title: Mystery in genetics: PUB4 gives a clue to the complex mechanism of CLV signaling pathway in the shoot apical meristem.
abstract: Postembryonic growth and development in higher plants are ultimately reliant on the activity of meristems, where the cells divide frequently to provide source cells for new organs and tissues while in part maintain their pluripotent nature as stem cells. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) is maintained throughout the life of plants and responsible for the development of all areal tissues. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the size of SAM is controlled by a peptide ligand, CLAVATA3 (CLV3). Previously, genetic studies have identified several genes that function downstream of CLV3, many of which, intriguingly, encode receptors. Recently we identified an E3 ubiquitin ligase, PLANT U-BOX 4 (PUB4), as a key regulatory component of root meristem maintenance that functions downstream of an exogenous synthetic CLV3 peptide. Here, we report an additional function of PUB4 in the SAM.
authors.affiliation: a RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science ; Yokohama , Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawa
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018519:Meristem / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010641:Phenotype; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C118167:AT2G27250 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; C000596069:PUB4 protein, Arabidopsis
keywords: CLV signaling pathway; arabidopsis; development; peptide hormone; shoot apical meristem; stem cell maintenance