A quantitative hypermorphic CNGC allele confers ectopic calcium flux and impairs cellular development

Chiasson, David M. ; Haage, Kristina; Sollweck, Katharina; Brachmann, Andreas ; Dietrich, Petra und Parniske, Martin (21. September 2017): A quantitative hypermorphic CNGC allele confers ectopic calcium flux and impairs cellular development. In: Elife, Bd. 6, e25012: S. 1-15

Abstract

The coordinated control of Ca2+ signaling is essential for development in eukaryotes. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGC) family members mediate Ca2+ influx from cellular stores in plants (Charpentier et al., 2016;Gao et al., 2016;Frietsch et al., 2007;Urquhart et al., 2007). Here, we report the unusual genetic behavior of a quantitative gain-of-function CNGC mutation (brush) in Lotus japonicus resulting in a leaky tetrameric channel. brush resides in a cluster of redundant CNGCs encoding subunits which resemble metazoan voltage-gated potassium (Kv1-Kv4) channels in assembly and gating properties. The recessive mongenic brush mutation impaired root development and infection by nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. The brush allele exhibited quantitative behavior since overexpression of the cluster subunits was required to suppress the brush phenotype. The results reveal a mechanism by which quantitative competition between channel subunits for tetramer assembly can impact the phenotype of the mutation carrier.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Fakultät: Biologie > Department Biologie I
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
• ISSN: 2050-084X
• Sprache: Englisch