self-incompatibility in plants - uc davis plants.pptVIP

Self-incompatibility in plants Seiji Takayama Akira Isogai Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. (2005) 56: 467-489 self-incompatibility the S-locus ♂-determinant: receptor or inhibitor? additional factors: HT-B (small, asparagine-rich protein expressed late in stylar development) 4936-factor (not yet cloned, mutations result in self-compatibility) 120kDa glycoprotein (abundant in style, taken up by growing pollen tubes, interacts with S-RNase in vitro) Summary SI is an important mechanism for preventing inbreeding in plants 3 different mechanisms of SI have been described at the molecular level Sporophytic SI dependent on a kinase-mediated signaling cascade Gametophytic SI based on selective degradation of pollen rRNA by S-RNases Gametophytic SI based on a calcium-dependent (MAPK) signaling cascade leading to cell death in pollen Summary * Gametophytic self-incompatibility inhibits pollen tube growth using different mechanisms Noni Franklin-Tong F. Chris H. Franklin TRENDS in Plant Science (2003) 8: 598-605 very important in the evolution of flowering plants ~70% of plants are hermaphroditic SI appears to have evolved independently at least 21 times SI has also been independently lost in numerous lineages, due to human or environmental selection pressures in dicots, self-incompatibility maps to a single genetic locus (grasses have 2 unlinked loci!) molecular dissection of the S-locus in several plant species has shown that: the S-locus consists of multiple, tightly-linked genes, encoding male and female compatibility determinants divergent mechanisms of self-incompatibility are encoded by the S-loci of different plant species GAMETOPHYTIC (GSI) outcome of the interaction between the pollen tube and the style is determined by the genotype of the pollen (gamete) S-locus products are synthesized after completion of meiosis growth of the pollen tube arrests in the style SPOROPHYTIC (SSI) outcome of the interaction between the pollen tube and the style is determined by