Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery

Adamowski M, Matijevic I, Friml J. 2024. Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery. eLife. 13.

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The GNOM (GN) Guanine nucleotide Exchange Factor for ARF small GTPases (ARF-GEF) is among the best studied trafficking regulators in plants, playing crucial and unique developmental roles in patterning and polarity. The current models place GN at the Golgi apparatus (GA), where it mediates secretion/recycling, and at the plasma membrane (PM) presumably contributing to clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). The mechanistic basis of the developmental function of GN, distinct from the other ARF-GEFs including its closest homologue GNOM-LIKE1 (GNL1), remains elusive. Insights from this study largely extend the current notions of GN function. We show that GN, but not GNL1, localizes to the cell periphery at long-lived structures distinct from clathrin-coated pits, while CME and secretion proceed normally in <jats:italic>gn</jats:italic> knockouts. The functional GN mutant variant GN<jats:sup>fewerroots</jats:sup>, absent from the GA, suggests that the cell periphery is the major site of GN action responsible for its developmental function. Following inhibition by Brefeldin A, GN, but not GNL1, relocates to the PM likely on exocytic vesicles, suggesting selective molecular associations en route to the cell periphery. A study of GN-GNL1 chimeric ARF-GEFs indicates that all GN domains contribute to the specific GN function in a partially redundant manner. Together, this study offers significant steps toward the elucidation of the mechanism underlying unique cellular and development functions of GNOM.
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2024-02-21
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eLife
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eLife Sciences Publications
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The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Xixi Zhang for cloning the GNL1/pDONR221 construct and for useful discussions.H2020 European Research Council Advanced Grant ETAP742985 to Jiří Friml, Austrian Science Fund I 3630-B25 to Jiří Friml
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13
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Adamowski M, Matijevic I, Friml J. Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery. eLife. 2024;13. doi:10.7554/elife.68993
Adamowski, M., Matijevic, I., & Friml, J. (2024). Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery. ELife. eLife Sciences Publications. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.68993
Adamowski, Maciek, Ivana Matijevic, and Jiří Friml. “Developmental Patterning Function of GNOM ARF-GEF Mediated from the Cell Periphery.” ELife. eLife Sciences Publications, 2024. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.68993.
M. Adamowski, I. Matijevic, and J. Friml, “Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery,” eLife, vol. 13. eLife Sciences Publications, 2024.
Adamowski M, Matijevic I, Friml J. 2024. Developmental patterning function of GNOM ARF-GEF mediated from the cell periphery. eLife. 13.
Adamowski, Maciek, et al. “Developmental Patterning Function of GNOM ARF-GEF Mediated from the Cell Periphery.” ELife, vol. 13, eLife Sciences Publications, 2024, doi:10.7554/elife.68993.
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