Characterization and expression profiling of cucumber kinesin genes during early fruit development : revealing the roles of kinesins in exponential cell production and enlargement in cucumber fruit

Rapid cell division and expansion in early fruit development are important phases for cucumber fruit yield and quality. Kinesin proteins are microtubule-based motors responsible for modulating cell division and enlargement. In this work, the candidate kinesin genes involved in rapid cell division an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 64(2013), 14 vom: 08. Nov., Seite 4541-57
1. Verfasser: Yang, Xue Yong (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wang, Yan, Jiang, Wei Jie, Liu, Xiao Ling, Zhang, Xiao Meng, Yu, Hong Jun, Huang, San Wen, Liu, Guo Qin
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Cell division chloroplast cucumber expansion fruit kinesin phragmoplast plasma membrane. mehr... Plant Proteins Adenosine Triphosphatases EC 3.6.1.- Kinesins EC 3.6.4.4
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Zusammenfassung:Rapid cell division and expansion in early fruit development are important phases for cucumber fruit yield and quality. Kinesin proteins are microtubule-based motors responsible for modulating cell division and enlargement. In this work, the candidate kinesin genes involved in rapid cell division and expansion during cucumber fruit development were investigated. The morphological and cellular changes during early fruit development were compared in four cucumber genotypes with varied fruit size. The correlation between the expression profiles of cucumber kinesin genes and cellular changes in fruit was investigated. Finally, the biochemical characteristics and subcellular localizations of three candidate kinesins were studied. The results clarified the morphological and cellular changes during early cucumber fruit development. This study found that CsKF2-CsKF6 were positively correlated with rapid cell production; CsKF1 and CsKF7 showed a strongly positive correlation with rapid cell expansion. The results also indicated that CsKF1 localized to the plasma membrane of fast-expanding fruit cells, that CsKF2 might play a role in fruit chloroplast division, and that CsKF3 is involved in the function or formation of phragmoplasts in fruit telophase cells. The results strongly suggest that specific fruit-enriched kinesins are specialized in their functions in rapid cell division and expansion during cucumber fruit development
Beschreibung:Date Completed 27.05.2014
Date Revised 16.03.2022
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/ert269