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Seed coat formation: its evolution and regulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2019

Angel J. Matilla Open the ORCID record for Angel J. Matilla [Opens in a new window]
Angel J. Matilla*
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Department of Functional Biology, Life Campus, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15782-Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Author for correspondence: Angel J. Matilla, E-mail: angeljesus.matilla@usc.es
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Abstract

In higher plants, the seed precursor (ovule primordia) is composed of three parts: funiculus, nucellus and chalaza, generating the latter one (II) or two (OI and II) protective maternal integuments (seed coat, SC). The appearance of a viable seed requires the coordinate growth and development of the preceding three compartments. Integuments are essentials for seed life as they nourish, protect and facilitate seed dispersion. Endosperm and integument growth and development are tightly coupled. Gymnosperm and angiosperm ovules are commonly unitegmic and bitegmic, respectively. Unusually, ategmy and threetegmy (OI, II and aril) also exist. The expression of the INO, ATS and ETT genes, involved in integument development, seems to have demonstrated that the fusion of OI and II leads to the appearance of unitegmy in higher plants. Likewise, INO expression also manifests the conservation of OI during evolution. The molecular control of SC development is constituted by a signalling network with still a multitude of gaps. The fertilization-independent development of the ovule is repressed by the FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT SEED (FIS), a Polycomb-Repressive-Complex-2 (PRC2). Both endosperm and SC development are tightly linked to PRC2 function. As in many other developmental processes, auxin plays an essential role during ovule and SC development. Auxin transport from the endosperm to the integuments is regulated by AGL62 (AGAMOUS-LIKE 62), the encoding gene of which is specifically expressed in the endosperm to suppress its cellularization. In the absence of AGL62 (i.e. agl62 mutants), auxin remains trapped in the endosperm and the SC fails to develop (i.e. seed abortion). This update shows that auxin biosynthesis, transport and signalling play a predominant role and seem to be absolutely required in the pathway(s) that lead to SC formation, most likely not as a unique hormonal component.

Keywords

AmborellaAGAMOUS-LIKE62auxinendospermFERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT SEEDImpatiensNymphaeaouter and inner integumentsPrunusseed coatTRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA-2unitegmy and bitegmy
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Review Paper
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Seed Science Research , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , December 2019 , pp. 215 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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