JAGGER localization and function are dependent on GPI anchor addition

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2024

Authors

Figueiredo, R (Author) Other; Costa, M (Author) Other; Moreira, D (Author) Other; Moreira, M (Author) Other; Noble, J (Author) Other; Pereira, LG (Author) FCUP; Melo, P (Author) FCUP; Palanivelu, R (Author) Other; Coimbra, S (Author) FCUP; Pereira, AM (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Plant Reproduction

ISSN: 2194-7953

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00Z-XVX

DOI: 10.1007/s00497-024-00495-w

Abstract (EN): Key messageGPI anchor addition is important for JAGGER localization and in vivo function. Loss of correct GPI anchor addition in JAGGER, negatively affects its localization and function.AbstractIn flowering plants, successful double fertilization requires the correct delivery of two sperm cells to the female gametophyte inside the ovule. The delivery of a single pair of sperm cells is achieved by the entrance of a single pollen tube into one female gametophyte. To prevent polyspermy, Arabidopsis ovules avoid the attraction of multiple pollen tubes to one ovule-polytubey block. In Arabidopsisjagger mutants, a significant number of ovules attract more than one pollen tube to an ovule due to an impairment in synergid degeneration. JAGGER encodes a putative arabinogalactan protein which is predicted to be anchored to the plasma membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. Here, we show that JAGGER fused to citrine yellow fluorescent protein (JAGGER-cYFP) is functional and localizes mostly to the periphery of ovule integuments and transmitting tract cells. We further investigated the importance of GPI-anchor addition domains for JAGGER localization and function. Different JAGGER proteins with deletions in predicted omega-site regions and GPI attachment signal domain, expected to compromise the addition of the GPI anchor, led to disruption of JAGGER localization in the cell periphery. All JAGGER proteins with disrupted localization were also not able to rescue the polytubey phenotype, pointing to the importance of GPI-anchor addition to in vivo function of the JAGGER protein.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13