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Egg cell-secreted aspartic proteases ECS1/2 promote gamete attachment to prioritize the fertilization of egg cells over central cells in Arabidopsis.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Nov 2022
Jiang Jiahao, Stührwohldt Nils, Liu Tianxu, Huang Qingpei, Li Ling, Zhang Li, Gu Hongya, Fan Liumin, Zhong Sheng, Schaller Andreas, Qu Li-Jia
Abstract excerpt
Double fertilization is an innovative phenomenon in angiosperms, in which one sperm cell first fuses with the egg cell to produce the embryo, and then the other sperm fuses with the central cell to produce the endosperm. However, the molecular mechanism of the preferential fertilization of egg cells is poorly understood. In this study, we report that two egg cell-secreted aspartic proteases, ECS1 and ECS2, play...
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