PMID- 30886127 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200330 LR - 20211023 IS - 1532-298X (Electronic) IS - 1040-4651 (Print) IS - 1040-4651 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Apr TI - PRX9 and PRX40 Are Extensin Peroxidases Essential for Maintaining Tapetum and Microspore Cell Wall Integrity during Arabidopsis Anther Development. PG - 848-861 LID - 10.1105/tpc.18.00907 [doi] AB - Pollen and microspore development are essential steps in the life cycle of all land plants that generate male gametes. Within flowering plants, pollen development occurs inside of the anther. Here, we report the identification of two class III peroxidase-encoding genes, PEROXIDASE9 (PRX9) and PRX40, that are genetically redundant and essential for proper anther and pollen development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Arabidopsis double mutants devoid of functional PRX9 and PRX40 are male sterile. The mutant anthers display swollen, hypertrophic tapetal cells and pollen grains, suggesting disrupted cell wall integrity. These phenotypes lead to nearly 100%-penetrant pollen degeneration upon anther maturation. Using immunochemical and biochemical approaches, we show that PRX9 and PRX40 likely cross-link extensins to contribute to tapetal cell wall integrity during anther development. This work suggests that PRX9 and PRX40 encode Arabidopsis extensin peroxidases and highlights the importance of extensin cross-linking during pollen development. CI - (c) 2019 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. FAU - Jacobowitz, Joseph R AU - Jacobowitz JR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6289-8889 AD - Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. AD - Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. FAU - Doyle, William C AU - Doyle WC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2777-8037 AD - Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142. FAU - Weng, Jing-Ke AU - Weng JK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3059-0075 AD - Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 wengj@wi.mit.edu. AD - Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139. LA - eng GR - T32 GM007287/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20190318 PL - England TA - Plant Cell JT - The Plant cell JID - 9208688 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) SB - IM MH - Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism/*physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Wall/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/genetics/physiology MH - Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics/*metabolism/physiology PMC - PMC6501601 EDAT- 2019/03/20 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/31 06:00 PMCR- 2019/03/18 CRDT- 2019/03/20 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tpc.18.00907 [pii] AID - 201800907DR1 [pii] AID - 10.1105/tpc.18.00907 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell. 2019 Apr;31(4):848-861. doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00907. Epub 2019 Mar 18.