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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

The ER-PM interaction is essential for cytokinesis and recruits the actin cytoskeleton through the SCAR/WAVE complex.

Zhijing Xu, Jingze Zang, Xintong Zhang, Qiwei Zheng, Yifan Li, Nadine Field, Jindriska Fiserova, Bing Hua, Xiaolu Qu, Verena Kriechbaumer and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors.

Zhijing XuNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Jingze ZangNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Xintong ZhangNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Qiwei ZhengNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Yifan LiNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Nadine FieldSchool of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7155-6813
Jindriska FiserovaDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Bing HuaCollege of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
Xiaolu QuNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Verena KriechbaumerSchool of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3782-5834
Michael J DeeksBiosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.
Patrick J HusseyDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7349-8722
Pengwei WangNational Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8882-3447

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 92254307 32261160371UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BBC516601/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant cytokinesis requires coordination between the actin cytoskeleton, microtubules, and membranes to guide division plane formation and cell plate expansion; how these regulatory factors are coordinated remains unknown. The actin cytoskeleton assembly is controlled by several actin nucleation factors, such as the SCAR/WAVE complex, which regulates actin nucleation and branching through the activation of the ARP2/3 complex. The activity of these actin regulatory proteins is likely influenced by interactions with specific membranes; however, the molecular basis and the biological relevance of SCAR-membrane interactions are also unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that the ER-PM tethering protein VAP27-1 directly interacts with SCAR2 at the ER membrane and that they colocalize to guide cell plate orientation during cell division. In the root meristem, both VAP27-1 and SCAR2 exhibit polarized localization at the cell plates, where the interaction between ER and PM is abundant. VAP27-1 recruits SCAR2 to the cell division plane, where there is a high concentration of actin filaments. In the

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Actin CytoskeletonArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell MembraneCytokinesisEndoplasmic ReticulumMeristemMultiprotein ComplexesPlant CellsPlant RootsR-SNARE ProteinsArabidopsis ProteinsAt3g60600 protein, ArabidopsisDIS3 protein, ArabidopsisMultiprotein ComplexesR-SNARE Proteinsactin cytoskeletoncytokinesisendoplasmic reticulumER–PM contact sitesSCAR/WAVE complex

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PMCPMC11831168

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