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Böhm C, Inckemann R, Burgis M, Baumann J, Brinkmann CK, Lipinska KE, Gilles S, Freudigmann J, Seiler VN, Clark LG, Jewett MC, Voll LM, Niederholtmeyer H. Chloroplast Cell-Free Systems from Different Plant Species as a Rapid Prototyping Platform. ACS Synth Biol 2024; 13:2412-2424. [PMID: 39028299 PMCID: PMC11334176 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Climate change poses a significant threat to global agriculture, necessitating innovative solutions. Plant synthetic biology, particularly chloroplast engineering, holds promise as a viable approach to this challenge. Chloroplasts present a variety of advantageous traits for genetic engineering, but the development of genetic tools and genetic part characterization in these organelles is hindered by the lengthy time scales required to generate transplastomic organisms. To address these challenges, we have established a versatile protocol for generating highly active chloroplast-based cell-free gene expression (CFE) systems derived from a diverse range of plant species, including wheat (monocot), spinach, and poplar trees (dicots). We show that these systems work with conventionally used T7 RNA polymerase as well as the endogenous chloroplast polymerases, allowing for detailed characterization and prototyping of regulatory sequences at both transcription and translation levels. To demonstrate the platform for characterization of promoters and 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) in higher plant chloroplast gene expression, we analyze a collection of 23 5'UTRs, 10 3'UTRs, and 6 chloroplast promoters, assessed their expression in spinach and wheat extracts, and found consistency in expression patterns, suggesting cross-species compatibility. Looking forward, our chloroplast CFE systems open new avenues for plant synthetic biology, offering prototyping tools for both understanding gene expression and developing engineered plants, which could help meet the demands of a changing global climate.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clemens
V. Böhm
- Max-Planck
Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular
Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular
Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular
Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Molecular
Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Center
for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-Universität
Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Technical
University of Munich, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, 94315 Straubing, Germany
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Palomar VM, Jaksich S, Fujii S, Kuciński J, Wierzbicki AT. High-resolution map of plastid-encoded RNA polymerase binding patterns demonstrates a major role of transcription in chloroplast gene expression. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1139-1151. [PMID: 35765883 PMCID: PMC9540123 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
Plastids contain their own genomes, which are transcribed by two types of RNA polymerases. One of those enzymes is a bacterial-type, multi-subunit polymerase encoded by the plastid genome. The plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) is required for efficient expression of genes encoding proteins involved in photosynthesis. Despite the importance of PEP, its DNA binding locations have not been studied on the genome-wide scale at high resolution. We established a highly specific approach to detect the genome-wide pattern of PEP binding to chloroplast DNA using plastid chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ptChIP-seq). We found that in mature Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplasts, PEP has a complex DNA binding pattern with preferential association at genes encoding rRNA, tRNA, and a subset of photosynthetic proteins. Sigma factors SIG2 and SIG6 strongly impact PEP binding to a subset of tRNA genes and have more moderate effects on PEP binding throughout the rest of the genome. PEP binding is commonly enriched on gene promoters, around transcription start sites. Finally, the levels of PEP binding to DNA are correlated with levels of RNA accumulation, which demonstrates the impact of PEP on chloroplast gene expression. Presented data are available through a publicly available Plastid Genome Visualization Tool (Plavisto) at https://plavisto.mcdb.lsa.umich.edu/.
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- V. Miguel Palomar
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan48109USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan48109USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan48109USA
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of ScienceKyoto UniversityKyoto606‐8502Japan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life ScienceHirosaki UniversityHirosaki036‐8561Japan
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan48109USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan48109USA
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Chloroplasts, the sites of photosynthesis and sources of reducing power, are at the core of the success story that sets apart autotrophic plants from most other living organisms. Along with their fellow organelles (e.g., amylo-, chromo-, etio-, and leucoplasts), they form a group of intracellular biosynthetic machines collectively known as plastids. These plant cell constituents have their own genome (plastome), their own (70S) ribosomes, and complete enzymatic equipment covering the full range from DNA replication via transcription and RNA processive modification to translation. Plastid RNA synthesis (gene transcription) involves the collaborative activity of two distinct types of RNA polymerases that differ in their phylogenetic origin as well as their architecture and mode of function. The existence of multiple plastid RNA polymerases is reflected by distinctive sets of regulatory DNA elements and protein factors. This complexity of the plastid transcription apparatus thus provides ample room for regulatory effects at many levels within and beyond transcription. Research in this field offers insight into the various ways in which plastid genes, both singly and groupwise, can be regulated according to the needs of the entire cell. Furthermore, it opens up strategies that allow to alter these processes in order to optimize the expression of desired gene products.
