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Schmid LM, Manavski N, Chi W, Meurer J. Chloroplast Ribosome Biogenesis Factors. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 65:516-536. [PMID: 37498958 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The formation of chloroplasts can be traced back to an ancient event in which a eukaryotic host cell containing mitochondria ingested a cyanobacterium. Since then, chloroplasts have retained many characteristics of their bacterial ancestor, including their transcription and translation machinery. In this review, recent research on the maturation of rRNA and ribosome assembly in chloroplasts is explored, along with their crucial role in plant survival and their implications for plant acclimation to changing environments. A comparison is made between the ribosome composition and auxiliary factors of ancient and modern chloroplasts, providing insights into the evolution of ribosome assembly factors. Although the chloroplast contains ancient proteins with conserved functions in ribosome assembly, newly evolved factors have also emerged to help plants acclimate to changes in their environment and internal signals. Overall, this review offers a comprehensive analysis of the molecular mechanisms underlying chloroplast ribosome assembly and highlights the importance of this process in plant survival, acclimation and adaptation.
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- Lisa-Marie Schmid
- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Großhaderner Street 2-4, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Großhaderner Street 2-4, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Großhaderner Street 2-4, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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Bertini L, Proietti S, Fongaro B, Holfeld A, Picotti P, Falconieri GS, Bizzarri E, Capaldi G, Polverino de Laureto P, Caruso C. Environmental Signals Act as a Driving Force for Metabolic and Defense Responses in the Antarctic Plant Colobanthus quitensis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3176. [PMID: 36432905 PMCID: PMC9695728 DOI: 10.3390/plants11223176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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During evolution, plants have faced countless stresses of both biotic and abiotic nature developing very effective mechanisms able to perceive and counteract adverse signals. The biggest challenge is the ability to fine-tune the trade-off between plant growth and stress resistance. The Antarctic plant Colobanthus quitensis has managed to survive the adverse environmental conditions of the white continent and can be considered a wonderful example of adaptation to prohibitive conditions for millions of other plant species. Due to the progressive environmental change that the Antarctic Peninsula has undergone over time, a more comprehensive overview of the metabolic features of C. quitensis becomes particularly interesting to assess its ability to respond to environmental stresses. To this end, a differential proteomic approach was used to study the response of C. quitensis to different environmental cues. Many differentially expressed proteins were identified highlighting the rewiring of metabolic pathways as well as defense responses. Finally, a different modulation of oxidative stress response between different environmental sites was observed. The data collected in this paper add knowledge on the impact of environmental stimuli on plant metabolism and stress response by providing useful information on the trade-off between plant growth and defense mechanisms.
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- Laura Bertini
- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35100 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Yan Y, Gan J, Tao Y, Okita TW, Tian L. RNA-Binding Proteins: The Key Modulator in Stress Granule Formation and Abiotic Stress Response. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:882596. [PMID: 35783947 PMCID: PMC9240754 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.882596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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To cope with abiotic environmental stress, plants rapidly change their gene expression transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally, the latter by translational suppression of selected proteins and the assembly of cytoplasmic stress granules (SGs) that sequester mRNA transcripts. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are the major players in these post-transcriptional processes, which control RNA processing in the nucleus, their export from the nucleus, and overall RNA metabolism in the cytoplasm. Because of their diverse modular domain structures, various RBP types dynamically co-assemble with their targeted RNAs and interacting proteins to form SGs, a process that finely regulates stress-responsive gene expression. This review summarizes recent findings on the involvement of RBPs in adapting plants to various abiotic stresses via modulation of specific gene expression events and SG formation. The relationship of these processes with the stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) is discussed.
