Collaborative non-self recognition system in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility

Ken Ichi Kubo, Tetsuyuki Entani, Akie Takara, Ning Wang, Allison M. Fields, Zhihua Hua, Mamiko Toyoda, Shin Ichi Kawashima, Toshio Ando, Akira Isogai, Teh Hui Kao, Seiji Takayama

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Abstract

Self-incompatibility in flowering plants prevents inbreeding and promotes outcrossing to generate genetic diversity. In Solanaceae, a multiallelic gene, S-locus F-box (SLF), was previously shown to encode the pollen determinant in self-incompatibility. It was postulated that an SLF allelic product specifically detoxifies its non-self S-ribonucleases (S-RNases), allelic products of the pistil determinant, inside pollen tubes via the ubiquitin - 26S-proteasome system, thereby allowing compatible pollinations. However, it remained puzzling how SLF, with much lower allelic sequence diversity than S-RNase, might have the capacity to recognize a large repertoire of non-self S-RNases. We used in vivo functional assays and protein interaction assays to show that in Petunia, at least three types of divergent SLF proteins function as the pollen determinant, each recognizing a subset of non-self S-RNases. Our findings reveal a collaborative non-self recognition system in plants.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)796-799
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume330
Issue number6005
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 5 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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