Self-incompatibility is a genetic barrier by which a plant recognizes and rejects its own pollen while allowing pollen from more distantly related plants to germinate. In the Brassicacea family, it is controlled by a highly polymorphic locus called the S-locus, which contains the male and female determinants of self-incompatibility. The stigma expresses the female determinant of self-incompatibility, the plant receptor kinase (PRK) S-LOCUS RECEPTOR KINASE (SRK). In Brassica oleracea, SRK has a unique subcellular localization among PRK: the receptor is mostly localized in endosomes and to a lesser extent at the plasma membrane.We investigated the function of the endosomal localization of SRK in Arabidopsis thaliana. Firstly, we reintroduced self-incompatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana by expression of a functional SRK allele from Arabidopsis lyrata (a self-incompatible species). Secondly, we showed that a loss-of-function mutant of DYNAMIN-RELATED PROTEIN1A, a protein required for endocytosis, abolished self-incompatibility. Our results suggest that endocytosis is required for self-incompatibility, and that SRK may be signaling from endosomal compartments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CCSD/oai:tel.archives-ouvertes.fr:tel-01059797 |
| Date | 29 November 2013 |
| Creators | Schnabel, Jonathan |
| Publisher | Ecole normale supérieure de lyon - ENS LYON |
| Source Sets | CCSD theses-EN-ligne, France |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PhD thesis |
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