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- Yanyan Yan
- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
- *Correspondence: Thomas W. Okita,
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- Key Laboratory of Quality and Safety Control for Subtropical Fruit and Vegetable (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Collaborative Innovation Center for Efficient and Green Production of Agriculture in Mountainous Areas of Zhejiang Province, College of Horticulture Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
- Li Tian,
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Comparative transcriptomic and physiological analyses of weedy rice and cultivated rice to identify vital differentially expressed genes and pathways regulating the ABA response. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12881. [PMID: 34145345 PMCID: PMC8213743 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92504-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Weedy rice is a valuable germplasm resource characterized by its high tolerance to both abiotic and biotic stresses. Abscisic acid (ABA) serves as a regulatory signal in plant cells as part of their adaptive response to stress. However, a global understanding of the response of weedy rice to ABA remains to be elucidated. In the present study, the sensitivity to ABA of weedy rice (WR04-6) was compared with that of temperate japonica Shennong9816 (SN9816) in terms of seed germination and post-germination growth via the application of exogenous ABA and diniconazole, an inhibitor of ABA catabolism. Physiological analysis and a transcriptomic comparison allowed elucidation of the molecular and physiological mechanisms associated with continuous ABA and diniconazole treatment. WR04-6 was found to display higher ABA sensitivity than SN9816, resulting in the rapid promotion of antioxidant enzyme activity. Comparative transcriptomic analyses indicated that the number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in WR04-6 seedlings treated with 2 μM ABA or 10 μM diniconazole was greater than that in SN9816 seedlings. Genes involved in stress defense, hormone signal transduction, and glycolytic and citrate cycle pathways were highly expressed in WR04-6 in response to ABA and diniconazole. These findings provide new insight into key processes mediating the ABA response between weedy and cultivated rice.
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Lee K, Kang H. Roles of Organellar RNA-Binding Proteins in Plant Growth, Development, and Abiotic Stress Responses. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21124548. [PMID: 32604726 PMCID: PMC7352785 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Organellar gene expression (OGE) in chloroplasts and mitochondria is primarily modulated at post-transcriptional levels, including RNA processing, intron splicing, RNA stability, editing, and translational control. Nucleus-encoded Chloroplast or Mitochondrial RNA-Binding Proteins (nCMRBPs) are key regulatory factors that are crucial for the fine-tuned regulation of post-transcriptional RNA metabolism in organelles. Although the functional roles of nCMRBPs have been studied in plants, their cellular and physiological functions remain largely unknown. Nevertheless, existing studies that have characterized the functions of nCMRBP families, such as chloroplast ribosome maturation and splicing domain (CRM) proteins, pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins, DEAD-Box RNA helicase (DBRH) proteins, and S1-domain containing proteins (SDPs), have begun to shed light on the role of nCMRBPs in plant growth, development, and stress responses. Here, we review the latest research developments regarding the functional roles of organellar RBPs in RNA metabolism during growth, development, and abiotic stress responses in plants.
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- Kwanuk Lee
- Plant Molecular Biology (Botany), Department of Biology I, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
- Correspondence: (K.L.); (H.K.); Tel.: +49-157-8852-8990 (K.L.); +82-62-530-2181 (H.K.); Fax: +82-62-530-2079 (H.K.)
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- Department of Applied Biology and AgriBio Institute of Climate Change Management, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
- Correspondence: (K.L.); (H.K.); Tel.: +49-157-8852-8990 (K.L.); +82-62-530-2181 (H.K.); Fax: +82-62-530-2079 (H.K.)
