Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Directed growth and fusion of membrane-wall microdomains requires CASP-mediated inhibition and displacement of secretory foci

  • Inês Catarina Ramos Barbosa,
  • Damien De Bellis,
  • Isabelle Flückiger,
  • Etienne Bellani,
  • Mathieu Grangé-Guerment,
  • Kian Hématy,
  • Niko Geldner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37265-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Casparian strips are extracellular diffusion barriers in plant roots. Here, Barbosa et al. provide evidence that CASP proteins shape Casparian strips by displacing vesicle tethering factors and organizing cell wall formation