Research Topics

Genomes and Genes

Gene Symbol: TON1B

Description: tonneau 1b (TON1b)

Alias: tonneau 1b, tonneau 1b (TON1b)

Species: thale cress

Azimzadeh J, Nacry P, Christodoulidou A, Drevensek S, Camilleri C, Amiour N, et al. Arabidopsis TONNEAU1 proteins are essential for preprophase band formation and interact with centrin. Plant Cell. 2008;20:2146-59 pubmed publisher

..chromosomal rearrangements leading to simultaneous disruption of two highly similar genes in tandem, TON1a and TON1b. TON1 proteins are conserved in land plants and share sequence motifs with human centrosomal proteins...
Drevensek S, Goussot M, Duroc Y, Christodoulidou A, Steyaert S, Schaefer E, et al. The Arabidopsis TRM1-TON1 interaction reveals a recruitment network common to plant cortical microtubule arrays and eukaryotic centrosomes. Plant Cell. 2012;24:178-91 pubmed publisher

..Moreover, we found that TON1 can interact with the human CAP350 M2 motif in yeast. Taken together, our results suggest conservation of eukaryotic centrosomal components in plant cells. ..