期刊
PLANT JOURNAL
卷 81, 期 1, 页码 108-120出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12715
关键词
beta-expansins; group-I grass pollen allergens; cell walls; wall loosening; arabinoxylan; monocots; commelinids
资金
- US Department of Energy [DE-FG02-84ER13179]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-84ER13179] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Expansins are wall-loosening proteins that promote the extension of primary cell walls without the hydrolysis of major structural components. Previously, proteins from the EXPA (alpha-expansin) family were found to loosen eudicot cell walls but to be less effective on grass cell walls, whereas the reverse pattern was found for EXPB (beta-expansin) proteins obtained from grass pollen. To understand the evolutionary and structural bases for the selectivity of EXPB action, we assessed the extension (creep) response of cell walls from diverse monocot families to EXPA and EXPB treatments. Cell walls from Cyperaceae and Juncaceae (families closely related to grasses) displayed a typical grass response ('beta-response'). Walls from more distant monocots, including some species that share with grasses high levels of arabinoxylan, responded preferentially to alpha-expansins ('alpha-response'), behaving in this regard like eudicots. An expansin with selective activity for grass cell walls was detected in Cyperaceae pollen, coinciding with the expression of genes from the divergent EXPB-I branch that includes grass pollen beta-expansins. The evolutionary origin of this branch was located within Poales on the basis of phylogenetic analyses and its association with the 'sigma' whole-genome duplication. Accelerated evolution in this branch has remodeled the protein surface in contact with the substrate, potentially for binding highly substituted arabinoxylan. We propose that the evolution of the divergent EXPB-I group made a fundamental change in the target and mechanism of wall loosening in the grass lineage possible, involving a new structural role for xylans and the expansins that target them.
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