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Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S-ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus.


ABSTRACT: Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic mechanism that restricts inbreeding in flowering plants. In the nightshade family (Solanaceae) SI is controlled by a single multiallelic S locus. Pollen rejection in this system requires the interaction of two S locus products: a stylar (S)-RNase and its pollen counterpart (pollen S). pollen S has not yet been cloned. Our understanding of how this gene functions comes from studies of plants with mutations that affect the pollen but not the stylar SI response (pollen-part mutations). These mutations are frequently associated with duplicated S alleles, but the absence of an obvious additional allele in some plants suggests pollen S can also be deleted. We studied Nicotiana alata plants with an additional S allele and show that duplication causes a pollen-part mutation in several different genetic backgrounds. Inheritance of the duplication was consistent with a competitive interaction model in which any two nonmatching S alleles cause a breakdown of SI when present in the same pollen grain. We also examined plants with presumed deletions of pollen S and found that they instead have duplications that included pollen S but not the S-RNase gene. This finding is consistent with a bipartite structure for the S locus. The absence of pollen S deletions in this study and perhaps other studies suggests that pollen S might be required for pollen viability, possibly because its product acts as an S-RNase inhibitor.

SUBMITTER: Golz JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC65036 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S-ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus.

Golz J F JF   Oh H Y HY   Su V V   Kusaba M M   Newbigin E E  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20011201 26


Self-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic mechanism that restricts inbreeding in flowering plants. In the nightshade family (Solanaceae) SI is controlled by a single multiallelic S locus. Pollen rejection in this system requires the interaction of two S locus products: a stylar (S)-RNase and its pollen counterpart (pollen S). pollen S has not yet been cloned. Our understanding of how this gene functions comes from studies of plants with mutations that affect the pollen but not the stylar SI respons  ...[more]

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