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Mehmetoğlu E, Kaymaz Y, Ateş D, Kahraman A, Tanyolaç MB. The complete chloroplast genome of Cicer reticulatum and comparative analysis against relative Cicer species. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17871. [PMID: 37857674 PMCID: PMC10587350 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44599-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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The chloroplast (cp) genome is an adequate genomic resource to investigate evolutionary relationships among plant species and it carries marker genes available for species identification. The Cicer reticulatum is one of perennial species as the progenitor of cultivated chickpeas. Although a large part of the land plants has a quadruple chloroplast genome organization, the cp genome of C. reticulatum consists of one LSC (Large Single Copy Region), one SSC (Small Single Copy Region), and one IR (Inverted Repeat) region, which indicates that it has an untypical and unique structure. This type of chloroplast genome belongs to the IR-lacking clade. Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) was extracted from fresh leaves using a high salt-based protocol and sequencing was performed using DNA Nanoball Sequencing technology. The comparative analysis employed between the species to examine genomic differences and gene homology. The study also included codon usage frequency analysis, hotspot divergence analysis, and phylogenetic analysis using various bioinformatics tools. The cp genome of C. reticulatum was found 125,794 bp in length, with an overall GC content of 33.9%. With a total of 79 protein-coding genes, 34 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes. Comparative genomic analysis revealed 99.93% similarity between C. reticulatum and C. arietinum. Phylogenetic analysis further indicated that the closest evolutionary relative to C. arietinum was C. reticulatum, whereas the previously sequenced wild Cicer species displayed slight distinctions across their entire coding regions. Several genomic regions, such as clpP and ycf1, were found to exhibit high nucleotide diversity, suggesting their potential utility as markers for investigating the evolutionary relationships within the Cicer genus. The first complete cp genome sequence of C. reticulatum will provide novel insights for future genetic research on Cicer crops.
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- Ezgi Mehmetoğlu
- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Harran University, S. Urfa, 64000, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Jin HL, Duan S, Zhang P, Yang Z, Zeng Y, Chen Z, Hong L, Li M, Luo L, Chang Z, Hu J, Wang HB. Dual roles for CND1 in maintenance of nuclear and chloroplast genome stability in plants. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112268. [PMID: 36933214 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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The coordination of chloroplast and nuclear genome status is critical for plant cell function. Here, we report that Arabidopsis CHLOROPLAST AND NUCLEUS DUAL-LOCALIZED PROTEIN 1 (CND1) maintains genome stability in the chloroplast and the nucleus. CND1 localizes to both compartments, and complete loss of CND1 results in embryo lethality. Partial loss of CND1 disturbs nuclear cell-cycle progression and photosynthetic activity. CND1 binds to nuclear pre-replication complexes and DNA replication origins and regulates nuclear genome stability. In chloroplasts, CND1 interacts with and facilitates binding of the regulator of chloroplast genome stability WHY1 to chloroplast DNA. The defects in nuclear cell-cycle progression and photosynthesis of cnd1 mutants are respectively rescued by compartment-restricted CND1 localization. Light promotes the association of CND1 with HSP90 and its import into chloroplasts. This study provides a paradigm of the convergence of genome status across organelles to coordinately regulate cell cycle to control plant growth and development.
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- Hong-Lei Jin
- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Research on Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 263, Longxi Avenue, Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Medical Plant Physiology and Ecology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicinal Resource from Lingnan (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China; State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
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Identification of polycistronic transcriptional units and non-canonical introns in green algal chloroplasts based on long-read RNA sequencing data. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:298. [PMID: 33892645 PMCID: PMC8063479 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07598-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chloroplasts are important semi-autonomous organelles in plants and algae. Unlike higher plants, the chloroplast genomes of green algal linage have distinct features both in organization and expression. Despite the architecture of chloroplast genome having been extensively studied in higher plants and several model species of algae, little is known about the transcriptional features of green algal chloroplast-encoded genes. RESULTS Based on full-length cDNA (Iso-Seq) sequencing, we identified widely co-transcribed polycistronic transcriptional units (PTUs) in the green alga Caulerpa lentillifera. In addition to clusters of genes from the same pathway, we identified a series of PTUs of up to nine genes whose function in the plastid is not understood. The RNA data further allowed us to confirm widespread expression of fragmented genes and conserved open reading frames, which are both important features in green algal chloroplast genomes. In addition, a newly fragmented gene specific to C. lentillifera was discovered, which may represent a recent gene fragmentation event in the chloroplast genome. With the newly annotated exon-intron boundary information, gene structural annotation was greatly improved across the siphonous green algae lineages. Our data also revealed a type of non-canonical Group II introns, with a deviant secondary structure and intronic ORFs lacking known splicing or mobility domains. These widespread introns have conserved positions in their genes and are excised precisely despite lacking clear consensus intron boundaries. CONCLUSION Our study fills important knowledge gaps in chloroplast genome organization and transcription in green algae, and provides new insights into expression of polycistronic transcripts, freestanding ORFs and fragmented genes in algal chloroplast genomes. Moreover, we revealed an unusual type of Group II intron with distinct features and conserved positions in Bryopsidales. Our data represents interesting additions to knowledge of chloroplast intron structure and highlights clusters of uncharacterized genes that probably play important roles in plastids.
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Kayanja GE, Ibrahim IM, Puthiyaveetil S. Regulation of Phaeodactylum plastid gene transcription by redox, light, and circadian signals. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2021; 147:317-328. [PMID: 33387192 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-020-00811-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Diatoms are a diverse group of photosynthetic unicellular algae with a plastid of red-algal origin. As prolific primary producers in the ocean, diatoms fix as much carbon as all rainforests combined. The molecular mechanisms that contribute to the high photosynthetic productivity and ecological success of diatoms are however not yet fully understood. Using the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, here we show rhythmic transcript accumulation of plastid psaA, psbA, petB, and atpB genes as driven by a free running circadian clock. Treatment with the electron transport inhibitor 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea overrides the circadian signal by markedly downregulating transcription of psaA, petB, and atpB genes but not the psbA gene. Changes in light quantity produce little change in plastid gene transcription while the effect of light quality seems modest with only the psaA gene responding in a pattern that is dependent on the redox state of the plastoquinone pool. The significance of these plastid transcriptional responses and the identity of the underlying genetic control systems are discussed with relevance to diatom photosynthetic acclimation.
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- Gilbert E Kayanja
- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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Wang QM, Cui J, Dai H, Zhou Y, Li N, Zhang Z. Comparative transcriptome profiling of genes and pathways involved in leaf-patterning of Clivia miniata var. variegata. Gene 2018; 677:280-288. [PMID: 30077010 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.07.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Clivia miniata var. variegata (Cmvv) typically possesses yellow- and green-striped leaves. The striped plant not only has a high ornamental value but also be suitable for photosynthesis and chloroplast development research. Our previous study had revealed that yellow stripes (YSs) of Cmvv leaves contain chlorophyll-less ineffective chloroplasts. However, mechanism of Cmvv variegation is yet to be investigated. In the study, transcriptomes of both the YSs and green stripes (GSs) from single Cmvv leaves were compared using high-throughput sequencing. A total of 688 differential expression genes (DEGs) were identified based on biological replications. The qRT-PCR results indicated that transcriptome profiles accurately reflected global transcriptome differences between YSs and GSs. Subcellular localization analysis suggested that 56 DEG proteins were targeted to chloroplasts, and might be involved in anterograde signaling and leaf patterning. Moreover, the DEGs were mostly enriched in photosynthesis and plant-pathogen interaction KEGG pathways. Meanwhile, there should be coordination interaction between the two pathways. Seven of the eight DEGs involved in photosynthesis KEGG pathway were chloroplast-encoded genes and distributed among different cistrons of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) large single copy regions (LSC) which are more prone to mutation. It was proposed that the YSs were caused by mutation(s) in cpDNA LSC. Thus, when the primary zygote of Cmvv was chimeric in LSC, leaf might be yellow- and green-striped. The study would give new insights into plant variegation and offers candidate genes to guide future research attempting to breed variegated plants.
