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Yang Y, Oldenkott B, Ramanathan S, Lesch E, Takenaka M, Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Knoop V. DYW cytidine deaminase domains have a long-range impact on RNA recognition by the PPR array of chimeric plant C-to-U RNA editing factors and strongly affect target selection. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 116:840-854. [PMID: 37565789 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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The protein factors for the specific C-to-U RNA editing events in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts possess unique arrays of RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeats (PPRs) linked to carboxy-terminal cytidine deaminase DYW domains via the extension motifs E1 and E2. The E1 and E2 motifs have distant similarities to tetratricopeptide repeats known to mediate protein-protein interactions but their precise function is unclear. Here, we investigate the tolerance of PPR56 and PPR65, two functionally characterized RNA editing factors of the moss Physcomitrium patens, for the creation of chimeras by variably replacing their C-terminal protein regions. Making use of a heterologous RNA editing assay system in Escherichia coli we find that heterologous DYW domains can strongly restrict or widen the spectrum of off-targets in the bacterial transcriptome for PPR56. Surprisingly, our data suggest that these changes are not only caused by the preference of a given heterologous DYW domain for the immediate sequence environment of the cytidine to be edited but also by a long-range impact on the nucleotide selectivity of the upstream PPRs.
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- Yingying Yang
- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Botany Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115, Bonn, Germany
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Lukeš J, Kaur B, Speijer D. RNA Editing in Mitochondria and Plastids: Weird and Widespread. Trends Genet 2020; 37:99-102. [PMID: 33203574 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Though widespread, RNA editing is rare, except in endosymbiotic organelles. A combination of higher mutation rates, relaxation of energetic constraints, and high genetic drift is found within plastids and mitochondria and is conducive for evolution and expansion of editing processes, possibly starting as repair mechanisms. To illustrate this, we present an exhaustive phylogenetic overview of editing types.
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- Julius Lukeš
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic; Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Medical Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Gutmann B, Royan S, Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Lenz H, Castleden IR, McDowell R, Vacher MA, Tonti-Filippini J, Bond CS, Knoop V, Small ID. The Expansion and Diversification of Pentatricopeptide Repeat RNA-Editing Factors in Plants. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:215-230. [PMID: 31760160 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) family comprises hundreds to thousands of genes in most plants, but only a few dozen in algae, indicating massive gene expansions during land plant evolution. The nature and timing of these expansions has not been well defined due to the sparse sequence data available from early-diverging land plant lineages. In this study, we exploit the comprehensive OneKP datasets of over 1000 transcriptomes from diverse plants and algae toward establishing a clear picture of the evolution of this massive gene family, focusing on the proteins typically associated with RNA editing, which show the most spectacular variation in numbers and domain composition across the plant kingdom. We characterize over 2 250 000 PPR motifs in over 400 000 proteins. In lycophytes, polypod ferns, and hornworts, nearly 10% of expressed protein-coding genes encode putative PPR editing factors, whereas they are absent from algae and complex-thalloid liverworts. We show that rather than a single expansion, most land plant lineages with high numbers of editing factors have continued to generate novel sequence diversity. We identify sequence variations that imply functional differences between PPR proteins in seed plants versus non-seed plants and variations we propose to be linked to seed-plant-specific editing co-factors. Finally, using the sequence variations across the datasets, we develop a structural model of the catalytic DYW domain associated with C-to-U editing and identify a clade of unique DYW variants that are strong candidates as U-to-C RNA-editing factors, given their phylogenetic distribution and sequence characteristics.
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- Bernard Gutmann
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia; School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, WA, Australia.
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Myszczyński K, Ślipiko M, Sawicki J. Potential of Transcript Editing Across Mitogenomes of Early Land Plants Shows Novel and Familiar Trends. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2963. [PMID: 31216623 PMCID: PMC6627324 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20122963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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RNA editing alters the identity of nucleotides in an RNA sequence so that the mature transcript differs from the template defined in the genome. This process has been observed in chloroplasts and mitochondria of both seed and early land plants. However, the frequency of RNA editing in plant mitochondria ranges from zero to thousands of editing sites. To date, analyses of RNA editing in mitochondria of early land plants have been conducted on a small number of genes or mitochondrial genomes of a single species. This study provides an overview of the mitogenomic RNA editing potential of the main lineages of these two groups of early land plants by predicting the RNA editing sites of 33 mitochondrial genes of 37 species of liverworts and mosses. For the purpose of the research, we newly assembled seven mitochondrial genomes of liverworts. The total number of liverwort genera with known complete mitogenome sequences has doubled and, as a result, the available complete mitogenome sequences now span almost all orders of liverworts. The RNA editing site predictions revealed that C-to-U RNA editing in liverworts and mosses is group-specific. This is especially evident in the case of liverwort lineages. The average level of C-to-U RNA editing appears to be over three times higher in liverworts than in mosses, while the C-to-U editing frequency of the majority of genes seems to be consistent for each gene across bryophytes.
