The Overlapping and Distinct Roles of HAM Family Genes in Shoot Meristems

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2020 Oct 5

PMID 33013964

Citations 20

Authors

Han Han

Yuan Geng

Lei Guo

An Yan

Elliot M Meyerowitz

Xing Liu

Yun Zhou

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Abstract

In shoot apical meristems (SAMs), a well-characterized regulatory loop between WUSCHEL (WUS) and CLAVATA3 (CLV3) maintains stem cell homeostasis by regulating the balance between cell proliferation and cell differentiation. WUS proteins, translated in deep cell layers, move into the overlaying stem cells to activate . The secreted peptide CLV3 then regulates levels through a ligand-receptor mediated signaling cascade. is specifically expressed in the stem cells and repressed in the deep cell layers despite presence of the WUS activator, forming an apical-basal polarity along the axis of the SAM. Previously, we proposed and validated a hypothesis that the HAIRY MERISTEM (HAM) family genes regulate this polarity, keeping the expression of off in interior cells of the SAM. However, the specific role of each individual member of the HAM family in this process remains to be elucidated. Combining live imaging and molecular genetics, we have dissected the conserved and distinct functions of different HAM family members in control of patterning in the SAMs and in the shoot stem cell niches as well.

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