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- Jennifer Ortelt
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
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Tadini L, Peracchio C, Trotta A, Colombo M, Mancini I, Jeran N, Costa A, Faoro F, Marsoni M, Vannini C, Aro EM, Pesaresi P. GUN1 influences the accumulation of NEP-dependent transcripts and chloroplast protein import in Arabidopsis cotyledons upon perturbation of chloroplast protein homeostasis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:1198-1220. [PMID: 31648387 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Correct chloroplast development and function require co-ordinated expression of chloroplast and nuclear genes. This is achieved through chloroplast signals that modulate nuclear gene expression in accordance with the chloroplast's needs. Genetic evidence indicates that GUN1, a chloroplast-localized pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein with a C-terminal Small MutS-Related (SMR) domain, is involved in integrating multiple developmental and stress-related signals in both young seedlings and adult leaves. Recently, GUN1 was found to interact physically with factors involved in chloroplast protein homeostasis, and with enzymes of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in adult leaves that function in various retrograde signalling pathways. Here we show that following perturbation of chloroplast protein homeostasis: (i) by growth in lincomycin-containing medium; or (ii) in mutants defective in either the FtsH protease complex (ftsh), plastid ribosome activity (prps21-1 and prpl11-1) or plastid protein import and folding (cphsc70-1), GUN1 influences NEP-dependent transcript accumulation during cotyledon greening and also intervenes in chloroplast protein import.
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- Luca Tadini
- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali - Produzione, Territorio, Agroenergia, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100, Varese, Italy
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- Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133, Milano, Italy
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Wang QM, Cui J, Dai H, Zhou Y, Li N, Zhang Z. Comparative transcriptome profiling of genes and pathways involved in leaf-patterning of Clivia miniata var. variegata. Gene 2018; 677:280-288. [PMID: 30077010 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.07.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Clivia miniata var. variegata (Cmvv) typically possesses yellow- and green-striped leaves. The striped plant not only has a high ornamental value but also be suitable for photosynthesis and chloroplast development research. Our previous study had revealed that yellow stripes (YSs) of Cmvv leaves contain chlorophyll-less ineffective chloroplasts. However, mechanism of Cmvv variegation is yet to be investigated. In the study, transcriptomes of both the YSs and green stripes (GSs) from single Cmvv leaves were compared using high-throughput sequencing. A total of 688 differential expression genes (DEGs) were identified based on biological replications. The qRT-PCR results indicated that transcriptome profiles accurately reflected global transcriptome differences between YSs and GSs. Subcellular localization analysis suggested that 56 DEG proteins were targeted to chloroplasts, and might be involved in anterograde signaling and leaf patterning. Moreover, the DEGs were mostly enriched in photosynthesis and plant-pathogen interaction KEGG pathways. Meanwhile, there should be coordination interaction between the two pathways. Seven of the eight DEGs involved in photosynthesis KEGG pathway were chloroplast-encoded genes and distributed among different cistrons of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) large single copy regions (LSC) which are more prone to mutation. It was proposed that the YSs were caused by mutation(s) in cpDNA LSC. Thus, when the primary zygote of Cmvv was chimeric in LSC, leaf might be yellow- and green-striped. The study would give new insights into plant variegation and offers candidate genes to guide future research attempting to breed variegated plants.
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- Qin-Mei Wang
- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China; College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China.