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- Kamil Myszczyński
- Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 1, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 1, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Department of Botany and Nature Protection, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Łódzki 1, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Lenz H, Hein A, Knoop V. Plant organelle RNA editing and its specificity factors: enhancements of analyses and new database features in PREPACT 3.0. BMC Bioinformatics 2018; 19:255. [PMID: 29970001 PMCID: PMC6029061 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-018-2244-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Gene expression in plant chloroplasts and mitochondria is affected by RNA editing. Numerous C-to-U conversions, accompanied by reverse U-to-C exchanges in some plant clades, alter the genetic information encoded in the organelle genomes. Predicting and analyzing RNA editing, which ranges from only few sites in some species to thousands in other taxa, is bioinformatically demanding. Results Here, we present major enhancements and extensions of PREPACT, a WWW-based service for analysing, predicting and cataloguing plant-type RNA editing. New features in PREPACT’s core include direct GenBank accession query input and options to restrict searches to candidate U-to-C editing or to sites where editing has been documented previously in the references. The reference database has been extended by 20 new organelle editomes. PREPACT 3.0 features new modules “EdiFacts” and “TargetScan”. EdiFacts integrates information on pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins characterized as site-specific RNA editing factors. PREPACT’s editome references connect into EdiFacts, linking editing events to specific co-factors where known. TargetScan allows position-weighted querying for sequence motifs in the organelle references, optionally restricted to coding regions or sequences around editing sites, or in queries uploaded by the user. TargetScan is mainly intended to evaluate and further refine the proposed PPR-RNA recognition code but may be handy for other tasks as well. We present an analysis for the immediate sequence environment of more than 15,000 documented editing sites finding strong and different bias in the editome data sets. Conclusions We exemplarily present the novel features of PREPACT 3.0 aimed to enhance the analyses of plant-type RNA editing, including its new modules EdiFacts integrating information on characterized editing factors and TargetScan aimed to analyse RNA editing site recognition specificities. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12859-018-2244-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Henning Lenz
- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany.,IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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Hein A, Knoop V. Expected and unexpected evolution of plant RNA editing factors CLB19, CRR28 and RARE1: retention of CLB19 despite a phylogenetically deep loss of its two known editing targets in Poaceae. BMC Evol Biol 2018; 18:85. [PMID: 29879897 PMCID: PMC5992886 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1203-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND C-to-U RNA editing in mitochondria and chloroplasts and the nuclear-encoded, RNA-binding PPR proteins acting as editing factors present a wide field of co-evolution between the different genetic systems in a plant cell. Recent studies on chloroplast editing factors RARE1 and CRR28 addressing one or two chloroplast editing sites, respectively, found them strictly conserved among 65 flowering plants as long as one of their RNA editing targets remained present. RESULTS Extending the earlier sampling to 117 angiosperms with high-quality genome or transcriptome data, we find more evidence confirming previous conclusions but now also identify cases for expected evolutionary transition states such as retention of RARE1 despite loss of its editing target or the degeneration of CRR28 truncating its carboxyterminal DYW domain. The extended angiosperm set was now used to explore CLB19, an "E+"-type PPR editing factor targeting two chloroplast editing sites, rpoAeU200SF and clpPeU559HY, in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found CLB19 consistently conserved if one of the two targets was retained and three independent losses of CLB19 after elimination of both targets. The Ericales show independent regains of the ancestrally lost clpPeU559HY editing, further explaining why multiple-target editing factors are lost much more rarely than single target factors like RARE1. The retention of CLB19 despite loss of both editing targets in some Ericaceae, Apocynaceae and in Camptotheca (Nyssaceae) likely represents evolutionary transitions. However, the retention of CLB19 after a phylogenetic deep loss in the Poaceae rather suggests a yet unrecognized further editing target, for which we suggest editing event ndhAeU473SL. CONCLUSION Extending the scope of studies on plant organelle RNA editing to further taxa and additional nuclear cofactors reveals expected evolutionary transitions, strikingly different evolutionary dynamics for multiple-target editing factors like CLB19 and CRR28 and suggests additional functions for editing factor CLB19 among the Poaceae.