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- Qin-Mei Wang
- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China; College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China.
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Plants are attractive platforms for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Plants' modular and plastic body plans, capacity for photosynthesis, extensive secondary metabolism, and agronomic systems for large-scale production make them ideal targets for genetic reprogramming. However, efforts in this area have been constrained by slow growth, long life cycles, the requirement for specialized facilities, a paucity of efficient tools for genetic manipulation, and the complexity of multicellularity. There is a need for better experimental and theoretical frameworks to understand the way genetic networks, cellular populations, and tissue-wide physical processes interact at different scales. We highlight new approaches to the DNA-based manipulation of plants and the use of advanced quantitative imaging techniques in simple plant models such as Marchantia polymorpha. These offer the prospects of improved understanding of plant dynamics and new approaches to rational engineering of plant traits.
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- Christian R Boehm
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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Sendra M, Yeste MP, Gatica JM, Moreno-Garrido I, Blasco J. Direct and indirect effects of silver nanoparticles on freshwater and marine microalgae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Phaeodactylum tricornutum). CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 179:279-289. [PMID: 28371711 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The last decade has seen a considerable increase in the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), which are found in many every-day consumer products including textiles, plastics, cosmetics, household sprays and paints. The release of those AgNPs into aquatic environments could be causing ecological damage. In this study we assess the toxicity of AgNPs of different sizes to two species of microalgae, from freshwater and marine environment (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Phaeodactylum tricornutum respectively). Dissolution processes affect the form and concentration of AgNPs in both environments. Dissolution of Ag from AgNPs was around 25 times higher in marine water. Nevertheless, dissolution of AgNPs in both culture media seems to be related to the small size and higher surface area of NPs. In marine water, the main chemical species were AgCl2- (53.7%) and AgCl3-2 (45.2%). In contrast, for freshwater, the main chemical species were Ag+ (26.7%) and AgCl- (4.3%). The assessment of toxicological responses, specifically growth, cell size, cell complexity, chlorophyll a, reactive oxygen species, cell membrane damage and effective quantum yield of PSII, corroborated the existence of different toxicity mechanisms for microalgae. Indirect effects, notably dissolved Ag ions, seem to control toxicity to freshwater microalgae, whereas direct effects, notably attachment onto the cell surface and the internalization of AgNPs inside cells, seem to determine toxicity to the marine species studied. This research contributes to knowledge on the role of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in determining the behavior of NPs in different aquatic environments and the interaction with microalgae.
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- M Sendra
- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Río S. Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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- Department of Material Science, Metallurgical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cadiz, E-11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Material Science, Metallurgical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Cadiz, E-11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Río S. Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Río S. Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Kharshiing E, Sinha SP. Deficiency in phytochrome A alters photosynthetic activity, leaf starch metabolism and shoot biomass production in tomato. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 165:157-162. [PMID: 27794221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Photosynthesis is a key process that promotes plant growth and development. Light provides photosynthetic organisms with a major source of energy to fix carbon dioxide into organic matter. Of the entire visible light spectrum, red/blue light are known to maximise photosynthetic performance and are thus essential for proper growth and development of plants. Red and blue light stimulate synthesis of chlorophyll and orchestrate the positioning of leaves and chloroplasts for optimal utilisation of light, both of which are critical for photosynthesis. The response of plants to external light cues is accomplished via finely tuned complex photoreceptors and signaling mechanisms which enable them to continually monitor light availability and quality for optimal utilisation of light energy towards enhancing their growth. Higher plants contain a suite of photoreceptor proteins that allow them to perceive red, blue/UV-A and UV-B light. Analyses of the phyA mutant of tomato deficient in the red-light photoreceptor phytochrome A (phyA), showed reduced photosynthetic activity of isolated chloroplasts along with decreased shoot biomass in adult plants. The regulation of leaf transitory starch in the mutant was also altered as compared to the wild type (cv Moneymaker). Our results suggest a possible role for phyA in these processes in tomato.
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- Eros Kharshiing
- Department of Botany, St. Edmund's College, Meghalaya 793 003, India.
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Seoane M, Rioboo C, Herrero C, Cid Á. Toxicity induced by three antibiotics commonly used in aquaculture on the marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica (Kylin) Butch. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2014; 101:1-7. [PMID: 25150445 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Aquaculture facilities are a potential source of antibiotics to the aquatic ecosystems. The presence of these compounds in the environment may have deleterious effects on non-target aquatic organisms such as microalgae, which are often used as biological indicators of pollution. Therefore, the toxicity induced by chloramphenicol (CHL), florphenicol (FLO) and oxytetracycline (OTC), three antibiotics widely used in aquaculture, on the marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica was evaluated. Growth inhibition and physiological and biochemical parameters were analysed. All three antibiotics inhibited growth of T. suecica with 96 h IC50 values of 11.16, 9.03 and 17.25 mg L(-1) for CHL, FLO and OTC, respectively. After 24 h of exposure no effects on growth were observed and cell viability was also unaffected, whereas a decrease in esterase activity, related with cell vitality, was observed at the higher concentrations assayed. Photosynthesis related parameters such as chlorophyll a cellular content and autofluorescence were also altered after 24 h of antibiotics addition. It can be concluded that T. suecica was sensitive to the three antibiotics tested.
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- Marta Seoane
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, Campus de A Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, Campus de A Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, Campus de A Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, Campus de A Zapateira s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain.
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Mayfield AB, Hsiao YY, Chen HK, Chen CS. Rubisco expression in the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. is influenced by both photoperiod and endosymbiotic lifestyle. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 16:371-384. [PMID: 24449387 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-014-9558-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Although the importance of anthozoan-dinoflagellate (genus Symbiodinium) endosymbioses in the establishment of coral reef ecosystems is evident, little is known about the molecular regulation of photosynthesis in the intra-gastrodermal symbiont communities, particularly with respect to the rate-limiting Calvin cycle enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco). In this study, we analyzed rubisco mRNA (rbcL) and protein (RBCL) concentrations over the diel cycle in both cultured and endosymbiotic Symbiodinium samples. In the former, rbcL expression increased upon illumination and decreased during the dark, a pattern that was upheld under continual dark incubation. A different trend in rbcL expression was observed in endosymbiotic Symbiodinium residing within sea anemone (Aiptasia pulchella) tissues, in which illumination gradually led to decreased rbcL mRNA expression. Unexpectedly, RBCL protein expression did not vary over time within anemone tissues, and in neither cultured nor endosymbiotic samples was a correlation between gene and protein expression documented. It appears, then, that photoperiod, lifestyle, and posttranscriptional regulation are all important drivers of RBCL expression in this ecologically important dinoflagellate.
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- Anderson B Mayfield
- Taiwan Coral Research Center (TCRC), National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Rd., Checheng, Pingtung 944, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Grimes BT, Sisay AK, Carroll HD, Cahoon AB. Deep sequencing of the tobacco mitochondrial transcriptome reveals expressed ORFs and numerous editing sites outside coding regions. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:31. [PMID: 24433288 PMCID: PMC3898247 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to sequence and assemble the tobacco mitochondrial transcriptome and obtain a genomic-level view of steady-state RNA abundance. Plant mitochondrial genomes have a small number of protein coding genes with large and variably sized intergenic spaces. In the tobacco mitogenome these intergenic spaces contain numerous open reading frames (ORFs) with no clear function. RESULTS The assembled transcriptome revealed distinct monocistronic and polycistronic transcripts along with large intergenic spaces with little to no detectable RNA. Eighteen of the 117 ORFs were found to have steady-state RNA amounts above background in both deep-sequencing and qRT-PCR experiments and ten of those were found to be polysome associated. In addition, the assembled transcriptome enabled a full mitogenome screen of RNA C→U editing sites. Six hundred and thirty five potential edits were found with 557 occurring within protein-coding genes, five in tRNA genes, and 73 in non-coding regions. These sites were found in every protein-coding transcript in the tobacco mitogenome. CONCLUSION These results suggest that a small number of the ORFs within the tobacco mitogenome may produce functional proteins and that RNA editing occurs in coding and non-coding regions of mitochondrial transcripts.
