Table 4. Phenotypes of loss-of-function mutations in CC components.
Node | Phenotypes of loss of function | Recovered attractor(s) | Refs. | Model |
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CYCD3;1 | When this cyclin is depleted by sucrose starvation, cells are arrested in G1 phase; in adult leaves, triple mutant of cycd3;1–3 led to a diminished number of cells. | Period 2 oscillating between G1 and G1/S transition. | [23, 92] | A |
SCF | Plants with a diminished level of SKP2 do not show obvious affected development but KRP1 is accumulated. | Similar to a normal CC but endoreduplication would be favored by the KRP1 stabilization. | [93] | A |
RBR | Proliferation is promoted and cell differentiation is impaired; downregulation of RBR in rice promotes an increase of cells in S-phase. | One attractor of a normal CC (includes 81.98% of possible configurations) and other attractor oscillates among G2-S-G2 (18.02% of configurations). | [127] | A |
E2Fa | Expression of E2Fb, RBR and other CC regulators decrease; more cells in G1 and G2 with respect to WT. | Fixed-point attractor with E2Fe and CYCD3;1 present suggesting an arrest in a Gap phase. | [90] | PA |
E2Fb | Without information. | Fixed-point attractor representing the G1/S transition. | - | - |
E2Fc | Mitotic proteins such as CYCB1;1 have increased expression, ploidy is reduced. | Fixed-point attractor of M phase arrest. | [37, 91] | PA |
E2Fe | Increased endoreduplication. | Attractor of endoreduplication (period 7). | [44] | A |
MYB77 | Lower density of lateral roots, inconclusive data to evaluate simulation. | CC of seven configurations. | [76] | - |
MYB3R1/4 | Lower levels of G2/M transcripts, incomplete cell division, some embryos only have one cell with multiple nuclei. | 2 attractors, the first seems a three-configurations endocycle, and the second is a CC of seven configurations where APC/C is always absent. | [43] | A |
CYCB1;1 | Cyclin widely used as a marker of cell proliferation, its absence is associated with differentiated cells. | Attractor characterizing endocycle (period 8), intriguingly APC/C is never present. | [128] | - |
CDKB1;1 | Overexpression of a dominant negative allele leads to enhanced endoreduplication. | Attractor of endoreduplication (period 11). | [129] | A |
CYCA2;3 | In null mutants, cells with 2C DNA content decreases before than in WT, endocycles begin before and are faster than in WT. | Attractor which is an endocycle (period 7). | [103] | PA |
KRP1 | No evident phenotypic effects observed but relative kinase activity increases to 1.5 in relation to WT. | A CC without alterations. | [114] | A |
APC/C | Loss of CCS52A2 function (activator subunit of APC/C) produces a decrement in the number of meristematic cells without affecting endoreduplication index; cells in quiescent center become mitotically active. | Fixed-point attractor of a CC arrest previous to conclude mitosis. | [109] | PA |
Summary of mutant phenotypes and recovered attractor when that mutation was simulated. Abbreviations in Model column are as in Table 3.