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- Anke Hein
- IZMB – Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- IZMB – Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Faktorová D, Valach M, Kaur B, Burger G, Lukeš J. Mitochondrial RNA Editing and Processing in Diplonemid Protists. RNA METABOLISM IN MITOCHONDRIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78190-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Sloan DB. Nuclear and mitochondrial RNA editing systems have opposite effects on protein diversity. Biol Lett 2017; 13:rsbl.2017.0314. [PMID: 28855414 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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RNA editing can yield protein products that differ from those directly encoded by genomic DNA. This process is pervasive in the mitochondria of many eukaryotes, where it predominantly results in the restoration of ancestral protein sequences. Nuclear mRNAs in metazoans also undergo editing (adenosine-to-inosine or 'A-to-I' substitutions), and most of these edits appear to be nonadaptive 'misfirings' of adenosine deaminases. However, recent analysis of cephalopod transcriptomes found that many editing sites are shared by anciently divergent lineages within this group, suggesting they play some adaptive role. Recent discoveries have also revealed that some fungi have an independently evolved A-to-I editing mechanism, resulting in extensive recoding of their nuclear mRNAs. Here, phylogenetic comparisons were used to determine whether RNA editing generally restores ancestral protein sequences or creates derived variants. Unlike in mitochondrial systems, RNA editing in metazoan and fungal nuclear transcripts overwhelmingly leads to novel sequences not found in inferred ancestral proteins. Even for the subset of RNA editing sites shared by deeply divergent cephalopod lineages, the primary effect of nuclear editing is an increase-not a decrease-in protein divergence. These findings suggest fundamental differences in the forces responsible for the evolution of RNA editing in nuclear versus mitochondrial systems.
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- Daniel B Sloan
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Ye LQ, Zhao H, Zhou HJ, Ren XD, Liu LL, Otecko NO, Wang ZB, Yang MM, Zeng L, Hu XT, Yao YG, Zhang YP, Wu DD. The RNA editome of Macaca mulatta and functional characterization of RNA editing in mitochondria. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2017; 62:820-830. [PMID: 36659315 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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RNA editing was first discovered in mitochondrial RNA molecular. However, whether adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing has functions in nuclear genes involved in mitochondria remains elusive. Here, we retrieved 707,246 A-to-I RNA editing sites in Macaca mulatta leveraging massive transcriptomes of 30 different tissues and genomes of nine tissues, together with the reported data, and found that A-to-I RNA editing occurred frequently in nuclear genes that have functions in mitochondria. The mitochondrial structure, the level of ATP production, and the expression of some key genes involved in mitochondrial function were dysregulated after knocking down the expression of ADAR1 and ADAR2, the key genes encoding the enzyme responsible for RNA editing. When investigating dynamic changes of RNA editing during brain development, an amino-acid-changing RNA editing site (I234/V) in MFN1, a mediator of mitochondrial fusion, was identified to be significantly correlated with age, and could influence the function of MFN1. When studying transcriptomes of brain disorder, we found that dysregulated RNA editing sites in autism were also enriched within genes having mitochondrial functions. These data indicated that RNA editing had a significant function in mitochondria via their influence on nuclear genes.
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- Ling-Qun Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming Primate Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China; Kunming Primate Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China; Kunming Primate Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
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Moreira S, Valach M, Aoulad-Aissa M, Otto C, Burger G. Novel modes of RNA editing in mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:4907-19. [PMID: 27001515 PMCID: PMC4889940 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gene structure and expression in diplonemid mitochondria are unparalleled. Genes are fragmented in pieces (modules) that are separately transcribed, followed by the joining of module transcripts to contiguous RNAs. Some instances of unique uridine insertion RNA editing at module boundaries were noted, but the extent and potential occurrence of other editing types remained unknown. Comparative analysis of deep transcriptome and genome data from Diplonema papillatum mitochondria reveals ∼220 post-transcriptional insertions of uridines, but no insertions of other nucleotides nor deletions. In addition, we detect in total 114 substitutions of cytosine by uridine and adenosine by inosine, amassed into unusually compact clusters. Inosines in transcripts were confirmed experimentally. This is the first report of adenosine-to-inosine editing of mRNAs and ribosomal RNAs in mitochondria. In mRNAs, editing causes mostly amino-acid additions and non-synonymous substitutions; in ribosomal RNAs, it permits formation of canonical secondary structures. Two extensively edited transcripts were compared across four diplonemids. The pattern of uridine-insertion editing is strictly conserved, whereas substitution editing has diverged dramatically, but still rendering diplonemid proteins more similar to other eukaryotic orthologs. We posit that RNA editing not only compensates but also sustains, or even accelerates, ultra-rapid evolution of genome structure and sequence in diplonemid mitochondria.