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- Benjamin T Grimes
- Department of Biology, Box 60, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
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- Computational Science Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 48, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
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- Computational Science Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 48, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
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- Department of Biology, Box 60, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA
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Berry JO, Yerramsetty P, Zielinski AM, Mure CM. Photosynthetic gene expression in higher plants. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2013; 117:91-120. [PMID: 23839301 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9880-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Within the chloroplasts of higher plants and algae, photosynthesis converts light into biological energy, fueling the assimilation of atmospheric carbon dioxide into biologically useful molecules. Two major steps, photosynthetic electron transport and the Calvin-Benson cycle, require many gene products encoded from chloroplast as well as nuclear genomes. The expression of genes in both cellular compartments is highly dynamic and influenced by a diverse range of factors. Light is the primary environmental determinant of photosynthetic gene expression. Working through photoreceptors such as phytochrome, light regulates photosynthetic genes at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Other processes that affect photosynthetic gene expression include photosynthetic activity, development, and biotic and abiotic stress. Anterograde (from nucleus to chloroplast) and retrograde (from chloroplast to nucleus) signaling insures the highly coordinated expression of the many photosynthetic genes between these different compartments. Anterograde signaling incorporates nuclear-encoded transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulators, such as sigma factors and RNA-binding proteins, respectively. Retrograde signaling utilizes photosynthetic processes such as photosynthetic electron transport and redox signaling to influence the expression of photosynthetic genes in the nucleus. The basic C3 photosynthetic pathway serves as the default form used by most of the plant species on earth. High temperature and water stress associated with arid environments have led to the development of specialized C4 and CAM photosynthesis, which evolved as modifications of the basic default expression program. The goal of this article is to explain and summarize the many gene expression and regulatory processes that work together to support photosynthetic function in plants.
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- James O Berry
- Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA,
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Huang J, Qin F, Zang G, Kang Z, Zou H, Hu F, Yue C, Li X, Wang G. Mutation of OsDET1 increases chlorophyll content in rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 210:241-249. [PMID: 23849131 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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As an important agronomic trait, the chlorophyll (Chl) content is closely related to photosynthesis in plants. A rice mutant Gc (Oryza sativa indica) was characterized previously by its enhanced Chl content (Chl b and total Chl) and exaggerated photosynthetic rate. Here, we describe the enhanced Chl content was caused by a mutation in the rice homolog of the DE-ETIOLATED1 (DET1) known to be involved in light transduction and morphogenesis in Arabidopsis and tomato. Sequence analysis revealed that the Gc mutant carried two fragment-insertions and a fragment-deletion upstream of the start codon of OsDET1, which led to enhance mRNA levels of OsDET1. Besides, the Gc mutant harbored a single T-to-C base transversion in the seventh exon of OsDET1, which resulted in leucine(328) to serine(328) localized in the highly conserved region. Genetic complementation demonstrated that OsDET1 mutation conferred the enhanced Chl content in the Gc mutant leaf. OsDET1 was richly expressed in green tissues, and its expression seems to be under circadian control. OsDET1-GFP fusion protein in onion epidermal cells showed that OsDET1 localized to the nucleus. These results indicated that OsDET1 mutation in Gc mutant increases Chl content in rice, which might be fundamental for enhanced photoresponsiveness.
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- Junli Huang
- Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Bioengineering College, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing 400030, China
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Schmid C, Bauer S, Müller B, Bartelheimer M. Belowground neighbor perception in Arabidopsis thaliana studied by transcriptome analysis: roots of Hieracium pilosella cause biotic stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:296. [PMID: 23967000 PMCID: PMC3743015 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Root-root interactions are much more sophisticated than previously thought, yet the mechanisms of belowground neighbor perception remain largely obscure. Genome-wide transcriptome analyses allow detailed insight into plant reactions to environmental cues. A root interaction trial was set up to explore both morphological and whole genome transcriptional responses in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana in the presence or absence of an inferior competitor, Hieracium pilosella. Neighbor perception was indicated by Arabidopsis roots predominantly growing away from the neighbor (segregation), while solitary plants placed more roots toward the middle of the pot. Total biomass remained unaffected. Database comparisons in transcriptome analysis revealed considerable similarity between Arabidopsis root reactions to neighbors and reactions to pathogens. Detailed analyses of the functional category "biotic stress" using MapMan tools found the sub-category "pathogenesis-related proteins" highly significantly induced. A comparison to a study on intraspecific competition brought forward a core of genes consistently involved in reactions to neighbor roots. We conclude that beyond resource depletion roots perceive neighboring roots or their associated microorganisms by a relatively uniform mechanism that involves the strong induction of pathogenesis-related proteins. In an ecological context the findings reveal that belowground neighbor detection may occur independently of resource depletion, allowing for a time advantage for the root to prepare for potential interactions.
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- Christoph Schmid
- Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Institute of Botany, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Institute of Botany, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Institute of Botany, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, Institute of Botany, University of RegensburgRegensburg, Germany
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Guarnieri MT, Nag A, Yang S, Pienkos PT. Proteomic analysis of Chlorella vulgaris: potential targets for enhanced lipid accumulation. J Proteomics 2013; 93:245-53. [PMID: 23748020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Oleaginous microalgae are capable of producing large quantities of fatty acids and triacylglycerides. As such, they are promising feedstocks for the production of biofuels and bioproducts. Genetic strain-engineering strategies offer a means to accelerate the commercialization of algal biofuels by improving the rate and total accumulation of microalgal lipids. However, the industrial potential of these organisms remains to be met, largely due to the incomplete knowledgebase surrounding the mechanisms governing the induction of algal lipid biosynthesis. Such strategies require further elucidation of genes and gene products controlling algal lipid accumulation. In this study, we have set out to examine these mechanisms and identify novel strain-engineering targets in the oleaginous microalga, Chlorella vulgaris. Comparative shotgun proteomic analyses have identified a number of novel targets, including previously unidentified transcription factors and proteins involved in cell signaling and cell cycle regulation. These results lay the foundation for strain-improvement strategies and demonstrate the power of translational proteomic analysis. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE We have applied label-free, comparative shotgun proteomic analyses, via a transcriptome-to-proteome pipeline, in order to examine the nitrogen deprivation response in the oleaginous microalga, C. vulgaris. Herein, we identify potential targets for strain-engineering strategies targeting enhanced lipid accumulation for algal biofuels applications. Among the identified targets are proteins involved in transcriptional regulation, lipid biosynthesis, cell signaling and cell cycle progression. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Translational Plant Proteomics.
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- Michael T Guarnieri
- National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA.