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Díaz MG, Hernández-Verdeja T, Kremnev D, Crawford T, Dubreuil C, Strand Å. Redox regulation of PEP activity during seedling establishment in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Commun 2018; 9:50. [PMID: 29298981 PMCID: PMC5752674 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02468-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Activation of the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase is tightly controlled and involves a network of phosphorylation and, as yet unidentified, thiol-mediated events. Here, we characterize PLASTID REDOX INSENSITIVE2, a redox-regulated protein required for full PEP-driven transcription. PRIN2 dimers can be reduced into the active monomeric form by thioredoxins through reduction of a disulfide bond. Exposure to light increases the ratio between the monomeric and dimeric forms of PRIN2. Complementation of prin2-2 with different PRIN2 protein variants demonstrates that the monomer is required for light-activated PEP-dependent transcription and that expression of the nuclear-encoded photosynthesis genes is linked to the activity of PEP. Activation of PEP during chloroplast development likely is the source of a retrograde signal that promotes nuclear LHCB expression. Thus, regulation of PRIN2 is the thiol-mediated mechanism required for full PEP activity, with PRIN2 monomerization via reduction by TRXs providing a mechanistic link between photosynthetic electron transport and activation of photosynthetic gene expression. The plastid-encoded RNA polymerase PEP is regulated according to plastid redox state. Here, the authors show that the redox-regulated PRIN2 protein is reduced to monomeric form in a thiol-dependent manner in response to light and that PRIN2 monomers are required for PEP activity and retrograde signaling.
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- Manuel Guinea Díaz
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.,Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20520, Turku, Finland
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
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Tangphatsornruang S, Gray JC. Determination of the half-life of chloroplast transcripts in tobacco leaves. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1132:221-34. [PMID: 24599856 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-995-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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The amounts of specific transcripts that accumulate in chloroplasts are determined by the rates of synthesis and degradation of the transcripts. The 3' untranslated region of transcripts is a major determinant of the stability of transcripts in chloroplasts. The half-lives of specific transcripts can be determined by northern blot analysis of a time course of transcripts in detached tobacco leaves incubated with actinomycin D, a potent transcription inhibitor. This analysis may be applied to transcripts of endogenous genes or of transgenes introduced into the chloroplast genome in transplastomic plants. Sequence determinants of transcript stability can be identified by analysis of transplastomic plants containing constructs of the green fluorescent protein (gfp) reporter gene fused to the sequences of interest.
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Chloroplasts, the sites of photosynthesis and sources of reducing power, are at the core of the success story that sets apart autotrophic plants from most other living organisms. Along with their fellow organelles (e.g., amylo-, chromo-, etio-, and leucoplasts), they form a group of intracellular biosynthetic machines collectively known as plastids. These plant cell constituents have their own genome (plastome), their own (70S) ribosomes, and complete enzymatic equipment covering the full range from DNA replication via transcription and RNA processive modification to translation. Plastid RNA synthesis (gene transcription) involves the collaborative activity of two distinct types of RNA polymerases that differ in their phylogenetic origin as well as their architecture and mode of function. The existence of multiple plastid RNA polymerases is reflected by distinctive sets of regulatory DNA elements and protein factors. This complexity of the plastid transcription apparatus thus provides ample room for regulatory effects at many levels within and beyond transcription. Research in this field offers insight into the various ways in which plastid genes, both singly and groupwise, can be regulated according to the needs of the entire cell. Furthermore, it opens up strategies that allow to alter these processes in order to optimize the expression of desired gene products.
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- Jennifer Ortelt
- Plant Cell Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Luro S, Germain A, Sharwood RE, Stern DB. RNase J participates in a pentatricopeptide repeat protein-mediated 5' end maturation of chloroplast mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:9141-51. [PMID: 23921629 PMCID: PMC3799425 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleus-encoded ribonucleases and RNA-binding proteins influence chloroplast gene expression through their roles in RNA maturation and stability. One mechanism for mRNA 5' end maturation posits that sequence-specific pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins define termini by blocking the 5'→3' exonucleolytic activity of ribonuclease J (RNase J). To test this hypothesis in vivo, virus-induced gene silencing was used to reduce the expression of three PPR proteins and RNase J, both individually and jointly, in Nicotiana benthamiana. In accordance with the stability-conferring function of the PPR proteins PPR10, HCF152 and MRL1, accumulation of the cognate RNA species atpH, petB and rbcL was reduced when the PPR-encoding genes were silenced. In contrast, RNase J reduction alone or combined with PPR deficiency resulted in reduced abundance of polycistronic precursor transcripts and mature counterparts, which were replaced by intermediately sized species with heterogeneous 5' ends. We conclude that RNase J deficiency can partially mask the absence of PPR proteins, and that RNase J is capable of processing chloroplast mRNAs up to PPR protein-binding sites. These findings support the hypothesis that RNase J is the major ribonuclease responsible for maturing chloroplast mRNA 5' termini, with RNA-binding proteins acting as barriers to its activity.