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- Sandrine Moreira
- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics; Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics; Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics; Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, D-04109, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics; Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Zíková A, Hampl V, Paris Z, Týč J, Lukeš J. Aerobic mitochondria of parasitic protists: Diverse genomes and complex functions. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2016; 209:46-57. [PMID: 26906976 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Revised: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In this review the main features of the mitochondria of aerobic parasitic protists are discussed. While the best characterized organelles are by far those of kinetoplastid flagellates and Plasmodium, we also consider amoebae Naegleria and Acanthamoeba, a ciliate Ichthyophthirius and related lineages. The simplistic view of the mitochondrion as just a power house of the cell has already been abandoned in multicellular organisms and available data indicate that this also does not apply for protists. We discuss in more details the following mitochondrial features: genomes, post-transcriptional processing, translation, biogenesis of iron-sulfur complexes, heme metabolism and the electron transport chain. Substantial differences in all these core mitochondrial features between lineages are compatible with the view that aerobic protists harbor organelles that are more complex and flexible than previously appreciated.
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- Alena Zíková
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
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- Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic; University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Canada.
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Cheng S, Gutmann B, Zhong X, Ye Y, Fisher MF, Bai F, Castleden I, Song Y, Song B, Huang J, Liu X, Xu X, Lim BL, Bond CS, Yiu SM, Small I. Redefining the structural motifs that determine RNA binding and RNA editing by pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in land plants. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 85:532-47. [PMID: 26764122 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins form one of the largest protein families in land plants. They are characterised by tandem 30-40 amino acid motifs that form an extended binding surface capable of sequence-specific recognition of RNA strands. Almost all of them are post-translationally targeted to plastids and mitochondria, where they play important roles in post-transcriptional processes including splicing, RNA editing and the initiation of translation. A code describing how PPR proteins recognise their RNA targets promises to accelerate research on these proteins, but making use of this code requires accurate definition and annotation of all of the various nucleotide-binding motifs in each protein. We have used a structural modelling approach to define 10 different variants of the PPR motif found in plant proteins, in addition to the putative deaminase motif that is found at the C-terminus of many RNA-editing factors. We show that the super-helical RNA-binding surface of RNA-editing factors is potentially longer than previously recognised. We used the redefined motifs to develop accurate and consistent annotations of PPR sequences from 109 genomes. We report a high error rate in PPR gene models in many public plant proteomes, due to gene fusions and insertions of spurious introns. These consistently annotated datasets across a wide range of species are valuable resources for future comparative genomics studies, and an essential pre-requisite for accurate large-scale computational predictions of PPR targets. We have created a web portal (http://www.plantppr.com) that provides open access to these resources for the community.
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- Shifeng Cheng
- HKU-BGI Bioinformatics Algorithms and Core Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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- HKU-BGI Bioinformatics Algorithms and Core Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518083, China
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- HKU-BGI Bioinformatics Algorithms and Core Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- HKU-BGI Bioinformatics Algorithms and Core Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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Schaap P, Barrantes I, Minx P, Sasaki N, Anderson RW, Bénard M, Biggar KK, Buchler NE, Bundschuh R, Chen X, Fronick C, Fulton L, Golderer G, Jahn N, Knoop V, Landweber LF, Maric C, Miller D, Noegel AA, Peace R, Pierron G, Sasaki T, Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Schleicher M, Singh R, Spaller T, Storey KB, Suzuki T, Tomlinson C, Tyson JJ, Warren WC, Werner ER, Werner-Felmayer G, Wilson RK, Winckler T, Gott JM, Glöckner G, Marwan W. The Physarum polycephalum Genome Reveals Extensive Use of Prokaryotic Two-Component and Metazoan-Type Tyrosine Kinase Signaling. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 8:109-25. [PMID: 26615215 PMCID: PMC4758236 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Physarum polycephalum is a well-studied microbial eukaryote with unique experimental attributes relative to other experimental model organisms. It has a sophisticated life cycle with several distinct stages including amoebal, flagellated, and plasmodial cells. It is unusual in switching between open and closed mitosis according to specific life-cycle stages. Here we present the analysis of the genome of this enigmatic and important model organism and compare it with closely related species. The genome is littered with simple and complex repeats and the coding regions are frequently interrupted by introns with a mean size of 100 bases. Complemented with extensive transcriptome data, we define approximately 31,000 gene loci, providing unexpected insights into early eukaryote evolution. We describe extensive use of histidine kinase-based two-component systems and tyrosine kinase signaling, the presence of bacterial and plant type photoreceptors (phytochromes, cryptochrome, and phototropin) and of plant-type pentatricopeptide repeat proteins, as well as metabolic pathways, and a cell cycle control system typically found in more complex eukaryotes. Our analysis characterizes P. polycephalum as a prototypical eukaryote with features attributed to the last common ancestor of Amorphea, that is, the Amoebozoa and Opisthokonts. Specifically, the presence of tyrosine kinases in Acanthamoeba and Physarum as representatives of two distantly related subdivisions of Amoebozoa argues against the later emergence of tyrosine kinase signaling in the opisthokont lineage and also against the acquisition by horizontal gene transfer.