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Liu W, Ming Y, Huang Z, Li P. Impacts of florfenicol on marine diatom Skeletonema costatum through photosynthesis inhibition and oxidative damages. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2012; 60:165-170. [PMID: 22960224 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Effects of the phenicol antibiotic, florfenicol (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0 and 16.0 mg/L), on marine diatom Skeletonema costatum were investigated in this study. Florfenicol was found to stimulate algal growth at concentrations of 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/L, and significantly inhibit algal growth at >2.0 mg/L. The highest inhibition rate was up to 86% at 16.0 mg/L and the IC(50) for 96 h growth was 5.043 mg/L. The chlorophyll a and effective quantum yield (ΔF/F(m)(')) were significantly inhibited at 6, 24 and 96 h when florfenicol concentrations were ≥4.0 mg/L. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was enhanced significantly over the control when florfenicol concentrations were ≥1.0 mg/L at 6 h with the dose-dependent trends possibly due to the inhibition of photosynthesis. Since the membrane is highly prone to ROS attack, overproduction of ROS may cause deteriorated integrity and permeability of the cell membrane. Consequently, intracellular pH was found to increase with the increases in dosage; cell size swelled significantly when alga was exposed to florfenicol concentrations up to 8.0 mg/L. These deteriorations finally led to the decrease of cell viability as indicated by both fluorescein diacetate (FDA) assay and propidium iodide (PI) staining, in which viability was shown to decrease significantly at higher doses (4.0, 8.0, 16.0 mg/L). It can be concluded that S. costatum was vulnerable to florfenicol.
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- Wenhua Liu
- Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China.
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Paparelli E, Gonzali S, Parlanti S, Novi G, Giorgi FM, Licausi F, Kosmacz M, Feil R, Lunn JE, Brust H, van Dongen JT, Steup M, Perata P. Misexpression of a chloroplast aspartyl protease leads to severe growth defects and alters carbohydrate metabolism in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 160:1237-50. [PMID: 22987884 PMCID: PMC3490589 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.204016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The crucial role of carbohydrate in plant growth and morphogenesis is widely recognized. In this study, we describe the characterization of nana, a dwarf Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant impaired in carbohydrate metabolism. We show that the nana dwarf phenotype was accompanied by altered leaf morphology and a delayed flowering time. Our genetic and molecular data indicate that the mutation in nana is due to a transfer DNA insertion in the promoter region of a gene encoding a chloroplast-located aspartyl protease that alters its pattern of expression. Overexpression of the gene (oxNANA) phenocopies the mutation. Both nana and oxNANA display alterations in carbohydrate content, and the extent of these changes varies depending on growth light intensity. In particular, in low light, soluble sugar levels are lower and do not show the daily fluctuations observed in wild-type plants. Moreover, nana and oxNANA are defective in the expression of some genes implicated in sugar metabolism and photosynthetic light harvesting. Interestingly, some chloroplast-encoded genes as well as genes whose products seem to be involved in retrograde signaling appear to be down-regulated. These findings suggest that the NANA aspartic protease has an important regulatory function in chloroplasts that not only influences photosynthetic carbon metabolism but also plastid and nuclear gene expression.
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Mayfield AB, Chan PH, Putnam HM, Chen CS, Fan TY. The effects of a variable temperature regime on the physiology of the reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix: results from a laboratory-based reciprocal transplant. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 215:4183-95. [PMID: 22933614 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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To understand the effects of global climate change on reef-building corals, a thorough investigation of their physiological mechanisms of acclimatization is warranted. However, static temperature manipulations may underestimate the thermal complexity of the reefs in which many corals live. For instance, corals of Houbihu, Taiwan, experience changes in temperature of up to 10°C over the course of a day during spring-tide upwelling events. To better understand the phenotypic plasticity of these corals, a laboratory-based experiment was conducted whereby specimens of Seriatopora hystrix from an upwelling reef (Houbihu) and conspecifics from a non-upwelling reef (Houwan) were exposed to both a stable seawater temperature (26°C) regime and a regime characterized by a 6°C fluctuation (23-29°C) over a 12 h period for 7 days. A suite of physiological and molecular parameters was measured in samples of both treatments, as well as in experimental controls, to determine site of origin (SO) and temperature treatment (TT) responses. Only chlorophyll a (chl a) concentration and growth demonstrated the hypothesized trend of higher levels when exposed to a TT that mimicked SO conditions. In contrast, chl a, maximum dark-adapted quantum yield of photosystem II (F(v)/F(m)), and Symbiodinium ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL), photosystem I (psI, subunit III) and phosphoglycolate phosphatase (pgpase) mRNA expression demonstrated significant TT effects. Specifically, levels of these response variables were higher in samples exposed to a variable temperature regime, suggesting that S. hystrix may acclimate to fluctuating temperatures by increasing its capacity for photosynthesis.
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- Anderson B Mayfield
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan, ROC.
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Cardi T, Giegé P, Kahlau S, Scotti N. Expression Profiling of Organellar Genes. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2920-9_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gross J, Bhattacharya D, Pelletreau KN, Rumpho ME, Reyes-Prieto A. Secondary and Tertiary Endosymbiosis and Kleptoplasty. ADVANCES IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2920-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Liere K, Weihe A, Börner T. The transcription machineries of plant mitochondria and chloroplasts: Composition, function, and regulation. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 168:1345-60. [PMID: 21316793 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Although genomes of mitochondria and plastids are very small compared to those of their bacterial ancestors, the transcription machineries of these organelles are of surprising complexity. With respect to the number of different RNA polymerases per organelle, the extremes are represented on one hand by chloroplasts of eudicots which use one bacterial-type RNA polymerase and two phage-type RNA polymerases to transcribe their genes, and on the other hand by Physcomitrella possessing three mitochondrial RNA polymerases of the phage type. Transcription of genes/operons is often driven by multiple promoters in both organelles. This review describes the principle components of the transcription machineries (RNA polymerases, transcription factors, promoters) and the division of labor between the different RNA polymerases. While regulation of transcription in mitochondria seems to be only of limited importance, the plastid genes of higher plants respond to exogenous and endogenous cues rather individually by altering their transcriptional activities.
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- Karsten Liere
- Institut für Biologie/Genetik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin, Germany
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Cseh A, Cernak I, Taller J. Molecular characterization of atrazine resistance in common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.). J Appl Genet 2010; 50:321-7. [PMID: 19875882 DOI: 10.1007/bf03195690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is the most frequent weed in the Carpathian Basin and is spreading fast in other parts of Europe. In recent years, besides the wild type, a mutant genotype resistant to atrazine herbicides has evolved and is now widespread in many areas. The present study demonstrates that the atrazine resistance of ragweed is maternally inherited, and is caused by a point mutation in the psbA chloroplast gene. The promoter 5'-untranslated region and the open reading frame regions of the gene were analysed, and a homology search was performed. Both the atrazine-resistant and susceptible types of cpDNA were present in atrazine-resistant plants, while the mixed presence of both genotypes in the same plant, known as heteroplasmy, was not unequivocally detectable in susceptible plants.
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- A Cseh
- Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Keszthely, Hungary
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Alizadeh D, Cohen A. Red light and calmodulin regulate the expression of the psbA binding protein genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 51:312-22. [PMID: 20061301 PMCID: PMC2817094 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 12/25/2009] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, translation of the chloroplast-encoded psbA mRNA is regulated by the light-dependent binding of a nuclear-encoded protein complex (RB38, RB47, RB55 and RB60) to the 5'-untranslated region of the RNA. Despite the absence of any report identifying a red light photoreceptor within this alga, we show that the expression of the rb38, rb47 and rb60 genes, as well as the nuclear-encoded psbO gene that directs the synthesis of OEE1 (oxygen evolving enhancer 1), is differentially regulated by red light. Further elucidation of the signal transduction pathway shows that calmodulin is an important messenger in the signaling cascade that leads to the expression of rb38, rb60 and psbO, and that a chloroplast signal affects rb47 at the translational level. While there may be several factors involved in the cascade of events from the perception of red light to the expression of the rb and psbO genes, our data suggest the involvement of a red light photoreceptor. Future studies will elucidate this receptor and the additional components of this red light signaling expression pathway in C. reinhardtii.
