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  • A novel plant actin-microtu...
    Zang, Jingze; Klemm, Sandra; Pain, Charlotte; Duckney, Patrick; Bao, Zhiru; Stamm, Gina; Kriechbaumer, Verena; Bürstenbinder, Katharina; Hussey, Patrick J.; Wang, Pengwei

    Current biology, 03/2021, Letnik: 31, Številka: 6
    Journal Article

    In plants, the cortical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) network is connected to the plasma membrane (PM) through the ER-PM contact sites (EPCSs), whose structures are maintained by EPCS resident proteins and the cytoskeleton.1–7 Strong co-alignment between EPCSs and the cytoskeleton is observed in plants,1,8 but little is known of how the cytoskeleton is maintained and regulated at the EPCS. Here, we have used a yeast-two-hybrid screen and subsequent in vivo interaction studies in plants by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) analysis to identify two microtubule binding proteins, KLCR1 (kinesin-light-chain-related protein 1) and IQD2 (IQ67-domain 2), that interact with the actin binding protein NET3C and form a component of plant EPCS that mediates the link between the actin and microtubule networks. The NET3C-KLCR1-IQD2 module, acting as an actin-microtubule bridging complex, has a direct influence on ER morphology and EPCS structure. Their loss-of-function mutants, net3a/NET3C RNAi, klcr1, or iqd2, exhibit defects in pavement cell morphology, which we suggest is linked to the disorganization of both actin filaments and microtubules. In conclusion, our results reveal a novel cytoskeletal-associated complex, which is essential for the maintenance and organization of cytoskeletal structure and ER morphology at the EPCS and for normal plant cell morphogenesis. Display omitted •A new plant actin-microtubule bridging complex in plants: NET3C-KLCR1-IQD2•The complex mediates the link between the cytoskeleton and ER at the ER-PM interface•Their loss-of-function mutants exhibit defects in pavement cell morphology•The phenotype is likely caused by disorganization of cytoskeletal and ER structure Zang et al. identify a novel cytoskeletal complex mediating the link between actin, microtubules, and the ER network at the ER-PM interface. This protein complex controls the organization of the cytoskeletal system and ER morphology, which is essential for normal plant cell morphogenesis.