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ArticleNature communications2019

EMS1 and BRI1 control separate biological processes via extracellular domain diversity and intracellular domain conservation.

Bowen Zheng, Qunwei Bai, Lei Wu, Huan Liu, Yuping Liu, Weijun Xu, Guishuang Li, Hongyan Ren, Xiaoping She, Guang Wu

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bowen ZhengCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Qunwei BaiCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-4075
Lei WuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Huan LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yuping LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Weijun XuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Guishuang LiCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Hongyan RenCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Xiaoping SheCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. shexiaoping@snnu.edu.cn.
Guang WuCollege of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, 710119, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. gwu3@snnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-1796
Shaanxi Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In flowering plants, EMS1 (Excess Microsporocytes 1) perceives TPD1 (Tapetum Determinant 1) to specify tapeta, the last somatic cell layer nurturing pollen development. However, the signaling components downstream of EMS1 are relatively unknown. Here, we use a molecular complementation approach to investigate the downstream components in EMS1 signaling. We show that the EMS1 intracellular domain is functionally interchangeable with that of the brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 (Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1). Furthermore, expressing EMS1 together with TPD1 in the BRI1 expression domain could partially rescue bri1 phenotypes, and led to the dephosphorylation of BES1, a hallmark of active BRI1 signaling. Conversely, expressing BRI1 in the EMS1 expression domain could partially rescue ems1 phenotypes. We further show that PpEMS1 and PpTPD1 from the early land plant Physcomitrella patens could completely rescue ems1 and tpd1 phenotypes, respectively. We propose that EMS1 and BRI1 have evolved distinct extracellular domains to control different biological processes but can act via a common intracellular signaling pathway.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantProtein DomainsProtein KinasesSignal TransductionArabidopsis ProteinsAt5g07280 protein, ArabidopsisBRI1 protein, ArabidopsisProtein Kinases

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PMID31519884
PMCPMC6744412
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