title: JAGGER, an AGP essential for persistent synergid degeneration and polytubey block in Arabidopsis.
abstract: A precise control of sperm cells delivery and fusion to the egg cell and the central cell is fundamental for the accomplishment of successful double fertilization in flowering plants. This is mostly regulated by female gametophyte egg and central cells, which control the timing of synergids cell degeneration. We recently identified an arabinogalactan protein, AGP4, named JAGGER, that impairs the persistent synergid degeneration, and consequently leads to the attraction of more than one pollen tube into one embryo sac, a situation termed polytubey. jagger mutants revealed an increased rate of polytubey and persistent synergids that do not degenerate. This persistent synergid, is, as we suggested, the cell responsible for attracting an extra pollen tube into the embryo sacs.
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia , Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.|b Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) , Porto , Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Marta
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia , Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.|b Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) , Porto , Portugal.
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: a Departamento de Biologia , Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.|b Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) , Porto , Portugal.
authors.forename: Sílvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coimbra
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053205:Pollen Tube / Q000502:physiology*; D054817:Pollination / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C000613414:AGP4 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D009088:Mucoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C006619:arabinogalactan proteins
keywords: AGP4; arabinogalactan proteins; fertilization; polyspermy block; polytubey; signaling; synergid degeneration