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Cytoskeletal Motor Proteins in Plant Cell Division

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Cell Division Control in Plants

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 9))

Abstract

Plant cell division involves anastral spindles with incompletely focused poles and the phragmoplastwith antiparallel microtubules. The organization of the spindle microtubule array and the phragmoplastarray is thought to be dependent on microtubule-based motor kinesins. Among the more than 50 kinesinsencoded by a single plant genome, a number of them are either proven or predicted to beessential for cell division. Members of the Kinesin-14 subfamily play a critical role in organizingspindle poles. Some kinesins yet to be identified could be required for facilitating nuclear envelopebreakdown at the end of prophase, and others for mediating the interaction between chromosomes andmicrotubules for spindle assembly. During anaphase, the disassembly of kinetochore fibers and theaccompanying sister chromatid movement would definitely be assisted by kinesins. Similarly to fungiand animals, plants likely use Kinesin-5 for microtubule sliding, leading to spindle elongation. Duringcytokinesis, Kinesin-12 is required for establishing the antiparallel fashion of the phragmoplastmicrotubule array. Microtubule turnover in this highly dynamic array also depends on plant-specifickinesins acting on an MAP kinase cascade. More than one kinesin is predicted to deliver vesiclesfor cell plate assembly. Lastly, recent data also suggest that kinesins play a critical rolein spatial regulation of cytokinesis. Very little has been learned about the potential roles of myosinsin plant cell division. Whether myosins are also involved in vesicle transport in the phragmoplastawaits further examination. We can conclude that splendid cytoskeletal motors play splendid rolesin plant cell division.

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Lee, YR.J., Liu, B. (2007). Cytoskeletal Motor Proteins in Plant Cell Division. In: Verma, D.P.S., Hong, Z. (eds) Cell Division Control in Plants. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2007_127

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