Plant Cell
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (36)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Amon, P.
Right arrow Articles by Sumper, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Amon, P.
Right arrow Articles by Sumper, M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Amon, P.
Right arrow Articles by Sumper, M.
Plant Cell, Vol. 10, 781-790, May 1998, Copyright © 1998, American Society of Plant Physiologists

The Sex-Inducing Pheromone and Wounding Trigger the Same Set of Genes in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox

Peter Amona, Elke Haasa, and Manfred Sumpera
a Lehrstuhl Biochemie I, Universität Regensburg, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany

Correspondence to: Manfred Sumper, manfred.sumper{at}vkl.uni-regensburg.de (E-mail), 49-941-943-2936 (fax).

The sex-inducing pheromone of the multicellular green alga Volvox carteri is a glycoprotein that triggers development of males and females at a concentration <10-16 M. By differential screening of a cDNA library, two novel genes were identified that are transcribed under the control of this pheromone. Unexpectedly, one gene product was characterized as a lysozyme/chitinase, and the other gene product was shown to encode a polypeptide with a striking modular composition. This polypeptide has a cysteine protease domain separated by an extensin-like module from three repeats of a chitin binding domain. In higher plants, similar protein families are known to play an important role in defense against fungi. Indeed, we found that the same set of genes triggered by the sexual pheromone was also inducible in V. carteri by wounding.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 GlycobiologyHome page
S. Onaga and T. Taira
A new type of plant chitinase containing LysM domains from a fern (Pteris ryukyuensis): Roles of LysM domains in chitin binding and antifungal activity
Glycobiology, May 1, 2008; 18(5): 414 - 423.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Eukaryot CellHome page
K. Ishida
Sexual Pheromone Induces Diffusion of the Pheromone-Homologous Polypeptide in the Extracellular Matrix of Volvox carteri
Eukaryot. Cell, November 1, 2007; 6(11): 2157 - 2162.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 GlycobiologyHome page
L. Mulder, B. Lefebvre, J. Cullimore, and A. Imberty
LysM domains of Medicago truncatula NFP protein involved in Nod factor perception. Glycosylation state, molecular modeling and docking of chitooligosaccharides and Nod factors
Glycobiology, September 1, 2006; 16(9): 801 - 809.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Plant Physiol.Home page
J.-F. Arrighi, A. Barre, B. Ben Amor, A. Bersoult, L. C. Soriano, R. Mirabella, F. de Carvalho-Niebel, E.-P. Journet, M. Gherardi, T. Huguet, et al.
The Medicago truncatula Lysine Motif-Receptor-Like Kinase Gene Family Includes NFP and New Nodule-Expressed Genes
Plant Physiology, September 1, 2006; 142(1): 265 - 279.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
H. Kaku, Y. Nishizawa, N. Ishii-Minami, C. Akimoto-Tomiyama, N. Dohmae, K. Takio, E. Minami, and N. Shibuya
Plant cells recognize chitin fragments for defense signaling through a plasma membrane receptor
PNAS, July 18, 2006; 103(29): 11086 - 11091.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Plant Physiol.Home page
B. V. Hogg, J. V. Cullimore, R. Ranjeva, and J.-J. Bono
The DMI1 and DMI2 Early Symbiotic Genes of Medicago truncatula Are Required for a High-Affinity Nodulation Factor-Binding Site Associated to a Particulate Fraction of Roots
Plant Physiology, January 1, 2006; 140(1): 365 - 373.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
W. Capoen, S. Goormachtig, R. De Rycke, K. Schroeyers, and M. Holsters
SrSymRK, a plant receptor essential for symbiosome formation
PNAS, July 19, 2005; 102(29): 10369 - 10374.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Plant CellHome page
P. J. Ferris, S. Waffenschmidt, J. G. Umen, H. Lin, J.-H. Lee, K. Ishida, T. Kubo, J. Lau, and U. W. Goodenough
Plus and Minus Sexual Agglutinins from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
PLANT CELL, February 1, 2005; 17(2): 597 - 615.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ScienceHome page
E. Limpens, C. Franken, P. Smit, J. Willemse, T. Bisseling, and R. Geurts
LysM Domain Receptor Kinases Regulating Rhizobial Nod Factor-Induced Infection
Science, October 24, 2003; 302(5645): 630 - 633.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
T. Pechan, A. Cohen, W. P. Williams, and D. S. Luthe
Insect feeding mobilizes a unique plant defense protease that disrupts the peritrophic matrix of caterpillars
PNAS, October 1, 2002; 99(20): 13319 - 13323.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Plant CellHome page
F. Ender, K. Godl, S. Wenzl, and M. Sumper
Evidence for Autocatalytic Cross-Linking of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins during Extracellular Matrix Assembly in Volvox
PLANT CELL, May 1, 2002; 14(5): 1147 - 1160.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Biol. Chem.Home page
F. Ender, A. Hallmann, P. Amon, and M. Sumper
Response to the Sexual Pheromone and Wounding in the Green Alga Volvox: Induction of an Extracellular Glycoprotein Consisting Almost Exclusively of Hydroxyproline
J. Biol. Chem., December 3, 1999; 274(49): 35023 - 35028.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Biol. Chem.Home page
A. Hallmann
Enzymes in the Extracellular Matrix of Volvox: an Inducible, Calcium-dependent Phosphatase with a Modular Composition
J. Biol. Chem., January 15, 1999; 274(3): 1691 - 1697.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ASPB Publications THE PLANT CELL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Copyright © 1998 by the American Society of Plant Biologists