[Ca2+]cyt-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE 1 and NIMA-RELATED KINASE 2 interact during root hair cell morphogenesis
Hong Yang1, Chongzheng Huang2, Nannan Dong1
1State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
Abstract:
Root hair growth has been studied to understand the principles underlying the regulation of directional growth. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) [Ca2+]cyt-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE 1 (CAP1) maintains normal vesicle trafficking and cytoskeleton arrangement during root hair growth in response to ammonium signaling. In the current study, we identified CAP1 SUPPRESSOR 1 (CAPS1) as a genetic suppressor of the cap1-1 mutation. The CAPS1 mutation largely rescued the short root hair phenotype of cap1-1. Loss of CAPS1 function resulted in significantly longer root hairs in cap1-1. MutMap analysis revealed that CAPS1 is identical to NIMA (NEVER IN MITOSIS A)-RELATED KINASE 2 (NEK2). In addition, our studies showed that NEK2 is expressed in root and root hairs. Its distribution was associated with the pattern of microtubule (MT) arrangement and partially colocalized with CAP1. Further biochemical studies revealed that CAP1 physically interacts with NEK2 and may enhance its phosphorylation. Our study suggests that NEK2 acts as a potential phosphorylation target of CAP1 in maintaining the stability of root hair MTs to regulate root hair elongation.
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