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- Pauline Schaap
- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Magdeburg Centre for Systems Biology and Institute for Biology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), CNRS UMR-7622, Paris, France
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- Biochemistry Department, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham
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- Department of Physics and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Genome Analysis, Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- IZMB - Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592, Université Paris Diderot Paris7, Paris, France
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- The University of Texas at Dallas, Biological Sciences, Richardson
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- Institute for Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592, Université Paris Diderot Paris7, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Institute for Anatomy III / Cell Biology, BioMedCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Pharmazie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and JST ERATO Higashiyama Live-holonics Project, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis
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- Institut für Pharmazie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland
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- Institute for Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany
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- Magdeburg Centre for Systems Biology and Institute for Biology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Okuda K, Shoki H, Arai M, Shikanai T, Small I, Nakamura T. Quantitative analysis of motifs contributing to the interaction between PLS-subfamily members and their target RNA sequences in plastid RNA editing. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 80:870-82. [PMID: 25279799 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In plant organelles, RNA editing alters specific cytidine residues to uridine in transcripts. Target cytidines are specifically recognized by pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins of the PLS subfamily, which have additional C-terminal E or E-DYW motifs. Recent in silico analysis proposed a model for site recognition by PLS-subfamily PPR proteins, with a correspondence of one PPR motif to one nucleotide, and with the C-terminal last S motif aligning with the nucleotide at position -4 with respect to the editing site. Here, we present quantitative biochemical data on site recognition by four PLS-subfamily proteins: CRR28 and OTP85 are DYW-class members, whereas CRR21 and OTP80 are E-class members. The minimal RNA segments required for high-affinity binding by these PPR proteins were experimentally determined. The results were generally consistent with the in silico-based model; however, we clarified that several PPR motifs, including the C-terminal L2 and S motifs of CRR21 and OTP80, are dispensable for the RNA binding, suggesting distinct contributions of each PPR motif to site recognition. We also demonstrate that the DYW motif interacts with the target C and its 5' proximal region (from -3 to 0), whereas the E motif is not involved in binding.
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- Kenji Okuda
- Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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Fu CJ, Sheikh S, Miao W, Andersson SGE, Baldauf SL. Missing genes, multiple ORFs, and C-to-U type RNA editing in Acrasis kona (Heterolobosea, Excavata) mitochondrial DNA. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:2240-57. [PMID: 25146648 PMCID: PMC4202320 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Discoba (Excavata) is an ancient group of eukaryotes with great morphological and ecological diversity. Unlike the other major divisions of Discoba (Jakobida and Euglenozoa), little is known about the mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) of Heterolobosea. We have assembled a complete mtDNA genome from the aggregating heterolobosean amoeba, Acrasis kona, which consists of a single circular highly AT-rich (83.3%) molecule of 51.5 kb. Unexpectedly, A. kona mtDNA is missing roughly 40% of the protein-coding genes and nearly half of the transfer RNAs found in the only other sequenced heterolobosean mtDNAs, those of Naegleria spp. Instead, over a quarter of A. kona mtDNA consists of novel open reading frames. Eleven of the 16 protein-coding genes missing from A. kona mtDNA were identified in its nuclear DNA and polyA RNA, and phylogenetic analyses indicate that at least 10 of these 11 putative nuclear-encoded mitochondrial (NcMt) proteins arose by direct transfer from the mitochondrion. Acrasis kona mtDNA also employs C-to-U type RNA editing, and 12 homologs of DYW-type pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins implicated in plant organellar RNA editing are found in A. kona nuclear DNA. A mapping of mitochondrial gene content onto a consensus phylogeny reveals a sporadic pattern of relative stasis and rampant gene loss in Discoba. Rampant loss occurred independently in the unique common lineage leading to Heterolobosea + Tsukubamonadida and later in the unique lineage leading to Acrasis. Meanwhile, mtDNA gene content appears to be remarkably stable in the Acrasis sister lineage leading to Naegleria and in their distant relatives Jakobida.
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- Cheng-Jie Fu
- Program in Systematic Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Program in Systematic Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Molecular Evolution, Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Program in Systematic Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins constitute one of the largest protein families in land plants, with more than 400 members in most species. Over the past decade, much has been learned about the molecular functions of these proteins, where they act in the cell, and what physiological roles they play during plant growth and development. A typical PPR protein is targeted to mitochondria or chloroplasts, binds one or several organellar transcripts, and influences their expression by altering RNA sequence, turnover, processing, or translation. Their combined action has profound effects on organelle biogenesis and function and, consequently, on photosynthesis, respiration, plant development, and environmental responses. Recent breakthroughs in understanding how PPR proteins recognize RNA sequences through modular base-specific contacts will help match proteins to potential binding sites and provide a pathway toward designing synthetic RNA-binding proteins aimed at desired targets.
