The Plant Cell, Vol. 14, 149-163,
January 2002, Copyright © 2002,
American Society of Plant Biologists
Arabidopsis CAP Regulates the Actin Cytoskeleton Necessary for Plant Cell Elongation and Division
Roberto A. Barreroa,
Masaaki Umedaa,
Saburo Yamamurab and
Hirofumi Uchimiya1,a
a Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
b Iwate Biotechnology Center, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail uchimiya{at}iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp; fax 81-3-5841-8466
An Arabidopsis cDNA (AtCAP1) that encodes a predicted protein of 476 amino acids highly homologous with the yeast cyclase-associated protein (CAP) was isolated. Expression of AtCAP1 in the budding yeast CAP mutant was able to rescue defects such as abnormal cell morphology and random budding pattern. The C-terminal domain, 158 amino acids of AtCAP1 possessing in vitro actin binding activity, was needed for the regulation of cytoskeleton-related defects of yeast. Transgenic plants overexpressing AtCAP1 under the regulation of a glucocorticoid-inducible promoter showed different levels of AtCAP1 accumulation related to the extent of growth abnormalities, in particular size reduction of leaves as well as petioles. Morphological alterations in leaves were attributable to decreased cell size and cell number in both epidermal and mesophyll cells. Tobacco suspension-cultured cells (Bright Yellow 2) overexpressing AtCAP1 exhibited defects in actin filaments and were unable to undergo mitosis. Furthermore, an immunoprecipitation experiment suggested that AtCAP1 interacted with actin in vivo. Therefore, AtCAP1 may play a functional role in actin cytoskeleton networking that is essential for proper cell elongation and division.
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