Functional divergence of microtubule-associated TPX2 family members in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Result on the web

<a href="http://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21062183" target="_blank" >http://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21062183</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21062183" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms21062183</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Functional divergence of microtubule-associated TPX2 family members in Arabidopsis thaliana

Original language description

TPX2 (Targeting Protein for Xklp2) is an evolutionary conserved microtubule-associated protein important for microtubule nucleation and mitotic spindle assembly. The protein was described as an activator of the mitotic kinase Aurora A in humans and the Arabidopsis AURORA1 (AUR1) kinase. In contrast to animal genomes that encode only one TPX2 gene, higher plant genomes encode a family with several TPX2-LIKE gene members (TPXL). TPXL genes of Arabidopsis can be divided into two groups. Group A proteins (TPXL2, 3, 4, and 8) contain Aurora binding and TPX2_importin domains, while group B proteins (TPXL1, 5, 6, and 7) harbor an Xklp2 domain. Canonical TPX2 contains all the above-mentioned domains. We confirmed using in vitro kinase assays that the group A proteins contain a functional Aurora kinase binding domain. Transient expression of Arabidopsis TPX2-like proteins in Nicotiana benthamiana revealed preferential localization to microtubules and nuclei. Co-expression of AUR1 together with TPX2-like proteins changed the localization of AUR1, indicating that these proteins serve as targeting factors for Aurora kinases. Taken together, we visualize the various localizations of the TPX2-LIKE family in Arabidopsis as a proxy to their functional divergence and provide evidence of their role in the targeted regulation of AUR1 kinase activity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10601 - Cell biology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN

1661-6596

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

2183

UT code for WoS article

000529890200279

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85082523465