Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective
The central player for chromosome segregation in both mitosis and meiosis is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which is assembled by >100 structural and regulatory proteins on centromere DNA. Kinetochores play a crucial role in cell division by connecting chromosomal DNA and microtubule p...
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| author | Kang-Di Zhou Cai-Xia Zhang Fu-Rong Niu Hao-Chen Bai Dan-Dan Wu Jia-Cheng Deng Hong-Yuan Qian Yun-Lei Jiang Wei Ma |
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| description | The central player for chromosome segregation in both mitosis and meiosis is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which is assembled by >100 structural and regulatory proteins on centromere DNA. Kinetochores play a crucial role in cell division by connecting chromosomal DNA and microtubule polymers. This connection helps in the proper segregation and alignment of chromosomes. Additionally, kinetochores can act as a signaling hub, regulating the start of anaphase through the spindle assembly checkpoint, and controlling the movement of chromosomes during anaphase. However, the role of various kinetochore proteins in plant meiosis has only been recently elucidated, and these proteins differ in their functionality from those found in animals. In this review, our current knowledge of the functioning of plant kinetochore proteins in meiosis will be summarized. In addition, the functional similarities and differences of core kinetochore proteins in meiosis between plants and other species are discussed, and the potential applications of manipulating certain kinetochore genes in meiosis for breeding purposes are explored. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1cf1111fb39040f99db27b477be3a8142023-11-19T16:06:25ZengMDPI AGCurrent Issues in Molecular Biology1467-30371467-30452023-09-0145107974799510.3390/cimb45100504Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore PerspectiveKang-Di Zhou0Cai-Xia Zhang1Fu-Rong Niu2Hao-Chen Bai3Dan-Dan Wu4Jia-Cheng Deng5Hong-Yuan Qian6Yun-Lei Jiang7Wei Ma8Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaCollege of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaSchool of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, ChinaSchool of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaSchool of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaSchool of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaScience Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi 214122, ChinaThe central player for chromosome segregation in both mitosis and meiosis is the macromolecular kinetochore structure, which is assembled by >100 structural and regulatory proteins on centromere DNA. Kinetochores play a crucial role in cell division by connecting chromosomal DNA and microtubule polymers. This connection helps in the proper segregation and alignment of chromosomes. Additionally, kinetochores can act as a signaling hub, regulating the start of anaphase through the spindle assembly checkpoint, and controlling the movement of chromosomes during anaphase. However, the role of various kinetochore proteins in plant meiosis has only been recently elucidated, and these proteins differ in their functionality from those found in animals. In this review, our current knowledge of the functioning of plant kinetochore proteins in meiosis will be summarized. In addition, the functional similarities and differences of core kinetochore proteins in meiosis between plants and other species are discussed, and the potential applications of manipulating certain kinetochore genes in meiosis for breeding purposes are explored.https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/45/10/504kinetochoremeiosisspindle assembly checkpointchromosomal passenger complexcohesin |
| spellingShingle | Kang-Di Zhou Cai-Xia Zhang Fu-Rong Niu Hao-Chen Bai Dan-Dan Wu Jia-Cheng Deng Hong-Yuan Qian Yun-Lei Jiang Wei Ma Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective Current Issues in Molecular Biology kinetochore meiosis spindle assembly checkpoint chromosomal passenger complex cohesin |
| title | Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective |
| title_full | Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective |
| title_short | Exploring Plant Meiosis: Insights from the Kinetochore Perspective |
| title_sort | exploring plant meiosis insights from the kinetochore perspective |
| topic | kinetochore meiosis spindle assembly checkpoint chromosomal passenger complex cohesin |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/45/10/504 |
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