Plant development III - Plants develop throughout their life Flashcards
Embryo development of
angiosperms
zygote proceeds though series of transverse and longitudinal divisions that establish axial and radial polarity.
Describe mutant use to study embryo development
- mutants that produce seedlings that lack part of the plant body can be used to infer genetic control over the embryonic development of plant organs.
Describe gene modification
indels and substitution can determine loss of function, acquisition of a new one or abolish protein translation
Describe the early embryo establishment of polarity
- established by vacuole/nuclear positioning
- transmitted to the multicellular embryo via asymmetric division
- at the 2-cell stage, polarity is maintained by auxin fluxes
Describe the radial development of the embryo
auxin induces periclinal divisions that establish radial expansion, which shifts from sink to source of auxin through the activation of biosynthetic and transport genes
Describe the molecular control of SAM and RAM activity
- marked already in the embryo by the expression homeotic genes
Describe some homeotic genes
Wuschel and WOX
Describe WUS
- expressed in the OC of the SAM
- diffuses to the upper layers
OC
organizing centre
Describe the WUS signalling pathway
- CLV3
- CLV1/CORYN
Describe how the WUS signalling pathway was elucidated
identification of mutants with increased inflorescence and flower organ size
CLV3
CLAVATA3
Describe WUS and the CLAVATA genes
- regulate each other (in a cell non-autonomous manner)
- establish domains: the Organizing Centre and Stem Cell pool
Describe CLV3 and CLV1
- CLV3: peptide hormone
- CLV1: receptor
Describe gene expression in plant development
- secreted peptides produced via translation and subsequent proteolytic trimming and additional modifications perceived by membrane receptors
- initiate a phosphorylation cascade that affects gene expression
Describe some modifications
- sulfylation
- hydroxylation
Describe peptide activation
series of protease hydrolyses
Describe the stm mutation
- prevents SAM maintenance
- partly due to the activation of cytokinin biosynthesis (via the IPT gene)
stm
§shoot meristemless
Describe the production of primordia from the SAM
- ARP genes specify primordial identity and exclude STM expression,
- in the central zone STM prevents ARP expression
Describe ARP proteins
- transcription factors
- control primordium identity