Cell cortex microtubules contribute to division plane positioning during telophase in maize
Bellinger, M.; Uyehara, A. N.; Martinez, P.; McCarthy, M. C.; Rasmussen, C. G.
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The phragmoplast is a plant-specific microtubule and microfilament structure that forms during telophase to direct new cell wall formation. The phragmoplast expands towards a specific location at the cell cortex called the division site. How the phragmoplast accurately reaches the division site is currently unknown. We show that a previously uncharacterized microtubule arrays accumulated at the cell cortex. These microtubules were organized by transient interactions with division-site localized proteins and were then incorporated into the phragmoplast to guide it towards the division site. A phragmoplast-guidance defective mutant, tangled1, had aberrant cortical-telophase microtubule accumulation that correlated with phragmoplast positioning defects. Division-site localized proteins may promote proper division plane positioning by organizing the cortical-telophase microtubule array to guide the phragmoplast to the division site during plant cell division. One Sentence SummaryMicrotubules accumulate at the cell cortex and interact with the plant division machinery to direct its movement towards the division site.
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