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  • Rapid cell division and expansion are crucial for cucumber fruit yield and quality, with kinesin proteins playing a key role in these processes.
  • The study compared morphological and cellular changes in four different cucumber genotypes to identify correlations between kinesin gene expression and fruit development.
  • Findings revealed that specific kinesins (CsKF2-CsKF6) are linked to rapid cell division and expansion, with distinct localizations indicating their specialized roles during early cucumber fruit development.

Article Abstract

Rapid cell division and expansion in early fruit development are important phases for cucumber fruit yield and quality. Kinesin proteins are microtubule-based motors responsible for modulating cell division and enlargement. In this work, the candidate kinesin genes involved in rapid cell division and expansion during cucumber fruit development were investigated. The morphological and cellular changes during early fruit development were compared in four cucumber genotypes with varied fruit size. The correlation between the expression profiles of cucumber kinesin genes and cellular changes in fruit was investigated. Finally, the biochemical characteristics and subcellular localizations of three candidate kinesins were studied. The results clarified the morphological and cellular changes during early cucumber fruit development. This study found that CsKF2-CsKF6 were positively correlated with rapid cell production; CsKF1 and CsKF7 showed a strongly positive correlation with rapid cell expansion. The results also indicated that CsKF1 localized to the plasma membrane of fast-expanding fruit cells, that CsKF2 might play a role in fruit chloroplast division, and that CsKF3 is involved in the function or formation of phragmoplasts in fruit telophase cells. The results strongly suggest that specific fruit-enriched kinesins are specialized in their functions in rapid cell division and expansion during cucumber fruit development.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808332PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ert269DOI Listing

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