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ZmPRD1 is essential for double-strand break formation, but is not required for bipolar spindle assembly during maize meiosis. 2022

Yazhong Wang, and Yan Wang, and Jie Zang, and Huabang Chen, and Yan He
MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Maize Improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Homologs of PUTATIVE RECOMBINATION INITIATION DEFECT 1 (PRD1) are known to be essential for meiotic double-strand break (DSB) formation in mouse (Mus musculus), Arabidopsis, and rice (Oryza sativa). Recent research has shown that rice PRD1 also plays an unanticipated role in meiotic bipolar spindle assembly, revealing that PRD1 has multiple functions in plant meiosis. In this study, we characterize the meiotic function of PRD1 in maize (Zea mays; ZmPRD1). Our results show that Zmprd1 mutant plants display normal vegetative growth but have complete male and female sterility. Meiotic DSB formation is fully abolished in mutant meiocytes, leading to failure in homologous pairing, synapsis, and recombination. ZmPRD1 exhibits a different pattern of chromosome localization compared to its rice homologs. The ZmPRD1 protein interacts with several DSB-forming proteins, but does not directly interact with the kinetochore proteins REC8 and SGO1. Possibly as a result of this, there are no significant abnormalities of bipolar spindle assembly in Zmprd1 meiocytes. Overall, our results demonstrate that ZmPRD1 is essential for DSB formation and homologous recombination in maize meiosis. However, the recently-identified function of PRD1 in bipolar spindle assembly during rice meiosis is not conserved in maize.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008540 Meiosis A type of CELL NUCLEUS division, occurring during maturation of the GERM CELLS. Two successive cell nucleus divisions following a single chromosome duplication (S PHASE) result in daughter cells with half the number of CHROMOSOMES as the parent cells. M Phase, Meiotic,Meiotic M Phase,M Phases, Meiotic,Meioses,Meiotic M Phases,Phase, Meiotic M,Phases, Meiotic M
D003313 Zea mays A plant species of the family POACEAE. It is a tall grass grown for its EDIBLE GRAIN, corn, used as food and animal FODDER. Corn,Indian Corn,Maize,Teosinte,Zea,Corn, Indian
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012275 Oryza A genus of grass family (Poaceae) that include several rice species. Oryza sativa,Rice,Rices
D017360 Arabidopsis A plant genus of the family BRASSICACEAE that contains ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS and MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS. The species A. thaliana is used for experiments in classical plant genetics as well as molecular genetic studies in plant physiology, biochemistry, and development. Arabidopsis thaliana,Cress, Mouse-ear,A. thaliana,A. thalianas,Arabidopses,Arabidopsis thalianas,Cress, Mouse ear,Cresses, Mouse-ear,Mouse-ear Cress,Mouse-ear Cresses,thaliana, A.,thaliana, Arabidopsis,thalianas, A.
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D053903 DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded Interruptions in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA, across both strands adjacently. Double-Stranded DNA Breaks,Double-Strand DNA Breaks,Double-Stranded DNA Break,Break, Double-Strand DNA,Break, Double-Stranded DNA,Breaks, Double-Strand DNA,Breaks, Double-Stranded DNA,DNA Break, Double-Strand,DNA Break, Double-Stranded,DNA Breaks, Double Stranded,DNA Breaks, Double-Strand,Double Strand DNA Breaks,Double Stranded DNA Break,Double Stranded DNA Breaks,Double-Strand DNA Break
D059765 Homologous Recombination An exchange of DNA between matching or similar sequences. Homologous Recombinations,Recombination, Homologous,Recombinations, Homologous
D023902 Chromosome Pairing The alignment of CHROMOSOMES at homologous sequences. Synapsis,Synapsis, Chromosomal,Chromosomal Synapsis,Chromosome Pairings

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