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- Scott Luro
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond 2753, Australia
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond 2753, Australia
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond 2753, Australia
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA and Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond 2753, Australia
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Zubo YO, Kusnetsov VV, Börner T, Liere K. Reverse protection assay: a tool to analyze transcriptional rates from individual promoters. PLANT METHODS 2011; 7:47. [PMID: 22185205 PMCID: PMC3259058 DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-7-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Transcriptional activity of entire genes in chloroplasts is usually assayed by run-on analyses. To determine not only the overall intensity of transcription of a gene, but also the rate of transcription from a particular promoter, we created the Reverse RNase Protection Assay (RePro): in-organello run-on transcription coupled to RNase protection to define distinct transcript ends during transcription. We demonstrate successful application of RePro in plastid promoter analysis and transcript 3' end processing.
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- Yan O Zubo
- Institut für Biologie (Genetik), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
- Timiriazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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- Timiriazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya 35, Moscow, 127276 Russia
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- Institut für Biologie (Genetik), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie (Genetik), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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Hotto AM, Huston ZE, Stern DB. Overexpression of a natural chloroplast-encoded antisense RNA in tobacco destabilizes 5S rRNA and retards plant growth. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2010; 10:213. [PMID: 20920268 PMCID: PMC3017836 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The roles of non-coding RNAs in regulating gene expression have been extensively studied in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, however few reports exist as to their roles in organellar gene regulation. Evidence for accumulation of natural antisense RNAs (asRNAs) in chloroplasts comes from the expressed sequence tag database and cDNA libraries, while functional data have been largely obtained from artificial asRNAs. In this study, we used Nicotiana tabacum to investigate the effect on sense strand transcripts of overexpressing a natural chloroplast asRNA, AS5, which is complementary to the region which encodes the 5S rRNA and tRNAArg. RESULTS AS5-overexpressing (AS5ox) plants obtained by chloroplast transformation exhibited slower growth and slightly pale green leaves. Analysis of AS5 transcripts revealed four distinct species in wild-type (WT) and AS5ox plants, and additional AS5ox-specific products. Of the corresponding sense strand transcripts, tRNAArg overaccumulated several-fold in transgenic plants whereas 5S rRNA was unaffected. However, run-on transcription showed that the 5S-trnR region was transcribed four-fold more in the AS5ox plants compared to WT, indicating that overexpression of AS5 was associated with decreased stability of 5S rRNA. In addition, polysome analysis of the transformants showed less 5S rRNA and rbcL mRNA associated with ribosomes. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that AS5 can modulate 5S rRNA levels, giving it the potential to affect Chloroplast translation and plant growth. More globally, overexpression of asRNAs via chloroplast transformation may be a useful strategy for defining their functions.
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MESH Headings
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Phenotype
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/genetics
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Chloroplast/genetics
- RNA, Chloroplast/metabolism
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- RNA, Plant/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Arg/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Arg/metabolism
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Nicotiana/growth & development
- Nicotiana/metabolism
- Transformation, Genetic
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- Amber M Hotto
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Riverdale High School, 9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR 97219, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Redox Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression. PHOTOPROTECTION, PHOTOINHIBITION, GENE REGULATION, AND ENVIRONMENT 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3579-9_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Legen J, Wanner G, Herrmann RG, Small I, Schmitz-Linneweber C. Plastid tRNA genes trnC-GCA and trnN-GUU are essential for plant cell development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 51:751-62. [PMID: 17573798 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03177.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Higher plant chloroplast genomes code for a conserved set of 30 tRNAs. This set is believed to be sufficient to support translation, although import of cytosolic tRNA has been proposed to provide additional tRNA species to the chloroplast. Previous knock-outs of tRNA genes, or the pronounced reduction of the level of selected tRNAs, has not led to severe phenotypes. We deleted the two tRNA genes trnN-GUU and trnC-GCA independently from the plastid chromosome of tobacco. No homoplastomic tissue of either DeltatrnN or DeltatrnC plants could be isolated. Both mutants exhibit occasional loss of leaf sectors, and mutant plastid chromosomes are rapidly lost upon relief of selective pressure. This suggests that the knock-out of both trn genes is lethal, and that both tRNA species are required for cell survival. Surprisingly, the impact on chloroplast and cell development differs pronouncedly between the two mutants. Heteroplastomic DeltatrnC and DeltatrnN tissue exhibit different aberrations of the internal membrane systems and, more importantly, heteroplastomic DeltatrnN plants are variegated. Accumulation of tRNA-N and plastid-encoded proteins is reduced in white sectors of DeltatrnN plants, and differentiation of palisade cells is abolished. Our data demonstrate that plastid tRNAs are essential, i.e. not complemented by cytosolic tRNA, and have a differential impact on chloroplast and plant cell development.