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- Alice Barkan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97405;
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Hayes ML, Giang K, Berhane B, Mulligan RM. Identification of two pentatricopeptide repeat genes required for RNA editing and zinc binding by C-terminal cytidine deaminase-like domains. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:36519-29. [PMID: 24194514 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.485755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many transcripts expressed from plant organelle genomes are modified by C-to-U RNA editing. Nuclear encoded pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are required as RNA binding specificity determinants in the RNA editing mechanism. Bioinformatic analysis has shown that most of the Arabidopsis PPR proteins necessary for RNA editing events include a C-terminal portion that shares structural characteristics with a superfamily of deaminases. The DYW deaminase domain includes a highly conserved zinc binding motif that shares characteristics with cytidine deaminases. The Arabidopsis PPR genes, ELI1 and DOT4, both have DYW deaminase domains and are required for single RNA editing events in chloroplasts. The ELI1 DYW deaminase domain was expressed as a recombinant protein in Escherichia coli and was shown to bind two zinc atoms per polypeptide. Thus, the DYW deaminase domain binds a zinc metal ion, as expected for a cytidine deaminase, and is potentially the catalytic component of an editing complex. Genetic complementation experiments demonstrate that large portions of the DYW deaminase domain of ELI1 may be eliminated, but the truncated genes retain the ability to restore editing site conversion in a mutant plant. These results suggest that the catalytic activity can be supplied in trans by uncharacterized protein(s) of the editosome.
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Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Kindgren P, Zehrmann A, Small I, Knoop V. A DYW-protein knockout in Physcomitrella affects two closely spaced mitochondrial editing sites and causes a severe developmental phenotype. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 76:420-432. [PMID: 23909746 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins carrying a carboxy-terminal DYW domain similar to cytidine deaminases have been characterized as site-specific factors for C-to-U RNA editing in plant organelles. Here we report that knockout of DYW-PPR_65 in Physcomitrella patens causes a severe developmental phenotype in the moss and specifically affects two editing sites located 18 nucleotides apart on the mitochondrial ccmFC mRNA. Intriguingly, PPR_71, another DYW-type PPR, had been identified previously as an editing factor specifically affecting only the downstream editing site, ccmFCeU122SF. The now characterized PPR_65 binds specifically only to the upstream target site, ccmFCeU103PS, in full agreement with a recent RNA-recognition code for PPR arrays. The functional interference between the two editing events may be caused by a combination of three factors: (i) the destabilization of an RNA secondary structure interfering with PPR_71 binding by prior binding of PPR_65; (ii) the resulting upstream C-U conversion; or (iii) a direct interaction between the two DYW proteins. Indeed, we find the Physcomitrella DYW-PPRs to interact in yeast-two-hybrid assays. The moss DYW-PPRs also interact yet more strongly with MORF (Multiple Organellar RNA editing Factor)/RIP (RNA editing factor interacting proteins) proteins of Arabidopsis known to be general editing factors in flowering plants, although MORF homologues are entirely absent in the moss. Finally, we demonstrate binding of Physcomitrella DYW-PPR_98, for which no KO lines could be raised, to its predicted target sequence upstream of editing site atp9eU92SL. Together with the functional characterization of DYW-PPR_65, this completes the assignment of RNA editing factors to all editing sites in the Physcomitrella mitochondrial transcriptome.
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- Mareike Schallenberg-Rüdinger
- Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik (IZMB), Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Universität Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115, Bonn, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Department of Cell Biology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35043, Marburg, Germany; Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Hammani K, Bonnard G, Bouchoucha A, Gobert A, Pinker F, Salinas T, Giegé P. Helical repeats modular proteins are major players for organelle gene expression. Biochimie 2013; 100:141-50. [PMID: 24021622 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are often described as semi-autonomous organelles because they have retained a genome. They thus require fully functional gene expression machineries. Many of the required processes going all the way from transcription to translation have specificities in organelles and arose during eukaryote history. Most factors involved in these RNA maturation steps have remained elusive for a long time. The recent identification of a number of novel protein families including pentatricopeptide repeat proteins, half-a-tetratricopeptide proteins, octotricopeptide repeat proteins and mitochondrial transcription termination factors has helped to settle long-standing questions regarding organelle gene expression. In particular, their functions have been related to replication, transcription, RNA processing, RNA editing, splicing, the control of RNA turnover and translation throughout eukaryotes. These families of proteins, although evolutionary independent, seem to share a common overall architecture. For all of them, proteins contain tandem arrays of repeated motifs. Each module is composed of two to three α-helices and their succession forms a super-helix. Here, we review the features characterising these protein families, in particular, their distribution, the identified functions and mode of action and propose that they might share similar substrate recognition mechanisms.
