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The Plant Nuclear Envelope

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Abstract

The nuclear envelope is an important but poorly studied dynamic membrane system in plants. In particular, surprisingly little is known about the proteins of the higher plant nuclear envelope and their interactions. While structurally similar to the nuclear envelope of other kingdoms, unique properties suggest significant differences. For instance, plants lack sequence homologues of the lamins and instead of centrosomes the entire nuclear envelope surface acts as a microtubule-organising centre. This chapter reviews the structure of the nuclear envelope in relation to its protein domains, namely the inner and outer membrane, and the pore domain. Recent advances in the characterisation of novel proteins from these domains are presented. In addition, new insights into mechanisms for the targeting and retention of nuclear envelope proteins are discussed. The nuclear envelope is of importance in cell signalling and evidence for physical nucleo-cytoskeletal linkage and for the nucleoplasm and periplasm as calcium signalling pools are considered. Finally, the behaviour of inner nuclear membrane proteins during the breakdown and reformation of the nuclear envelope in mitosis is discussed.

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S.I. is supported under the European Framework VI PharmaPlanta project and K.G. by an Oxford Brookes University research studentship.

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Evans, D.E., Irons, S.L., Graumann, K., Runions, J. (2008). The Plant Nuclear Envelope. In: Plant Cell Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2008_22

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