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- Julia Legen
- Institut für Biologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Bollenbach TJ, Tatman DA, Stern DB. CSP41a, a multifunctional RNA-binding protein, initiates mRNA turnover in tobacco chloroplasts. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 36:842-52. [PMID: 14675449 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01935.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Expression of chloroplast stem-loop binding protein (CSP)41a, a highly conserved chloroplast endoribonuclease, was reduced >90% by the expression of antisense RNA in Nicotiana tabacum. The most striking effects of this silencing were two- to sevenfold decreases in the degradation rates of rbcL, psbA, and petD transcripts in lysed chloroplast extracts. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that CSP41a participates in initiating mRNA turnover through endonucleolytic cleavages. Surprisingly, rbcL and psbA mRNAs accumulated to similar levels in wild-type and antisense lines. This suggested that decreased degradation was compensated by reduced transcription, which was confirmed using run-on transcription assays. The collective accumulation of petD-containing mRNAs in antisense plants decreased by 25% compared to wild-type controls. However, the relative levels of petD processing intermediates in wild-type and antisense plants did not differ, and there were no changes in petD 3'-end maturation, suggesting that CSP41a is not required for petD RNA processing. CSP41a is a Mg2+-dependent enzyme; therefore, extracts from antisense plants were tested at different Mg2+ concentrations. These experiments showed that the half-life of rbcL decreased as the Mg2+ concentration was reduced, and at <1 mm free Mg2+, conditions where CSP41a is nearly inactive in vitro, the rbcL degradation rate was similar in wild-type and antisense extracts, suggesting that CSP41a is normally bypassed under these conditions. Mg2+ has been shown to mediate RNA stability during chloroplast biogenesis, and our data suggest that regulation of CSP41a activity by Mg2+ is a component of this process.
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- Thomas J Bollenbach
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Obukosia SD, Richards CM, Boyer CD. Expression of plastid-encoded photosynthetic genes during chloroplast or chromoplast differentiation in Cucurbitae pepo L. fruits. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2003; 64:1213-1221. [PMID: 14599519 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(03)00164-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The objective of the study was to determine the patterns of expression of two photosynthetic genes rbcL and psbA, during chloroplast and chromoplast differentiation in fruit tissues of three Cucurbitae pepo L. cultivars: Early Prolific, Foodhook Zucchini and Bicolor Gourds. In two Early Prolific isogenic lines, YYBB and YYB+B+, the steady-state amounts of rbcL and psbA transcripts increased with fruit development upto 14 days post-pollination. The YYB+B+ line in which chloroplast differentiates into chromoplast at about pollination, did not show significantly higher amounts of both transcripts compared to YYBB, in which chromoplast develops early prior to pollination. In the Bicolor Gourds, in which the chromoplast and chloroplast containing tissues lie in juxtaposition on the same fruit, showed little differences in rbcL and psbA transcripts between the two tissues, if any the chromoplast containing tissue contained more of both transcripts than the chloroplast containing tissue. In Fordhook Zucchini fruits, where the chloroplast containing tissue developed early prior to pollination and was maintained, the steady-state amounts of rbcL transcripts increased to a maximum at 3 days post-pollination and levelled at 14 and 21 days post-pollination. In contrast, in Fordhook Zucchini fruits, the psbA transcript increased gradually up to 21 days post-pollination. In Fordhook Zucchini, the apparent ratios of psbA transcripts versus rbcL transcripts ranged from 2.5 to 3.9, at day 3 to 21 post-pollination, while in Bicolor Gourds were 2.9 and 4.5 at days 14 and 21 post-pollination. The two photosynthetic genes, psbA and rbcL were developmentally regulated and differentially expressed. However, their expression in chloroplast containing fruit tissues was not higher than in the chromoplast containing fruit tissues.
