| Literature DB >> 19392685 |
Rainer Saedler1, Marc Jakoby, Birger Marin, Elena Galiana-Jaime, Martin Hülskamp.
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WD40/BEACH domain proteins have been implicated in membrane trafficking and membrane composition events in Dictyostelium and Drosophila. In this paper, we show that the Arabidopsis SPIRRIG (SPI) gene encodes a WD40/BEACH domain protein. The cellular analysis revealed fragmented vacuoles in root hairs similar to those found in the corresponding Dictyostelium mutants, suggesting a related cellular function. The phenotypic analysis revealed that spi mutants share all phenotypic aspects of mutants in the actin polymerization-regulating ARP2/3 pathway, including distorted trichomes, less lobing of epidermal pavement cells, disconnected epidermal cells on various organs, and shorter root hairs. This complete phenotypic overlap suggests that this WD40/BEACH domain protein and the actin-regulating ARP2/3 pathway are involved in similar growth processes.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19392685 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03900.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant J ISSN: 0960-7412 Impact factor: 6.417