title: S cysteine-rich (SCR) binding domain analysis of the Brassica self-incompatibility S-locus receptor kinase.
abstract: Brassica self-incompatibility, a highly discriminating outbreeding mechanism, has become a paradigm for the study of plant cell-cell communications. When self-pollen lands on a stigma, the male ligand S cysteine-rich (SCR), which is present in the pollen coat, is transmitted to the female receptor, S-locus receptor kinase (SRK). SRK is a membrane-spanning serine/threonine receptor kinase present in the stigmatic papillar cell membrane. Haplotype-specific binding of SCR to SRK brings about pollen rejection. The extracellular receptor domain of SRK (eSRK) is responsible for binding SCR. Based on sequence homology, eSRK can be divided into three subdomains: B lectin-like, hypervariable, and PAN. Biochemical analysis of these subdomains showed that the hypervariable subdomain is responsible for most of the SCR binding capacity of eSRK, whereas the B lectin-like and PAN domains have little, if any, affinity for SCR. Fine mapping of the SCR binding region of SRK using a peptide array revealed a region of the hypervariable subdomain that plays a key role in binding the SCR molecule. We show that residues within the hypervariable subdomain define SRK binding and are likely to be involved in defining haplotype specificity.
authors: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
authors: Benjamin P
authors: BP
authors: Kemp
authors: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Doughty
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035264:Flowers / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006239:Haplotypes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011058:Pollen; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
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