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Identification of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins in the Model Organism Dictyostelium discoideum. Int J Genomics 2013; 2013:586498. [PMID: 23998118 PMCID: PMC3753752 DOI: 10.1155/2013/586498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are RNA binding proteins with functions in organelle RNA metabolism. They are found in all eukaryotes but have been most extensively studied in plants. We report on the identification of 12 PPR-encoding genes in the genome of the protist Dictyostelium discoideum, with potential homologs in other members of the same lineage and some predicted novel functions for the encoded gene products in protists. For one of the gene products, we show that it localizes to the mitochondria, and we also demonstrate that antisense inhibition of its expression leads to slower growth, a phenotype associated with mitochondrial dysfunction.
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Schallenberg-Rüdinger M, Lenz H, Polsakiewicz M, Gott JM, Knoop V. A survey of PPR proteins identifies DYW domains like those of land plant RNA editing factors in diverse eukaryotes. RNA Biol 2013; 10:1549-56. [PMID: 23899506 DOI: 10.4161/rna.25755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The pentatricopeptide repeat modules of PPR proteins are key to their sequence-specific binding to RNAs. Gene families encoding PPR proteins are greatly expanded in land plants where hundreds of them participate in RNA maturation, mainly in mitochondria and chloroplasts. Many plant PPR proteins contain additional carboxyterminal domains and have been identified as essential factors for specific events of C-to-U RNA editing, which is abundant in the two endosymbiotic plant organelles. Among those carboxyterminal domain additions to plant PPR proteins, the so-called DYW domain is particularly interesting given its similarity to cytidine deaminases. The frequency of organelle C-to-U RNA editing and the diversity of DYW-type PPR proteins correlate well in plants and both were recently identified outside of land plants, in the protist Naegleria gruberi. Here we present a systematic survey of PPR protein genes and report on the identification of additional DYW-type PPR proteins in the protists Acanthamoeba castellanii, Malawimonas jakobiformis, and Physarum polycephalum. Moreover, DYW domains were also found in basal branches of multi-cellular lineages outside of land plants, including the alga Nitella flexilis and the rotifers Adineta ricciae and Philodina roseola. Intriguingly, the well-characterized and curious patterns of mitochondrial RNA editing in the slime mold Physarum also include examples of C-to-U changes. Finally, we identify candidate sites for mitochondrial RNA editing in Malawimonas, further supporting a link between DYW-type PPR proteins and C-to-U editing, which may have remained hitherto unnoticed in additional eukaryote lineages.
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- Abteilung Molekulare Evolution; Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik; Universität Bonn; Bonn, Germany
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- Abteilung Molekulare Evolution; Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik; Universität Bonn; Bonn, Germany
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- Center for RNA Molecular Biology; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH USA
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- Abteilung Molekulare Evolution; Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik; Universität Bonn; Bonn, Germany
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Lenz H, Knoop V. PREPACT 2.0: Predicting C-to-U and U-to-C RNA Editing in Organelle Genome Sequences with Multiple References and Curated RNA Editing Annotation. Bioinform Biol Insights 2013; 7:1-19. [PMID: 23362369 PMCID: PMC3547502 DOI: 10.4137/bbi.s11059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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RNA editing is vast in some genetic systems, with up to thousands of targeted C-to-U and U-to-C substitutions in mitochondria and chloroplasts of certain plants. Efficient prognoses of RNA editing in organelle genomes will help to reveal overlooked cases of editing. We present PREPACT 2.0 (http://www.prepact.de) with numerous enhancements of our previously developed Plant RNA Editing Prediction & Analysis Computer Tool. Reference organelle transcriptomes for editing prediction have been extended and reorganized to include 19 curated mitochondrial and 13 chloroplast genomes, now allowing to distinguish RNA editing sites from “pre-edited” sites. Queries may be run against multiple references and a new “commons” function identifies and highlights orthologous candidate editing sites congruently predicted by multiple references. Enhancements to the BLASTX mode in PREPACT 2.0 allow querying of complete novel organelle genomes within a few minutes, identifying protein genes and candidate RNA editing sites simultaneously without prior user analyses.
