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VAPYRIN-like is required for development of the moss Physcomitrella patens

Rathgeb, Ursina ; Chen, Min ; Buron, Flavien ; Feddermann, Nadja ; Schorderet, Martine ; Raisin, Axelle ; Häberli, Gabrielle-Yasymi ; Marc-Martin, Sophie ; Keller, Jean ; Delaux, Pierre-Marc ; Schaefer, Didier G. ; Reinhardt, Didier

In: Development, 2020, vol. 147, no. 11, p. dev184762

The VAPYRIN (VPY) gene in Medicago truncatula and Petunia hybrida is required for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. The moss Physcomitrella patens has a close homolog (VPY-like, VPYL), although it does not form AM. Here, we explore the phylogeny of VPY and VPYL in land plants, and study the expression and developmental function of VPYL in P. patens. We show that VPYL is expressed ...

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VAPYRIN Marks an endosomal trafficking compartment involved in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Bapaume, Laure ; Laukamm, Sabine ; Darbon, Geoffrey ; Monney, Corinne ; Meyenhofer, Felix ; Feddermann, Nadja ; Chen, Min ; Reinhardt, Didier

In: Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, vol. 10, p. -

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is a symbiosis between plants and AM fungi that requires the intracellular accommodation of the fungal partner in the host. For reciprocal nutrient exchange, AM fungi form intracellular arbuscules that are surrounded by the peri-arbuscular membrane. This membrane, together with the fungal plasma membrane, and the space in between, constitute the symbiotic interface,...

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The PAM1 gene of petunia, required for intracellular accommodation and morphogenesis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, encodes a homologue of VAPYRIN

Feddermann, Nadja ; Duvvuru Muni, Rajasekhara Reddy ; Zeier, Tatyana ; Stuurman, Jeroen ; Ercolin, Flavia ; Schorderet, Martine ; Reinhardt, Didier

In: The Plant Journal, 2011, vol. 64, no. 3, p. 470–481

Most terrestrial plants engage into arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis with fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota. The initial recognition of the fungal symbiont results in the activation of a symbiosis signalling pathway that is shared with the root nodule symbiosis (common SYM pathway). The subsequent intracellular accommodation of the fungus, and the elaboration of its characteristic feeding...

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Conserved residues in the ankyrin domain of VAPYRIN indicate potential protein-protein interaction surfaces

Feddermann, Nadja ; Reinhardt, Didier

In: Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2011, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 680-684

Plant VAPYRINS are required for the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) and root nodule symbiosis (RNS). In vapyrin mutants, the intracellular accommodation of AM fungi and rhizobia is blocked, and in the case of AM, the fungal endosymbiont cannot develop arbuscules which serve for nutrient exchange. VAPYRINs are plant-specific proteins that consists of a major sperm protein (MSP) domain...