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First published online 19 January 2005
doi: 10.1242/dev.01654

Development 132, 841-849 (2005)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2005
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The PRETTY FEW SEEDS2 gene encodes an Arabidopsis homeodomain protein that regulates ovule development

Sung Ok Park, Zhengui Zheng, David G. Oppenheimer and Bernard A. Hauser*

Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8526, USA

* Author for correspondence (e-mail: bahauser{at}botany.ufl.edu)

Accepted 17 December 2004

The PRETTY FEW SEEDS2 gene encodes a homeodomain protein that regulates ovule development. In peptide alignments spanning the homeodomain and the WOX domain, PFS2 shared 95% amino acid identity with the PRESSED FLOWER and WUSCHEL proteins. In the pfs2-1 allele, the integuments display morphological abnormalities and 95% of the embryo sacs fail to develop properly, which results in reduced fecundity. PFS2 transcripts were most abundant in developing ovules, which accounts for the ovule phenotype in pfs2 mutants. In addition, PFS2 transcripts were present in developing primordia and differentiating organs, but, interestingly, they were absent during cell maturation. Ectopic PFS2 expression interfered with differentiation of primordia from meristems. For most plants, this resulted in fasciated stems, altered phyllotaxy, a cessation of primordia differentiation, or a combination of these. In the plants that made ovules, ectopic PFS2 expression blocked megaspore mother cell differentiation and often impeded polarized growth of the outer integument. PFS2 activity altered AGAMOUS expression, which accounts for some of the gain- and loss-of-function phenotypes. Based on analyses presented here, PFS2 affects either ovule patterning or differentiation.

Key words: Apical meristem, Arabidopsis thaliana, Differentiation, Gene expression, Ovule patterning, Primordia formation




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