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- Henning Lenz
- Abteilung Molekulare Evolution, Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Botanik, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Boussardon C, Salone V, Avon A, Berthomé R, Hammani K, Okuda K, Shikanai T, Small I, Lurin C. Two interacting proteins are necessary for the editing of the NdhD-1 site in Arabidopsis plastids. THE PLANT CELL 2012; 24:3684-94. [PMID: 23001034 PMCID: PMC3480295 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.099507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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After transcription, mRNA editing in angiosperm chloroplasts and mitochondria results in the conversion of cytidine to uridine by deamination. Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants affected in RNA editing have shown that many pentatricopeptide repeat proteins (PPRs) are required for specific cytidine deamination events. PPR proteins have been shown to be sequence-specific RNA binding proteins allowing the recognition of the C to be edited. The C-terminal DYW domain present in many editing factors has been proposed to catalyze C deamination, as it shows sequence similarities with cytidine deaminases in other organisms. However, many editing factors, such as the first to be discovered, CHLORORESPIRATORY REDUCTION4 (CRR4), lack this domain, so its importance has been unclear. Using a reverse genetic approach, we identified DYW1, an RNA editing factor acting specifically on the plastid ndhD-1 editing site recognized by CRR4. Unlike other known editing factors, DYW1 contains no identifiable PPR motifs but does contain a clear DYW domain. We were able to show interaction between CRR4 and DYW1 by bimolecular fluorescence complementation and to reconstitute a functional chimeric CRR4-DYW1 protein complementing the crr4 dyw1double mutant. We propose that CRR4 and DYW1 act together to edit the ndhD-1 site.
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- Clément Boussardon
- Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Université Evry Val d'Essonne/Equipe de Recherche Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 91057, 91057 Evry cedex, France
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Université Evry Val d'Essonne/Equipe de Recherche Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 91057, 91057 Evry cedex, France
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Université Evry Val d'Essonne/Equipe de Recherche Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 91057, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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- Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Université Evry Val d'Essonne/Equipe de Recherche Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 91057, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Université Evry Val d'Essonne/Equipe de Recherche Labellisée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 91057, 91057 Evry cedex, France
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Nuclear DYW-type PPR gene families diversify with increasing RNA editing frequencies in liverwort and moss mitochondria. J Mol Evol 2012; 74:37-51. [PMID: 22302222 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-012-9486-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
RNA editing in mitochondria and chloroplasts of land plants alters transcript sequences by site-specific conversions of cytidines into uridines. RNA editing frequencies vary extremely between land plant clades, ranging from zero in some liverworts to more than 2,000 sites in lycophytes. Unique pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins with variable domain extension (E/E+/DYW) have recently been identified as specific editing site recognition factors in model plants. The distinctive functions of these PPR protein domain additions have remained unclear, although deaminase function has been proposed for the DYW domain. To shed light on diversity of RNA editing and DYW proteins at the origin of land plant evolution, we investigated editing patterns of the mitochondrial nad5, nad4, and nad2 genes in a wide sampling of more than 100 liverworts and mosses using the recently developed PREPACT program (www.prepact.de) and exemplarily confirmed predicted RNA editing sites in selected taxa. Extreme variability in RNA editing frequency is seen both in liverworts and mosses. Only few editings exist in the liverwort Lejeunea cavifolia or the moss Pogonatum urnigerum whereas up to 20% of cytidines are edited in the liverwort Haplomitrium mnioides or the moss Takakia lepidozioides. Interestingly, the latter are taxa that branch very early within their respective clades. Amplicons targeting the E/E+/DYW domains and subsequent random clone sequencing show DYW domains among bryophytes to be highly conserved in comparison with their angiosperm counterparts and to correlate well with RNA editing frequencies regarding their diversities. We propose that DYW proteins are the key players of RNA editing at the origin of land plants.
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The term "RNA editing" encompasses a wide variety of mechanistically and phylogenetically unrelated processes that change the nucleotide sequence of an RNA species relative to that of the encoding DNA. Two general classes of editing, substitution and insertion/deletion, have been described, with all major types of cellular RNA (messenger, ribosomal, and transfer) undergoing editing in different organisms. In cases where RNA editing is required for function (e.g., to generate a translatable open reading frame in a mRNA), editing is an obligatory step in the pathway of genetic information expression. How, when, and why individual RNA editing systems originated are intriguing biochemical and evolutionary questions. Here I review briefly what is known about the biochemistry, genetics, and phylogenetics of several very different RNA editing systems, emphasizing what we can deduce about their origin and evolution from the molecular machinery involved. An evolutionary model, centered on the concept of "constructive neutral evolution", is able to account in a general way for the origin of RNA editing systems. The model posits that the biochemical elements of an RNA editing system must be in place before there is an actual need for editing, and that RNA editing systems are inherently mutagenic because they allow potentially deleterious or lethal mutations to persist at the genome level, whereas they would otherwise be purged by purifying selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael W Gray
- Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 4R2, Canada.
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