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. 2020 Jul;6(7):838-847.
doi: 10.1038/s41477-020-0700-9. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Global profiling of plant nuclear membrane proteome in Arabidopsis

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Global profiling of plant nuclear membrane proteome in Arabidopsis

Yu Tang et al. Nat Plants. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

The nuclear envelope (NE) is structurally and functionally vital for eukaryotic cells, yet its protein constituents and their functions are poorly understood in plants. Here, we combined subtractive proteomics and proximity-labelling technology coupled with quantitative mass spectrometry to understand the landscape of NE membrane proteins in Arabidopsis. We identified ~200 potential candidates for plant NE transmembrane (PNET) proteins, which unravelled the compositional diversity and uniqueness of the plant NE. One of the candidates, named PNET1, is a homologue of human TMEM209, a critical driver for lung cancer. A functional investigation revealed that PNET1 is a bona fide nucleoporin in plants. It displays both physical and genetic interactions with the nuclear pore complex (NPC) and is essential for embryo development and reproduction in different NPC contexts. Our study substantially enlarges the plant NE proteome and sheds new light on the membrane composition and function of the NPC.

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  • Growing the nuclear envelope proteome.
    Graumann K, Evans DE. Graumann K, et al. Nat Plants. 2020 Jul;6(7):740-741. doi: 10.1038/s41477-020-0720-5. Nat Plants. 2020. PMID: 32601422 No abstract available.

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