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handle: 20.500.14352/38299 , 10261/98559
[EN]The lamina is a filamentous structure underlying the inner nuclear membrane. It has been described in many eukaryotes including protozoa, metazoans and plants. In metazoans, lamins which constitute the class V of the intermediate filament superfamily are the main components of the lamina. They play important functions in the nucleus such as the regulation of chromatin organization, maintenance of nuclear morphology, mechanotransduction, physical connection between the cytoskeleton and the nucleoskeleton etc. These functions are also fulfilled in the plant cells although they lack genes encoding lamins and most lamin-binding proteins. The plant lamina was described repeatedly in various species but the composition of this structure is still not known. However, few plant-specific proteins have been proposed as candidates to play functions of lamins in the plant cell. The candidates include nuclear proteins cross-reacting with anti-lamin and anti-IF antibodies and plant specific coiled-coil proteins. In amongst them are the Nuclear Matrix Constituent Proteins (NMCPs) that are so far the best candidate to be a lamin analogue in plants as they display a similar secondary structure to lamins, are localized at the nuclear periphery and play a critical role in the regulation of nuclear morphology. Mutations of NMCP proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana cause a reduction in nuclear size and changes in nuclear shape which are the functions regulated by lamins in the metazoan cell.The objective of this work was to characterize NMCP protein family. We describe the phylogenetic relationships between the NMCP orthologues in various species, as well as the features characterizing the protein family:secondary structure, distribution of conserved motifs and the presence of posttranslational modification sites. We also investigated the sequence, biochemical properties, the nuclear distribution and the high-resolution localization of an onion orthologue, AcNMCP1. Finally, we compare the features of NMCPs with that of lamins and discuss the possibility that they play some of the functions of lamins in the plant cell.(Full summary in attached document)
[ES]La lámina es una estructura filamentosa adosada a la membrana nuclear interna presente en el núcleo de numerosos eucariotas, incluyendo protozoos, metazoos y plantas. Está constituida por una red proteínica compleja asociada a la membrana nuclear interna y a los poros nucleares complejos. En metazoos la lámina consiste en un polímero de filamentos de laminas con numerosas proteínas asociadas que regulan su asociación con la membrana nuclear interna, poros nucleares y cromatina. Los principales componentes de la lámina de metazoos son las laminas que constituyen la clase V de la superfamilia de filamentos intermedios. Las laminas tienen importantes funciones en el núcleo como son la regulación de la organización y posición de la cromatina, replicación, transcripción y reparación del DNA, mantenimiento de la morfología nuclear, transducción de señales, conexión física del núcleoesqueleto y citoesqueleto, etc. Estas funciones se realizan de forma similar en el núcleo de plantas aunque carecen de genes codificantes de laminas y de la mayoría de las proteínas que se asocian con ellas. Además la lámina ha sido descrita repetidamente en varias especies de plantas mono y dicotiledóneas aunque su composición proteínica no es conocida. Por estos motivos se ha postulado que las plantas tendrían una lámina compuesta por un tipo diferente de proteínas. Hasta el presente se han propuesto varias proteínas específicas como candidatas para realizar las funciones de las laminas en plantas. Entre ellas se encuentran proteínas reconocidas por anticuerpos contra laminas y filamentos intermedios y también proteínas coiled coil específicas de plantas.Entre estas últimas están las proteínas constitutivas de la matriz nuclear (NMCP) que son las candidatas más sólidas para reemplazar a las laminas en plantas ya que al igual que estas presentan una estructura coiled coil tripartita, localizan en la periferia nuclear y están implicadas en la regulación de la morfología nuclear.(Ver resumen completo en documento adjunto)
Lamin-like analogues in plants: the characterization of AcNMCP1 (https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/98568). NMCP/LINC proteins: Putative lamin analogs in plants?(https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/98647)
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577.112(043.2), 2409 Genética, Genética
577.112(043.2), 2409 Genética, Genética
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