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- Darya Alizadeh
- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, PO Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA
- City of Hope, Division of Neurosurgery, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, PO Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA
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Ogawa T, Nishimura K, Aoki T, Takase H, Tomizawa KI, Ashida H, Yokota A. A phosphofructokinase B-type carbohydrate kinase family protein, NARA5, for massive expressions of plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 151:114-28. [PMID: 19587101 PMCID: PMC2736000 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.139683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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To date, there have been no reports on screening for mutants defective in the massive accumulation of Rubisco in higher plants. Here, we describe a screening method based on the toxic accumulation of ammonia in the presence of methionine sulfoximine, a specific inhibitor of glutamine synthetase, during photorespiration initiated by the oxygenase reaction of Rubisco in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Five recessive mutants with decreased amounts of Rubisco were identified and designated as nara mutants, as they contained a mutation in genes necessary for the achievement of Rubisco accumulation. The nara5-1 mutant showed markedly lower levels of plastid-encoded photosynthetic proteins, including Rubisco. Map-based cloning revealed that NARA5 encoded a chloroplast phosphofructokinase B-type carbohydrate kinase family protein of unknown function. The NARA5 protein fused to green fluorescent protein localized in chloroplasts. We conducted expression analyses of photosynthetic genes during light-induced greening of etiolated seedlings of nara5-1 and the T-DNA insertion mutant, nara5-2. Our results strongly suggest that NARA5 is indispensable for hyperexpression of photosynthetic genes encoded in the plastid genome, particularly rbcL.
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- Taro Ogawa
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan
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Ting CS, Ramsey ME, Wang YL, Frost AM, Jun E, Durham T. Minimal genomes, maximal productivity: comparative genomics of the photosystem and light-harvesting complexes in the marine cyanobacterium, Prochlorococcus. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2009; 101:1-19. [PMID: 19557544 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9455-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Although Prochlorococcus isolates possess the smallest genomes of any extant photosynthetic organism, this genus numerically dominates vast regions of the world's subtropical and tropical open oceans and has evolved to become an important contributor to global biogeochemical cycles. The sequencing of 12 Prochlorococcus genomes provides a glimpse of the extensive genetic heterogeneity and, thus, physiological potential of the lineage. In this study, we present an up-to-date comparative analysis of major proteins of the photosynthetic apparatus in 12 Prochlorococcus genomes. Our analyses reveal a striking diversity within the Prochlorococcus lineage in the major protein complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus. The heterogeneity that has evolved in the photosynthetic apparatus suggests versatility in strategies for optimizing photosynthesis under conditions of environmental variability and stress. This diversity could be particularly important in ensuring the survival of a lineage whose individuals have evolved minimal genomes and, thus, relatively limited repertoires for responding to environmental challenges.
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- Claire S Ting
- Thompson Biology Lab, Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA.
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Wagner V, Boesger J, Mittag M. Sub-proteome analysis in the green flagellate alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J Basic Microbiol 2009; 49:32-41. [PMID: 19253330 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the past years, research on the flagellate unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has entered a new era based on the availability of its complete genome. Since this green alga can be grown relatively easy in a short time-range, sufficient biological material is available to efficiently establish biochemical purification procedures of sub-cellular fractions. Combined with the available genome sequences, this paved the way to perform analysis of specific sub-proteomes by mass spectrometry. In this review, several approaches that provided comprehensive lists of components of certain sub-cellular compartments and their biological relevance will be described. These include proteins of chloroplast ribosomes, of flagella, of the eyespot as well as posttranslational and environmentally modified sub-proteomes. The power of such proteome approaches lies in the identification of novel components and modifications of a given sub-proteome that have not been discovered before. Information is usually gained at a large scale and is very valuable to further understand biological processes of a given cellular sub-compartment. But clearly the arduous task has then to be performed to further analyze the function of specific proteins/genes by RNA interference technology, mutant analyses or methods for identifying the protein interaction network within a sub-proteome.
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- Volker Wagner
- Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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del Campo EM. Post-transcriptional control of chloroplast gene expression. GENE REGULATION AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2009; 3:31-47. [PMID: 19838333 PMCID: PMC2758277 DOI: 10.4137/grsb.s2080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chloroplasts contain their own genome, organized as operons, which are generally transcribed as polycistronic transcriptional units. These primary transcripts are processed into smaller RNAs, which are further modified to produce functional RNAs. The RNA processing mechanisms remain largely unknown and represent an important step in the control of chloroplast gene expression. Such mechanisms include RNA cleavage of pre-existing RNAs, RNA stabilization, intron splicing, and RNA editing. Recently, several nuclear-encoded proteins that participate in diverse plastid RNA processing events have been characterised. Many of them seem to belong to the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein family that is implicated in many crucial functions including organelle biogenesis and plant development. This review will provide an overview of current knowledge of the post-transcriptional processing in chloroplasts.
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- Eva M del Campo
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain.
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Brosch M, Krause K, Falk J, Krupinska K. Analysis of gene expression in amyloplasts of potato tubers. PLANTA 2007; 227:91-9. [PMID: 17710432 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0597-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Accepted: 07/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Gene expression in amyloplasts derived from potato tubers was analyzed at the levels of transcription, mRNA accumulation and formation of polysomes. Compared with chloroplasts, overall transcriptional activity is considerably reduced in amyloplasts. Nevertheless, several transcripts are synthesized in amyloplasts during growth of tubers. Among the transcribed amyloplast genes are the ribosomal operon and the psbA gene. Primer extension analysis provided evidence that in amyloplasts the plastid encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) is the principal RNA polymerase involved in the transcription of the rrn operon. Analysis of plastid steady state transcripts showed that there are only small differences in the levels of specific transcripts between amyloplasts and chloroplasts. With respect to the low transcription rate of the accumulating RNA-species in amyloplasts, a high stability of these transcripts is obvious. Though amyloplasts possess polysomes, specific mRNAs associated with such polysomes could not be detected. This suggests that translation could be impaired in amyloplasts, which, in turn, implies that these organelles are not suitable targets for the expression of transgenes introduced into the plastid genome by plastid transformation.
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- Mario Brosch
- Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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Zhou F, Karcher D, Bock R. Identification of a plastid intercistronic expression element (IEE) facilitating the expression of stable translatable monocistronic mRNAs from operons. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 52:961-72. [PMID: 17825052 PMCID: PMC2230500 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Most plastid genes are part of operons and expressed as polycistronic mRNAs. Many primary polycistronic transcripts undergo post-transcriptional processing in monocistronic or oligocistronic units. At least some polycistronic transcripts are not translatable, and endonucleolytic processing may therefore be a prerequisite for translation to occur. As the requirements for intercistronic mRNA processing into stable monocistronic transcript are not well understood, we have sought to define minimum sequence elements that trigger processing and thus are capable of generating stable translatable monocistronic mRNAs. We describe here the in vivo identification of a small intercistronic expression element that mediates intercistronic cleavage into stable monocistronic transcripts. Separation of foreign genes by this element facilitates transgene stacking in operons, and thus will help to expand the range of applications of transplastomic technology.
