sedinová, Michal Hála, John E Fowler and 1 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94 citing papers in PubMed, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Matyás FendrychInstitute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Lukás Synek
Tamara Pecenková
Hana Toupalová
Rex Cole
Edita Drdová
Jana Nebesárová
Miroslava Sedinová
Michal Hála
John E Fowler
Viktor Zársky
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany · CZOregon State University · USCharles University · CZCzech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre · CZ

Funding

NCRR NIH HHS 1S10RR107903-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell reproduction is a complex process involving whole cell structures and machineries in space and time, resulting in regulated distribution of endomembranes, organelles, and genomes between daughter cells. Secretory pathways supported by the activity of the Golgi apparatus play a crucial role in cytokinesis in plants. From the onset of phragmoplast initiation to the maturation of the cell plate, delivery of secretory vesicles is necessary to sustain successful daughter cell separation. Tethering of secretory vesicles at the plasma membrane is mediated by the evolutionarily conserved octameric exocyst complex. Using proteomic and cytologic approaches, we show that EXO84b is a subunit of the plant exocyst. Arabidopsis thaliana mutants for EXO84b are severely dwarfed and have compromised leaf epidermal cell and guard cell division. During cytokinesis, green fluorescent protein-tagged exocyst subunits SEC6, SEC8, SEC15b, EXO70A1, and EXO84b exhibit distinctive localization maxima at cell plate initiation and cell plate maturation, stages with a high demand for vesicle fusion. Finally, we present data indicating a defect in cell plate assembly in the exo70A1 mutant. We conclude that the exocyst complex is involved in secretory processes during cytokinesis in Arabidopsis cells, notably in cell plate initiation, cell plate maturation, and formation of new primary cell wall.

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CytokinesisArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell WallMutagenesis, InsertionalMutationProteomicsVesicular Transport ProteinsArabidopsis ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID20870962
PMCPMC2965533
OpenAlexW2096370645

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