title: Peroxisomal localization of a myosin XI isoform in Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana contains 13 myosin XI isoforms. Here we prepared a specific antibody against a peptide that mimics a unique C-terminal region from the myosin XI isoform, MYA2. The resulting antibody was used to demonstrate that MYA2 in Arabidopsis protein extracts co-sedimented with actin filaments and dissociated from the filaments with ATP treatment. Immunolocalization studies showed that MYA2 co-localized predominantly with actin filaments in clustered punctuate dots in leaf epidermal cells, root hair cells and suspension-cultured cells. In a transgenic plant in which peroxisomes are labeled with green fluorescent protein, some MYA2 signals were localized on peroxisomes in an actin-dependent manner. We propose that the peroxisome is one of the cargos translocated by MYA2 on actin filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo, 678-1297 Japan. 0510hk@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kohsuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Hisako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimmen
authors.forename: Etsuo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D019441:Plant Epidermis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C504143:MYA2 protein, Arabidopsis; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D009218:Myosins