The shape of things to come: ovate family proteins regulate plant organ shape

Ashley Snouffer; Carmen Kraus; Esther van der Knaap

doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2019.10.005

The shape of things to come: ovate family proteins regulate plant organ shape

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2020 Feb:53:98-105. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.10.005. Epub 2019 Dec 11.

Authors

Ashley Snouffer¹, Carmen Kraus², Esther van der Knaap³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Rd, Athens GA, 30602 United States.
² Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Rd, Athens GA, 30602 United States.
³ Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Rd, Athens GA, 30602 United States; Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Rd, Athens GA, 30602 United States; Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, 111 Riverbend Rd, Athens GA, 30602 United States. Electronic address: vanderkn@uga.edu.

PMID: 31837627
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.10.005

Abstract

The shape of produce is an important agronomic trait. The knowledge of the cellular regulation of organ shapes can be implemented in the improvement of a variety of crops. The plant-specific Ovate Family Proteins (OFPs) regulate organ shape in Arabidopsis and many crops including rice, tomato, and melon. Although OFPs were previously described as transcriptional repressors, recent data support a role for the family in organ shape regulation through control of subcellular localization of protein complexes. OFPs interact with TONNEAU1 RECRUITMENT MOTIF (TRMs) and together they regulate cell division patterns in tomato fruit development. OFPs also respond to changes in plant hormones and responses to stress. The OFP-TRM interaction may work in conjunction with additional shape regulators such as IQ67 Domain (IQD) proteins to modulate the response to tissue level cues as well as external stimuli and stressors to form reproducible organ shapes by regulating cytoskeleton activities.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis*
Fruit
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Oryza*
Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Proteins
Solanum lycopersicum*

Substances

Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Proteins