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ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2025

NGATHA carpel development genes evolved in the common ancestor of seed plants.

Ignacio Cota, Silvia Moschin, Elisabetta Offer, Irene Martínez-Fernández, Francesco Magnanimi, Barbara Ambrose, Sebastiano Nigris, Barbara Baldan, Cristina Ferrándiz, Soraya Pelaz

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Ignacio CotaCentre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3367-7037
Silvia MoschinDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Elisabetta OfferDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Irene Martínez-FernándezInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.
Francesco MagnanimiDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Barbara AmbroseThe New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, USA.
Sebastiano NigrisDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Barbara BaldanDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Cristina FerrándizInstituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain.
Soraya PelazCentre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7699-9330

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CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya 2021 SGR 00792European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement 101007738MICIN/AEI RED2022-134917-TMICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 CEX2019-000902-SMICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 FJCI-2017-32273MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 PID2021-127095NB-I00
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Abstract

The evolution of the carpel, the defining feature of angiosperms, remains a fundamental question in plant biology. Understanding how this organ originated is crucial because it underpins the reproductive success and diversity of flowering plants. Here, we investigated the functional conservation between gymnosperms and angiosperms of key transcription factors involved in carpel development. We found that Ginkgo biloba homologs can functionally substitute for their angiosperm counterparts in stigma development. We discovered that GbRAV5 is related to angiosperm NGA genes, challenging previous notions that these are exclusive to angiosperms, and we found a parallel loss of the AP2 domain in gymnosperms providing a rare snapshot of how protein families evolve. Conserved protein interactions and overlapping expression patterns of GbRAV5 and GbHEC in Ginkgo ovules suggest that the molecular toolkit for carpel development was largely present in the last common ancestor of seed plants, offering new insights into the evolution of reproductive structures.

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CycadopsidaFlowersGinkgo bilobaMagnoliopsidaPlant ProteinsEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantPhylogenySeedsTranscription FactorsPlant ProteinsTranscription Factorscarpel developmentgene family evolutionGinkgogymnospermsNGATHAprotein evolutionRAV

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PMID41045083
PMCPMC12526721

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