Plant Cytoskeleton - MB130P47

• Title: Plant Cytoskeleton
• Czech title: Cytoskelet rostlin
• Guaranteed by: Department of Experimental Plant Biology (31-130)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2024 to 2024
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; the course is taught as cyclical
• Guarantor: RNDr. Kateřina Schwarzerová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): RNDr. Kateřina Schwarzerová, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

The lecture gives an overview of the structure and function of the plant cytoskeleton. The evolutionary basis of the cytoskeleton and gene families of individual cytoskeletal components in the plant cell are discussed. The biochemical properties of microtubules and actin that underlie their dynamics and function are discussed in detail. The lecture covers most of the known proteins associated with the plant cytoskeleton and discusses them in light of their function in the plant cell. The lecture also discusses the role of the plant cytoskeleton in cell and tissue growth and morphogenesis, in nuclear and cell division, and in cytoplasmic flow. Attention is also paid to the flagellar apparatus and its specifications in the plant cell.

The lecture is in English.

Last update: Schwarzerová Kateřina, RNDr., Ph.D. (22.01.2025)

Literature

English

Due to the rapid development of the field, the lecture is based on the latest published sources. Some will be discussed directly with students during the lecture. Examples of these sources are listed below:

DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.12.015

DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01329

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00236

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.07.008

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-040327

Buchanan, B.B. et al.: Biochemistry and molecular biology of plants, American Society of Plant Physiologists, Rockville, Maryland , 2015.

Sahi VP and Baluška F: Concepts in Cell Biology - History and Evolution. Plant Cell Monographs, Vol. 23. Springer 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-69943-1

Last update: Schwarzerová Kateřina, RNDr., Ph.D. (22.01.2025)

Requirements to the exam

Oral final exam.

Last update: Schwarzerová Kateřina, RNDr., Ph.D. (22.01.2025)

Syllabus

1. Origins and diversity of the cytoskeleton

2. Microtubules: structure, associated proteins, molecular motors

3. Cortical microtubules and cell wall synthesis; microtubule-based transport; signalling to the microtubular cytoskeleton

4. Plant mitosis and meiosis

5. Plant cytokinesis

6. Actin: actin protein family; structure and dynamics of plant actin; actin-associated proteins, molecular motors

7. Actin functions in plant cells

8. Plant cell growth – principles of cytoskeletal control

9. MTOC and flagellum

Last update: Schwarzerová Kateřina, RNDr., Ph.D. (22.01.2025)