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Watkins KP, Williams-Carrier R, Chotewutmontri P, Friso G, Teubner M, Belcher S, Ruwe H, Schmitz-Linneweber C, van Wijk KJ, Barkan A. Exploring the proteome associated with the mRNA encoding the D1 reaction center protein of Photosystem II in plant chloroplasts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:369-382. [PMID: 31793101 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Synthesis of the D1 reaction center protein of Photosystem II is dynamically regulated in response to environmental and developmental cues. In chloroplasts, much of this regulation occurs at the post-transcriptional level, but the proteins responsible are largely unknown. To discover proteins that impact psbA expression, we identified proteins that associate with maize psbA mRNA by: (i) formaldehyde cross-linking of leaf tissue followed by antisense oligonucleotide affinity capture of psbA mRNA; and (ii) co-immunoprecipitation with HCF173, a psbA translational activator that is known to bind psbA mRNA. The S1 domain protein SRRP1 and two RNA Recognition Motif (RRM) domain proteins, CP33C and CP33B, were enriched with both approaches. Orthologous proteins were also among the enriched protein set in a previous study in Arabidopsis that employed a designer RNA-binding protein as a psbA RNA affinity tag. We show here that CP33B is bound to psbA mRNA in vivo, as was shown previously for CP33C and SRRP1. Immunoblot, pulse labeling, and ribosome profiling analyses of mutants lacking CP33B and/or CP33C detected some decreases in D1 protein levels under some conditions, but no change in psbA RNA abundance or translation. However, analogous experiments showed that SRRP1 represses psbA ribosome association in the dark, represses ycf1 ribosome association, and promotes accumulation of ndhC mRNA. As SRRP1 is known to harbor RNA chaperone activity, we postulate that SRRP1 mediates these effects by modulating RNA structures. The uncharacterized proteins that emerged from our analyses provide a resource for the discovery of proteins that impact the expression of psbA and other chloroplast genes.
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- Kenneth P Watkins
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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- Institute of Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA
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Jiang J, Hu J, Tan R, Han Y, Li Z. Expression of IbVPE1 from sweet potato in Arabidopsis affects leaf development, flowering time and chlorophyll catabolism. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:184. [PMID: 31060496 PMCID: PMC6503384 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1789-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Since their discovery, vacuolar processing enzymes (VPEs) have consistently been investigated as programmed cell death (PCD) initiators and participants in plant development and responses to biotic or abiotic stresses, in part due to similarities with the apoptosis regulator caspase-1. However, recent studies show additional functions of VPE in tomatoes, specifically in sucrose accumulation and fruit ripening. RESULTS Herein, we evaluated the functions of VPE from sweetpotato, initially in expression pattern analyses of IbVPE1 during development and senescence. Subsequently, we identified physiological functions by overexpressing IbVPE1 in Arabidopsis thaliana, and showed reduced leaf sizes and numbers and early flowering, and elucidated the underlying molecular mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS The present data demonstrate functions of the VPE gene family in development and senescence and in regulation of flowering times, leaf sizes and numbers, and senescence phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Jiaojiao Jiang
- Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186 South Korea
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116 China
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- Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Integrative Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116 China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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Park YR, Choi MJ, Park SJ, Kang H. Three zinc-finger RNA-binding proteins in cabbage (Brassica rapa) play diverse roles in seed germination and plant growth under normal and abiotic stress conditions. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2017; 159:93-106. [PMID: 27528428 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Despite the increasing understanding of the stress-responsive roles of zinc-finger RNA-binding proteins (RZs) in several plant species, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, wheat (Triticum aestivum) and rice (Oryza sativa), the functions of RZs in cabbage (Brassica rapa) have not yet been elucidated. In this study, the functional roles of the three RZ family members present in the cabbage genome, designated as BrRZ1, BrRZ2 and BrRZ3, were investigated in transgenic Arabidopsis under normal and environmental stress conditions. Subcellular localization analysis revealed that all BrRZ proteins were exclusively localized in the nucleus. The expression levels of each BrRZ were markedly increased by cold, drought or salt stress and by abscisic acid (ABA) treatment. Expression of BrRZ3 in Arabidopsis retarded seed germination and stem growth and reduced seed yield of Arabidopsis plants under normal growth conditions. Germination of BrRZ2- or BrRZ3-expressing Arabidopsis seeds was delayed compared with that of wild-type seeds under dehydration or salt stress conditions and cold stress conditions, respectively. Seedling growth of BrRZ3-expressing transgenic Arabidopsis plants was significantly inhibited under salt, dehydration or cold stress conditions. Notably, seedling growth of all three BrRZ-expressing transgenic Arabidopsis plants was inhibited upon ABA treatment. Importantly, all BrRZs possessed RNA chaperone activity. Taken together, these results indicate that the three cabbage BrRZs harboring RNA chaperone activity play diverse roles in seed germination and seedling growth of plants under abiotic stress conditions as well as in the presence of ABA.
