Selbach, Kristina (2012). Funktionelle Analyse des SCAR/WAVE- und Exocyst-Komplexes hinsichtlich der Zellmorphogenese in Arabidopsis thaliana. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
The site-specific formation of an actin cytoskeleton is part of the morphogenesis of plant cells. The ARP2/3 complex and its activator, the SCAR/WAVE complex, induce actin polymerization. The SCAR/WAVE complex consists of the subunits SCAR, BRICK, NAP, PIR and ABIL. Vesicle transport and secretion are another aspect of morphogenesis. The Exocyst complex, which consists of the subunits Sec3, Sec5, Sec6, Sec8, Sec10, Sec15, Exo70 and Exo84, is involved in secretion through its role in exocytosis. Exocyst subunits of the complex from Arabidopsis thaliana also interact with subunits of SCAR/WAVE- and ARP2/3 complexes. In contrast to ABI in metazoen, one result of this work showed that both the N-terminus and the C-terminus of ABIL3 interact with SCAR, NAP and PIR. In contrast to this, Exo70B2 only interacts with the C-terminus of ABIL3. Overexpression of the N-terminus of ABIL3 resulted in longer roots in Arabidopsis thaliana, as it is also known for a line of amiRNA ABIL3. The overexpression of a C-terminal fragment of Sec10 in Arabidopsis thaliana also showed longer roots. In contrast, the overexpression of the N-terminus caused shorter roots and reduced complexity of the pavement cells. Pavement cells are model cells for cell morphology and were part of the analysis of Exocyst mutants. For the heterozygous exo84b-2-mutant a not yet described phenotype could be detected: In addition to a reduced complexity of the pavement cells, the mutant is also smaller and has shorter siliques with less seeds. A part of the seeds looks dessicated and shows no mucilage. The analysis of sec6- and sec8-mutants in the vegetative stage is not possible because of the male gametophytic lethality. Therefore, introduced Sec6 of a homozygous rescued sec6-plant should be removed by using the Cre-recombinase of the Cre/Lox-system. For this purpose, the functionality of an inducible Cre-recombinase was demonstrated in this work by establishing a control: Overexpressed TRY in Col-0 leads to leaves with less trichomes. After induction of the Cre-recombinase TRY could be removed so that the plants showed the wild-type phenotype. Regarding the functional link between the SCAR/WAVE and Exocyst complex it was shown that ABIL3 interacts via the C-terminus with Exo70B2 and overexpression of ABIL3- and Sec10-fragments led to changes in root length in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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Corporate Contributors: | Institut Botanik, Lehrstuhl 3, Universität zu Köln | ||||||||
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-46841 | ||||||||
Date: | 2012 | ||||||||
Language: | German | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Biology > Botanical Institute | ||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Life sciences |
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Date of oral exam: | 26 January 2012 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4684 |
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