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ArticleiScience2019

The Balance between Actin-Bundling Factors Controls Actin Architecture in Pollen Tubes.

Ruihui Zhang, Xiaolu Qu, Meng Zhang, Yuxiang Jiang, Anbang Dai, Wanying Zhao, Dai Cao, Yaxian Lan, Rong Yu, Hongwei Wang and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ruihui ZhangCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Xiaolu QuCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Meng ZhangCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yuxiang JiangCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Anbang DaiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Wanying ZhaoCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Dai CaoSchool of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
Yaxian LanCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Rong YuSchool of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
Hongwei WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Shanjin HuangCenter for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: sjhuang@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Tsinghua University · CNCapital Normal University · CNCenter for Life Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How actin-bundling factors cooperatively regulate shank-localized actin bundles remains largely unexplored. Here we demonstrate that FIM5 and PLIM2a/PLIM2b decorate shank-localized actin bundles and that loss of function of PLIM2a and/or PLIM2b suppresses phenotypes associated with fim5 mutants. Specifically, knockout of PLIM2a and/or PLIM2b partially suppresses the disorganized actin bundle and intracellular trafficking phenotype in fim5 pollen tubes. PLIM2a/PLIM2b generates thick but loosely packed actin bundles, whereas FIM5 generates thin but tight actin bundles that tend to be cross-linked into networks in vitro. Furthermore, PLIM2a/PLIM2b and FIM5 compete for binding to actin filaments in vitro, and PLIM2a/PLIM2b decorate disorganized actin bundles in fim5 pollen tubes. These data together suggest that the disorganized actin bundles in fim5 mutants are at least partially due to gain of function of PLIM2a/PLIM2b. Our data suggest that the balance between FIM5 and PLIM2a/PLIM2b is crucial for the normal bundling and organization of shank-localized actin bundles in pollen tubes.

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Biological SciencesCell BiologyFunctional Aspects of Cell BiologyPlant Biology

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