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Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction
Nuclear fusion is essential for the sexual reproduction of various organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi. During the life cycle of flowering plants, nuclear fusion occurs three times: once during female gametogenesis and twice during double fertilization, when two sperm cells fertilize the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10609895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896071 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12203608 |
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author | Kobayashi, Nanami Nishikawa, Shuh-ichi |
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description | Nuclear fusion is essential for the sexual reproduction of various organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi. During the life cycle of flowering plants, nuclear fusion occurs three times: once during female gametogenesis and twice during double fertilization, when two sperm cells fertilize the egg and the central cell. Haploid nuclei migrate in an actin filament-dependent manner to become in close contact and, then, two nuclei fuse. The nuclear fusion process in plant reproduction is achieved through sequential nuclear membrane fusion events. Recent molecular genetic analyses using Arabidopsis thaliana showed the conservation of nuclear membrane fusion machinery between plants and the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These include the heat-shock protein 70 in the endoplasmic reticulum and the conserved nuclear membrane proteins. Analyses of the A. thaliana mutants of these components show that the completion of the sperm nuclear fusion at fertilization is essential for proper embryo and endosperm development. |
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spelling | pubmed-106098952023-10-28 Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction Kobayashi, Nanami Nishikawa, Shuh-ichi Plants (Basel) Communication Nuclear fusion is essential for the sexual reproduction of various organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi. During the life cycle of flowering plants, nuclear fusion occurs three times: once during female gametogenesis and twice during double fertilization, when two sperm cells fertilize the egg and the central cell. Haploid nuclei migrate in an actin filament-dependent manner to become in close contact and, then, two nuclei fuse. The nuclear fusion process in plant reproduction is achieved through sequential nuclear membrane fusion events. Recent molecular genetic analyses using Arabidopsis thaliana showed the conservation of nuclear membrane fusion machinery between plants and the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These include the heat-shock protein 70 in the endoplasmic reticulum and the conserved nuclear membrane proteins. Analyses of the A. thaliana mutants of these components show that the completion of the sperm nuclear fusion at fertilization is essential for proper embryo and endosperm development. MDPI 2023-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10609895/ /pubmed/37896071 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12203608 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Kobayashi, Nanami Nishikawa, Shuh-ichi Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title | Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title_full | Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title_fullStr | Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title_full_unstemmed | Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title_short | Nuclear Fusion in Yeast and Plant Reproduction |
title_sort | nuclear fusion in yeast and plant reproduction |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10609895/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37896071 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12203608 |
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