The E3 ligase MREL57 modulates microtubule stability and stomatal closure in response to ABA

Liru Dou; Kaikai He; Jialin Peng; Xiangfeng Wang; Tonglin Mao

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22455-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

The E3 ligase MREL57 modulates microtubule stability and stomatal closure in response to ABA

Liru Dou,
Kaikai He,
Jialin Peng,
Xiangfeng Wang,
Tonglin Mao

Affiliations

Liru Dou: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
Kaikai He: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
Jialin Peng: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
Xiangfeng Wang: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
Tonglin Mao: State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Plant Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22455-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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During stomatal opening and closing, the guard cell microtubule cytoskeleton is reorganised. Here the authors show that the E3 ubiquitin ligase MREL57 targets the microtubule stabilizing protein WDL7 to promote microtubule disassembly during ABA-induced stomatal closure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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