An isoform of Arabidopsis myosin XI interacts with small GTPases in its C-terminal tail region.
Myosin XI, a class of myosins expressed in plants is believed to be responsible for cytoplasmic streaming and the translocation of organelles and vesicles. To gain further insight into the translocation of organelles and vesicles by myosin XI, an isoform of Arabidopsis myosin XI, MYA2, was chosen and its role ... in peroxisome targeting was examined. Using the yeast two-hybrid screening method, two small GTPases, AtRabD1 and AtRabC2a, were identified as factors that interact with the C-terminal tail region of MYA2. Both recombinant AtRabs tagged with His bound to the recombinant C-terminal tail region of MYA2 tagged with GST in a GTP-dependent manner. Furthermore, AtRabC2a was localized on peroxisomes, when its CFP-tagged form was expressed transiently in protoplasts prepared from Arabidopsis leaf tissue. It is suggested that MYA2 targets the peroxisome through an interaction with AtRabC2a.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Motifs, Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Myosin Heavy Chains, Peroxisomes, Protein Binding, Protein Isoforms, Protein Transport, Sequence Alignment
Amino Acid Motifs, Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Myosin Heavy Chains, Peroxisomes, Protein Binding, Protein Isoforms, Protein Transport, Sequence Alignment
J. Exp. Bot.
Date: Aug. 16, 2008
PubMed ID: 18703495
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