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- Fei Zhou
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP)Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP)Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP)Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Transcription and transcriptional regulation in plastids. CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLASTIDS 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/4735_2007_0232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Translation and translational regulation in chloroplasts. CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLASTIDS 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/4735_2007_0234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Weber P, Fulgosi H, Piven I, Müller L, Krupinska K, Duong VH, Herrmann RG, Sokolenko A. TCP34, a nuclear-encoded response regulator-like TPR protein of higher plant chloroplasts. J Mol Biol 2006; 357:535-49. [PMID: 16438983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 12/16/2005] [Accepted: 12/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We describe the identification of a novel chloroplast protein, designated TCP34 (tetratricopeptide-containing chloroplast protein of 34 kDa) due to the presence of three tandemly arranged tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) arrays. The presence of the genes encoding this protein only in the genomes of higher plants but not in photosynthetic cyanobacterial prokaryotes suggests that TCP34 evolved after the separation of the higher plant lineage. The in vitro translated precursor could be imported into intact spinach chloroplasts and the processed products showed stable association with thylakoid membranes. Using a specific polyclonal antiserum raised against TCP34, three protein variants were detected. Two forms, T(1) and T(2), were associated with the thylakoid membranes and one, S(1), was found released in the stroma. TCP34 protein was not present in etioplasts and appeared only in developing chloroplasts. The ratio of membrane-bound and soluble forms was maximal at the onset of photosynthesis. The high molecular mass thylakoid TCP34 variant was found in association with a transcriptionally active protein/DNA complex (TAC) from chloroplasts and recombinant TCP34 showed specific binding to Spinacia oleracea chloroplast DNA. Two TCP34 forms, T(1) and S(1), were found to be phosphorylated. An as yet unidentified phosphorelay signal may modulate its capability for plastid DNA binding through the phosphorylation state of the putative response regulator-like domain. Based on the structural properties and biochemical analyses, we discuss the putative regulatory function of TCP34 in plastid gene expression.
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- P Weber
- Department für Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Menzingerstr. 67, 80638 München, Germany
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Merhige PM, Both-Kim D, Robida MD, Hollingsworth MJ. RNA-protein complexes that form in the spinach chloroplast atpI 5' untranslated region can be divided into two subcomplexes, each comprised of unique cis-elements and trans-factors. Curr Genet 2005; 48:256-64. [PMID: 16208473 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/20/2005] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Control of gene expression in chloroplasts is critically dependent upon post-transcriptional mechanisms, most of which require formation of RNA-protein complexes. The 5' untranslated regions (5'UTRs) of chloroplast mRNAs have been shown to affect stability and/or translation of the message. These effects are mediated by the binding of specific protein(s) to the 5'UTR. We can detect such 5'UTR-protein complexes in vitro and have previously shown that the same polypeptide(s) bind many spinach chloroplast 5'UTRs (Robida et al. 2002). Here we report investigations on the RNA elements and protein factors involved in formation of these complexes. Comparison of the atpI 5'UTR, which serves as the representative 5'UTR for these experiments, among 12 angiosperms revealed two phylogenetically conserved regions upstream of a putative ribosome binding site. To determine whether the two conserved regions interact to form a single polypeptide-binding site, binding assays were performed with RNAs containing only one of the two. Those experiments revealed that the entire 5'UTR could be separated into two binding sites for chloroplast polypeptides, each containing one of the two conserved regions. Competition binding assays using the individual binding sites established that each was bound by different polypeptide(s). These data support the hypothesis that there are at least two unique polypeptides involved in these 5'UTR-protein complexes, each binding specifically to a different site within the 5'UTR.
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- Patricia M Merhige
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Randle CP, Wolfe AD. The evolution and expression of RBCL in holoparasitic sister-genera Harveya and Hyobanche (Orobanchaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2005; 92:1575-1585. [PMID: 21646175 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.9.1575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The evolution of holoparasitism decreases the adaptive value of genes maintaining the photosynthetic apparatus. These may become pseudogenes through insertion or deletion events resulting in frameshift mutations, or by the evolution of premature stop codons. The holoparasitic sister genera Harveya and Hyobanche have undergone alternate pathways of evolution and expression at the plastid locus rbcL. An open reading frame in all but a single species of Harveya is maintained by purifying selection and is expressed. However, the function of Rubisco in this putative holoparasite is unknown. Conversely, Hyobanche has undergone rbcL pseudogene formation, and comparison of synonymous and nonsynonymous rates of evolution indicates that selection has not played a role in its evolution. This is complicated by the following findings: multiple pseudogene copies of rbcL exist in tissues of Hyobanche, rbcL transcripts also encode pseudogenes, and the large subunit is present in some tissues of Hyobanche. We hypothesize that the rbcL operon is in a state of degradation as may be expected in a holoparasite and is not endogenously expressed. Rather, the large subunit may be taken up from the host plants, and accumulate in tissues as a result of transpiration.
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- Christopher P Randle
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA
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Manuell A, Beligni MV, Yamaguchi K, Mayfield SP. Regulation of chloroplast translation: interactions of RNA elements, RNA-binding proteins and the plastid ribosome. Biochem Soc Trans 2005; 32:601-5. [PMID: 15270686 DOI: 10.1042/bst0320601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chloroplast gene expression is primarily controlled during the translation of plastid mRNAs into proteins, and genetic studies have identified cis-acting RNA elements and trans-acting protein factors required for chloroplast translation. Biochemical analysis has identified both general and specific mRNA-binding proteins as components of the regulation of chloroplast translation, and has revealed that chloroplast translation is related to bacterial translation but is more complex. Utilizing proteomic and bioinformatic analyses, we have identified the proteins that function in chloroplast translation, including a complete set of chloroplast ribosomal proteins, and homologues of the 70 S initiation, elongation and termination factors. These analyses show that the translational apparatus of chloroplasts is related to that of bacteria, but has adopted a number of eukaryotic mechanisms to facilitate and regulate chloroplast translation.
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- A Manuell
- Department of Cell Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Initially discovered in the context of photosynthesis, regulation by change in the redox state of thiol groups (S-S <--> 2SH) is now known to occur throughout biology. Several systems, each linking a hydrogen donor to an intermediary disulfide protein, act to effect changes that alter the activity of target proteins: the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system, comprised of reduced ferredoxin, a thioredoxin, and the enzyme, ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase; the NADP/thioredoxin system, including NADPH, a thioredoxin, and NADP-thioredoxin reductase; and the glutathione/glutaredoxin system, composed of reduced glutathione and a glutaredoxin. A related disulfide protein, protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) acts in protein assembly. Regulation linked to plastoquinone and signaling induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and other agents are also being actively investigated. Progress made on these systems has linked redox to the regulation of an increasing number of processes not only in plants, but in other types of organisms as well. Research in areas currently under exploration promises to provide a fuller understanding of the role redox plays in cellular processes, and to further the application of this knowledge to technology and medicine.
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- Bob B Buchanan
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Shiina T, Tsunoyama Y, Nakahira Y, Khan MS. Plastid RNA polymerases, promoters, and transcription regulators in higher plants. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2005; 244:1-68. [PMID: 16157177 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(05)44001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Plastids are semiautonomous plant organelles exhibiting their own transcription-translation systems that originated from a cyanobacteria-related endosymbiotic prokaryote. As a consequence of massive gene transfer to nuclei and gene disappearance during evolution, the extant plastid genome is a small circular DNA encoding only ca. 120 genes (less than 5% of cyanobacterial genes). Therefore, it was assumed that plastids have a simple transcription-regulatory system. Later, however, it was revealed that plastid transcription is a multistep gene regulation system and plays a crucial role in developmental and environmental regulation of plastid gene expression. Recent molecular and genetic approaches have identified several new players involved in transcriptional regulation in plastids, such as multiple RNA polymerases, plastid sigma factors, transcription regulators, nucleoid proteins, and various signaling factors. They have provided novel insights into the molecular basis of plastid transcription in higher plants. This review summarizes state-of-the-art knowledge of molecular mechanisms that regulate plastid transcription in higher plants.
