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エンドウ トシヤ
ENDO TOSHIYA
遠藤 斗志也 所属 京都産業大学 生命科学部 先端生命科学科 職種 客員教授 |
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| 言語種別 | 英語 |
| 発行・発表の年月 | 2010/01 |
| 形態種別 | 研究論文 |
| 査読 | 査読あり |
| 標題 | BiP-mediated polar nuclei fusion is essential for the regulation of endosperm nuclei proliferation in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 執筆形態 | その他 |
| 掲載誌名 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| 出版社・発行元 | NATL ACAD SCIENCES |
| 巻・号・頁 | 107(4),pp.1684-1689 |
| 著者・共著者 | Daisuke Maruyama,Toshiya Endo,Shuh-ichi Nishikawa |
| 概要 | Nuclear fusion is an essential process in the sexual reproduction of animals and plants. In flowering plants, nuclear fusion occurs three times: once during female gametogenesis, when the two polar nuclei fuse to produce the diploid central cell nucleus, and twice during double fertilization. The yeast Ig binding protein (BiP) is a molecular chaperone Hsp70 in the endoplasmic reticulum that regulates nuclear membrane fusion during mating. Here we report that in Arabidopsis thaliana, BiP is involved in the fusion of polar nuclei during female gametophyte development. BiP-deficient mature female gametophytes contain two unfused polar nuclei, in spite of their close contact. This indicates a surprising conservation of BiP function in nuclear fusion between plants and yeasts. We also found that endosperm nuclear division becomes aberrant after fertilization of the BiP-deficient female gametophytes with wild-type pollen. This is experimental evidence for the importance of fusion of the polar nuclei in the proliferation of endosperm nuclei. |
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.0905795107 |
| ISSN | 0027-8424 |