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- Ye Rin Park
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
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Leister D, Wang L, Kleine T. Organellar Gene Expression and Acclimation of Plants to Environmental Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:387. [PMID: 28377785 PMCID: PMC5359298 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Organelles produce ATP and a variety of vital metabolites, and are indispensable for plant development. While most of their original gene complements have been transferred to the nucleus in the course of evolution, they retain their own genomes and gene-expression machineries. Hence, organellar function requires tight coordination between organellar gene expression (OGE) and nuclear gene expression (NGE). OGE requires various nucleus-encoded proteins that regulate transcription, splicing, trimming, editing, and translation of organellar RNAs, which necessitates nucleus-to-organelle (anterograde) communication. Conversely, changes in OGE trigger retrograde signaling that modulates NGE in accordance with the current status of the organelle. Changes in OGE occur naturally in response to developmental and environmental changes, and can be artificially induced by inhibitors such as lincomycin or mutations that perturb OGE. Focusing on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and its plastids, we review here recent findings which suggest that perturbations of OGE homeostasis regularly result in the activation of acclimation and tolerance responses, presumably via retrograde signaling.
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Gu L, Jung HJ, Kwak KJ, Dinh SN, Kim YO, Kang H. An RRM-containing mei2-like MCT1 plays a negative role in the seed germination and seedling growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in the presence of ABA. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 109:273-279. [PMID: 27771580 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 09/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Despite an increasing understanding of the essential role of the Mei2 gene encoding an RNA-binding protein (RBP) in premeiotic DNA synthesis and meiosis in yeasts and animals, the functional roles of the mei2-like genes in plant growth and development are largely unknown. Contrary to other mei2-like RBPs that contain three RNA-recognition motifs (RRMs), the mei2 C-terminal RRM only (MCT) is unique in that it harbors only the last C-terminal RRM. Although MCTs have been implicated to play important roles in plants, their functional roles in stress responses as well as plant growth and development are still unknown. Here, we investigated the expression and functional role of MCT1 (At1g37140) in plant response to abscisic acid (ABA). Confocal analysis of MCT1-GFP-expressing plants revealed that MCT1 is localized to the nucleus. The transcript level of MCT1 was markedly increased upon ABA treatment. Analysis of MCT1-overexpressing transgenic Arabidopsis plants and artificial miRNA-mediated mct1 knockdown mutants demonstrated that MCT1 inhibited seed germination and cotyledon greening of Arabidopsis plants under ABA. The transcript levels of ABA signaling-related genes, such as ABI3, ABI4, and ABI5, were markedly increased in the MCT1-overexpressing transgenic plant. Collectively, these results suggest that ABA-upregulated MCT1 plays a negative role in Arabidopsis seed germination and seedling growth under ABA by modulating the expression of ABA signaling-related genes.
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- Lili Gu
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology, College of Grassland and Environmental Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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Lee K, Kang H. Emerging Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses. Mol Cells 2016; 39:179-85. [PMID: 26831454 PMCID: PMC4794599 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2016.2359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Posttranscriptional regulation of RNA metabolism, including RNA processing, intron splicing, editing, RNA export, and decay, is increasingly regarded as an essential step for fine-tuning the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are central regulatory factors controlling posttranscriptional RNA metabolism during plant growth, development, and stress responses. Although functional roles of diverse RBPs in living organisms have been determined during the last decades, our understanding of the functional roles of RBPs in plants is lagging far behind our understanding of those in other organisms, including animals, bacteria, and viruses. However, recent functional analysis of multiple RBP family members involved in plant RNA metabolism and elucidation of the mechanistic roles of RBPs shed light on the cellular roles of diverse RBPs in growth, development, and stress responses of plants. In this review, we will discuss recent studies demonstrating the emerging roles of multiple RBP family members that play essential roles in RNA metabolism during plant growth, development, and stress responses.
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- Kwanuk Lee
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757,
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757,
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