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- Takashi Shiina
- Faculty of Human Environment, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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Patel M, Corey AC, Yin LP, Ali S, Taylor WC, Berry JO. Untranslated regions from C4 amaranth AhRbcS1 mRNAs confer translational enhancement and preferential bundle sheath cell expression in transgenic C4 Flaveria bidentis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 136:3550-61. [PMID: 15489276 PMCID: PMC527154 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.051508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Revised: 09/07/2004] [Accepted: 09/07/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Many aspects of photosynthetic gene expression are posttranscriptionally regulated in C4 plants. To determine if RbcS mRNA untranslated regions (UTRs) in themselves could confer any characteristic C4 expression patterns, 5'- and 3'-UTRs of AhRbcS1 mRNA from the C4 dicot amaranth were linked to a gusA reporter gene. These were constitutively transcribed from a cauliflower mosaic virus promoter and assayed for posttranscriptional expression patterns in transgenic lines of the C4 dicot Flaveria bidentis. Three characteristic C4 expression patterns were conferred by heterologous AhRbcS1 UTRs in transgenic F. bidentis. First, the AhRbcS1 UTRs conferred strong translational enhancement of gusA expression, relative to control constructs lacking these UTRs. Second, while the UTRs did not appear to confer tissue-specific expression when analyzed by beta-glucuronidase activity assays, differences in gusA mRNA accumulation were observed in leaves, stems, and roots. Third, the AhRbcS1 UTRs conferred preferential gusA expression (enzyme activity and gusA mRNA accumulation) in leaf bundle sheath cells. AhRbcS1 UTR-mediated translational enhancement was also observed in transgenic C3 plants (tobacco [Nicotiana tabacum]) and in in vitro translation extracts. These mRNAs appear to be translated with different efficiencies in C4 versus C3 plants, indicating that processes determining overall translational efficiency may vary between these two categories of higher plants. Our findings suggest that the AhRbcS1 5'-UTR functions as a strong translational enhancer in leaves and other tissues, and may work synergistically with the 3'-UTR to modulate overall levels of Rubisco gene expression in different tissues and cell types of C4 plants.
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- Minesh Patel
- Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14120, USA
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Baba K, Schmidt J, Espinosa-Ruiz A, Villarejo A, Shiina T, Gardeström P, Sane AP, Bhalerao RP. Organellar gene transcription and early seedling development are affected in the rpoT;2 mutant of Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 38:38-48. [PMID: 15053758 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2004.02022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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An Arabidopsis mutant that exhibited reduced root length was isolated from a population of activation-tagged T-DNA insertion lines in a screen for aberrant root growth. This mutant also exhibited reduced hypocotyl length as well as a delay in greening and altered leaf shape. Molecular genetic analysis of the mutant indicated a single T-DNA insertion in the gene RpoT;2 encoding a homolog of the phage-type RNA polymerase (RNAP), that is targeted to both mitochondria and plastids. A second T-DNA-tagged allele also showed a similar phenotype. The mutation in RpoT;2 affected the light-induced accumulation of several plastid mRNAs and proteins and resulted in a lower photosynthetic efficiency. In contrast to the alterations in the plastid gene expression, no major effect of the rpoT;2 mutation on the accumulation of examined mitochondrial gene transcripts and proteins was observed. The rpoT;2 mutant exhibited tissue-specific alterations in the transcript levels of two other organelle-directed nuclear-encoded RNAPs, RpoT;1 and RpoT;3. This suggests the existence of cross-talk between the regulatory pathways of the three RNAPs through organelle to nucleus communication. These data provide an important information on a role of RpoT;2 in plastid gene expression and early plant development.
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- Kyoko Baba
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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Beligni MV, Yamaguchi K, Mayfield SP. The translational apparatus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2004; 82:315-25. [PMID: 16143843 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-2440-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Genetic and biochemical studies have revealed that chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas is controlled primarily post-transcriptionally, including events that effect mRNA processing and stability, and during the translation of plastid mRNAs into proteins. Many of the proteins required for chloroplast gene expression are encoded in the nuclear genome, and most of these proteins have yet to be identified biochemically. Emergence of the draft sequence of the Chlamydomonas nuclear genome has enabled us to carry out a prediction and comparative analysis of the proteins required for chloroplast mRNA translation. Putative translation factor genes have been identified by homology search, and functional chloroplast ribosomal protein genes have been compiled based on our recent proteomic studies. This bioinformatic and proteomic analysis shows that the translational apparatus of Chlamydomonas is related to that of bacteria, but is more complex. Chlamydomonas chloroplasts contain all of the general translation factors found in bacteria, and a majority of the ribosomal proteins are conserved between plastids and bacteria. However, Chlamydomonas contains a number of additional proteins and protein domains associated with the plastid ribosome, while some ribosomal proteins are either quite divergent or lacking. In addition, Chlamydomonas chloroplasts contain a number of mRNA specific translation factors that are not found in bacteria.
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- María Verónica Beligni
- Department of Cell Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550, North Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA,
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Yamaguchi K, Beligni MV, Prieto S, Haynes PA, McDonald WH, Yates JR, Mayfield SP. Proteomic characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast ribosome. Identification of proteins unique to th e70 S ribosome. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:33774-85. [PMID: 12826678 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301934200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have conducted a proteomic analysis of the 70 S ribosome from the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast. Twenty-seven orthologs of Escherichia coli large subunit proteins were identified in the 50 S subunit, as well as an ortholog of the spinach plastid-specific ribosomal protein-6. Several of the large subunit proteins of C. reinhardtii have short extension or insertion sequences, but overall the large subunit proteins are very similar to those of spinach chloroplast and E. coli. Two proteins of 38 and 41 kDa, designated RAP38 and RAP41, were identified from the 70 S ribosome that were not found in either of the ribosomal subunits. Phylogenetic analysis identified RAP38 and RAP41 as paralogs of spinach CSP41, a chloroplast RNA-binding protein with endoribonuclease activity. Overall, the chloroplast ribosome of C. reinhardtii is similar to those of spinach chloroplast and E. coli, but the C. reinhardtii ribosome has proteins associated with the 70 S complex that are related to non-ribosomal proteins in other species. In addition, the 30 S subunit contains unusually large orthologs of E. coli S2, S3, and S5 and a novel S1-type protein (Yamaguchi, K. et al., (2002) Plant Cell 14, 2957-2974). These additional proteins and domains likely confer functions used to regulate chloroplast translation in C. reinhardtii.
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- Kenichi Yamaguchi
- Department of Cell Biology and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Zou Z, Eibl C, Koop HU. The stem-loop region of the tobacco psbA 5'UTR is an important determinant of mRNA stability and translation efficiency. Mol Genet Genomics 2003; 269:340-9. [PMID: 12690442 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0842-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2002] [Accepted: 03/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Regulation of chloroplast gene expression involves networked and concerted interactions of nucleus-encoded factors with their target sites on untranslated regions (UTRs) of chloroplast transcripts. So far, only a few cis-acting elements within such 5'UTR sequences have been identified as functional determinants of mRNA stability and efficient translation in Chlamydomonas in vivo. In this study, we have used chloroplast transformation and site-directed mutagenesis to analyse the functions of the 5'UTRs of tobacco psbA and rbcL fused to the coding region of the reporter gene uidA. Various mutant versions of the psbA leader, as well as rbcL/psbA hybrid leader elements, were investigated. Our results showed a 1.5- to 3-fold decrease in uidA mRNA levels and a 1.5- to 6-fold reduction in uidA translation efficiency in all psbA 5'UTR stem-loop mutants generated by sequence deletions and base alterations. This indicates that the correct primary sequence and secondary structure of the psbA 5'UTR stem-loop are required for mRNA stabilisation and translation. The 5'-terminal segment of the rbcL 5'UTR did not enhance the stability or translational activity of chimeric uidA mRNA under the standard light-dark regime of 16 h light and 8 h dark. Stabilising effects were, however, observed when the cells were kept continuously in the dark. Possible reasons for the influence of the 5'UTR of the tobacco psbA on mRNA stability and translation efficiency are discussed.
