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Project

Identification and characterization of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins required for Papaver self-incompatibility-triggered programmed cell death in Arabidopsis
Code
01CD2922
Duration
01 November 2022 → 31 March 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Fellow
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Plant biochemistry
    • Plant cell and molecular biology
    • Plant developmental and reproductive biology
    • Plant genetics
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural plant breeding and biotechnology
Keywords
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) Arabidopsis programmed cell death (PCD) Papaver self-incompatibility (SI)
 
Project description
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) function as key regulators of many  biological processes in eukaryotes. In Papaver rhoeas (Flanders poppy), incompatible pollen is inhibited by PCD under self-recognition between pistil and pollen. GPI-inositol deacylase was demonstrated to be essential for SI-PCD in previous works. However, which GPI-APs are required for SI-PCD is largely unknown. In this project, we aim to identify particular GPI-APs in plants involved in SI-PCD response.