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- Z Zou
- Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Menzinger Strasse 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
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Millán AFS, Mingo-Castel A, Miller M, Daniell H. A chloroplast transgenic approach to hyper-express and purify Human Serum Albumin, a protein highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2003; 1:71-9. [PMID: 17147744 PMCID: PMC3481847 DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Human Serum Albumin (HSA) accounts for 60% of the total protein in blood serum and it is the most widely used intravenous protein in a number of human therapies. HSA, however, is currently extracted only from blood because of a lack of commercially feasible recombinant expression systems. HSA is highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation in recombinant systems and is expensive to purify. Expression of HSA in transgenic chloroplasts using Shine-Dalgarno sequence (SD), which usually facilitates hyper-expression of transgenes, resulted only in 0.02% HSA in total protein (tp). Modification of HSA regulatory sequences using chloroplast untranslated regions (UTRs) resulted in hyper-expression of HSA (up to 11.1% tp), compensating for excessive proteolytic degradation. This is the highest expression of a pharmaceutical protein in transgenic plants and 500-fold greater than previous reports on HSA expression in transgenic leaves. Electron micrographs of immunogold labelled transgenic chloroplasts revealed HSA inclusion bodies, which provided a simple method for purification from other cellular proteins. HSA inclusion bodies could be readily solubilized to obtain a monomeric form using appropriate reagents. The regulatory elements used in this study should serve as a model system for enhancing expression of foreign proteins that are highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation and provide advantages in purification, when inclusion bodies are formed.
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- Alicia Fernández-San Millán
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science Building #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL 32816-2360, USA
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- Institute of Agrobiotechnology and Natural Resources, Public University of Navarra-CSIC, Mutilva Baja, 31192 Navarra, Spain
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- Auburn University Research Instrumentation Facility – Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Laboratory, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Biomolecular Science Building #20, Room 336, Orlando, FL 32816-2360, USA
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The ability to couple photosynthetic electron transport and redox poise to plastid gene expression enables plants to respond to environmental conditions and coordinate nuclear and chloroplast activities in order to maintain photosynthetic efficiency. The plastid redox regulatory system serves as a paradigm for understanding redox-regulated gene expression. In this review, we will focus on posttranscriptional events of redox-regulated gene expression in the chloroplast. As redox regulation of enzymatic activities in the chloroplast will be covered in other reviews in this volume, as will discussions on the redox regulation of chloroplast transcription, we will concentrate on the available evidence for redox regulation of chloroplast translation, and mRNA splicing and turnover.
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- Dwight Barnes
- Department of Cell Biology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Sato N, Terasawa K, Miyajima K, Kabeya Y. Organization, Developmental Dynamics, and Evolution of Plastid Nucleoids. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 232:217-62. [PMID: 14711120 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(03)32006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The plastid is a semiautonomous organelle essential in photosynthesis and other metabolic activities of plants and algae. Plastid DNA is organized into the nucleoid with various proteins and RNA, and the nucleoid is subject to dynamic changes during the development of plant cells. Characterization of the major DNA-binding proteins of nucleoids revealed essential differences in the two lineages of photosynthetic eukaryotes, namely nucleoids of green plants contain sulfite reductase as a major DNA-binding protein that represses the genomic activity, whereas the prokaryotic DNA-binding protein HU is abundant in plastid nucleoids of the rhodophyte lineage. In addition, current knowledge on DNA-binding proteins, as well as the replication and transcription systems of plastids, is reviewed from comparative and evolutionary points of view. A revised hypothesis on the discontinuous evolution of plastid genomic machinery is presented: despite the cyanobacterial origin of plastids, the genomic machinery of the plastid genome is fundamentally different from its counterpart in cyanobacteria.
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- Naoki Sato
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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Baena-González E, Aro EM. Biogenesis, assembly and turnover of photosystem II units. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2002; 357:1451-9; discussion 1459-60. [PMID: 12437884 PMCID: PMC1693054 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Assembly of photosystem II, a multiprotein complex embedded in the thylakoid membrane, requires stoichiometric production of over 20 protein subunits. Since part of the protein subunits are encoded in the chloroplast genome and part in the nucleus, a signalling network operates between the two genetic compartments in order to prevent wasteful production of proteins. Coordinated synthesis of proteins also takes place among the chloroplast-encoded subunits, thus establishing a hierarchy in the protein components that allows a stepwise building of the complex. In addition to this dependence on assembly partners, other factors such as the developmental stage of the plastid and various photosynthesis-related parameters exert a strict control on the accumulation, membrane targeting and assembly of the PSII subunits. Here, we briefly review recent results on this field obtained with three major approaches: biogenesis of photosystem II during the development of chloroplasts from etioplasts, use of photosystem II-specific mutants and photosystem II turnover during its repair cycle.
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- Elena Baena-González
- Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Turku, Finland
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Vacula R, Steiner JM, Krajcovic J, Ebringer L, Löffelhardt W. Plastid state- and light-dependent regulation of the expression of nucleus-encoded genes for chloroplast proteins in the flagellate Euglena gracilis. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2002; 46:433-41. [PMID: 11899478 DOI: 10.1007/bf02814435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Interorganellar regulatory interactions in the flagellate Euglena gracilis were shown to be more complicated than in green algae and higher plants. Euglena plastids have a much more complex influence on nuclear gene expression than was previously thought. The petJ gene for cytochrome c6 represents a group of nucleus-encoded genes for chloroplast proteins, the expression of which is influenced by the state of plastids at the transcriptional level. Moroever, the regulation of these genes might be light-dependent. In contrast, for nucleus-encoded small subunit of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase, chlorophyll a/b binding protein, and porphobilinogen deaminase transcript levels are unchanged in wild-type cells relative to white mutants. In these cases there is no plastid-derived signal operative during transcription. Porphobilinogen deaminase appeared to be regulated even at the post-translational level.
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- R Vacula
- Institute of Cell Biology, Comenius University, 811 07 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Katz YS, Danon A. The 3'-untranslated region of chloroplast psbA mRNA stabilizes binding of regulatory proteins to the leader of the message. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:18665-9. [PMID: 11904302 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m201033200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 5'-leader and 3'-tail of chloroplast mRNAs have been suggested to play a role in posttranscriptional regulation of expression of the message. The regulation is thought to be mediated, at least in part, by regulatory proteins that are encoded by the nuclear genome and targeted to the chloroplast where they interact with chloroplast mRNAs. Previous studies identified high affinity binding of the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of the chloroplast psbA mRNA by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii proteins. Here we tested whether the 3'-UTR of psbA mRNA alone or linked in cis with the 5'-UTR of the mRNA affects the high affinity binding of the message in vitro. We did not detect high affinity binding that is unique to the 3'-UTR. However, we show that the cis-linked 3'-UTR increases the stability of the 5'-UTR binding complex. This effect could provide a means for translational discrimination against mRNAs that are incorrectly processed.
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- Yael S Katz
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Trebitsh T, Danon A. Translation of chloroplast psbA mRNA is regulated by signals initiated by both photosystems II and I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:12289-94. [PMID: 11593046 PMCID: PMC59807 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.211440698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2000] [Accepted: 08/16/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Light controls the translation of several mRNAs in fully developed chloroplasts via at least two regulatory pathways. In the first, the light signal is transduced as a thiol-mediated signal that modulates translation in parallel to light intensity. The second light-controlled pathway, termed priming, is a prerequisite to the thiol-mediated regulatory pathway. Light regulation is rapid and requires intrachloroplast photoreceptor(s). To delineate the signaling pathways controlling each of these regulatory events, we assayed the effect of photosynthetic inhibitors and electron donors on the translation of chloroplastic psbA mRNA. We show that the thiol-mediated signal is generated by photosystem I and transduced by vicinal dithiol-containing proteins. We also found that the priming signal probably initiates on reduction of plastoquinone. These findings suggest that translation of chloroplast psbA mRNA is controlled by both linear photosynthetic electron transport, exerted by the reduction of the ferredoxin-thioredoxin system, and the relative activities of photosystems I and II, signaled by the redox state of the plastoquinone pool. These data underscore the function of the light-capturing reactions of photosynthesis as chloroplast photoreceptors.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Trebitsh
- Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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