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- Silas D Obukosia
- Department of Crop Science, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Lupold DS, Caoile AG, Stern DB. Genomic context influences the activity of maize mitochondrial cox2 promoters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:11670-5. [PMID: 10500235 PMCID: PMC18092 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Plant mitochondrial genomes are highly recombinogenic, with a variety of species-specific direct and inverted repeats leading to in vivo accumulation of multiple DNA forms. In maize, the cox2 gene, which encodes subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase, lies immediately downstream of a 0.7-kilobase direct repeat, which is present in two copies in the 570-kilobase master chromosome. Promoters for cox2 exist upstream of both of these copies, in regions we have termed A and B. Three region B promoters are active for cox2 transcription in the master chromosome, whereas two region A promoters are active for cox2 transcription after recombination across the direct repeats. We have measured the proportion of genomes carrying region A or B upstream of cox2 in maize seedlings and found a ratio of approximately 1:6. Promoter strength, based on run-on transcription assays, shows a ratio of 1:4 for region A to region B promoters. These data allowed us to predict the relative contributions of region A and B to mitochondrial transcript accumulation, based on a simple product of genome-form abundance and promoter strength. When promoter use was determined by using quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR, however, we found that region A promoters were used at an unexpectedly high rate when upstream of cox2 and used less than expected when not upstream of cox2. Thus, the use of this set of promoters seems to respond to genomic context. These results suggest a role for intragenomic and intergenomic recombination in regulating plant mitochondrial gene expression.
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- D S Lupold
- Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Adamska I, Funk C, Renger G, Andersson B. Developmental regulation of the PsbS gene expression in spinach seedlings: the role of phytochrome. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 31:793-802. [PMID: 8806410 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The PsbS gene product (PSII-S) which is an integral subunit of photosystem II has recently been reported to be a new type of pigment-binding protein [11]. The chlorophylls of the PSII-S protein exhibit weak excitonic coupling and this protein is stable also in the absence of pigments. Here we investigated the expression of the PsbS gene in etiolated spinach seedlings grown either in complete darkness or exposed to light of various qualities. The results obtained reveal that the PsbS gene expression in etiolated spinach plants is subjected to endogenous control. This developmental control occurs at different levels of gene expression and results in transient accumulation of the PsbS transcripts with progressing etiolation. During the first two days after emerging of the cotyledons from the seed coat the steady-state level of the PsbS transcripts is regulated mainly through increased transcriptional activity of the PsbS gene. Prolonged growth of the seedlings in the dark resulted in additional post-transcriptional control of the PsbS transcript level. Translational activity of PsbS mRNA estimated by an integration of mRNA into polysomal complexes shows that the translation rate of PsbS mRNA is less influenced by seedling age. The maximal rate of translation is reached at the first day after cotyledons emergence but the translational activity of PsbS mRNA remains still high (50% of maximum) in 8-day old etiolated spinach plants. In addition to the light-independent developmental control, the PsbS gene expression is positively regulated by phytochrome in etiolated seedlings exposed to light. Red light, however, negatively influences the abundance of PsbS transcripts at post-transcriptional level. Studies on blue or far-red light effects reveal that the accumulation of PsbS transcripts exhibits the characteristics of very-low-fluence responses of the phytochrome receptor.
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- I Adamska
- Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
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Camara B, Hugueney P, Bouvier F, Kuntz M, Monéger R. Biochemistry and molecular biology of chromoplast development. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1995; 163:175-247. [PMID: 8522420 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Plant cells contain a unique class of organelles, designated the plastids, which distinguish them from animal cells. According to the largely accepted endosymbiotic theory of evolution, plastids are descendants of prokaryotes. This process requires several adaptative changes which involve the maintenance and the expression of part of the plastid genome, as well as the integration of the plastid activity to the cellular metabolism. This is illustrated by the diversity of plastids encountered in plant cells. For instance, in tissues undergoing color changes, i.e., flowers and fruits, the chromoplasts produce and accumulate excess carotenoids. In this paper we attempt to review the basic aspects of chromoplast development.
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- B Camara
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France
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Kubicki A, Steinmüller K, Westhoff P. Differential transcription of plastome-encoded genes in the mesophyll and bundle-sheath chloroplasts of the monocotyledonous NADP-malic enzyme-type C4 plants maize and Sorghum. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:669-79. [PMID: 8061319 DOI: 10.1007/bf00029605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The transcription of plastome-encoded genes in mesophyll and bundle-sheath chloroplasts of the monocotyledonous NADP-malic enzyme-type C4 species Zea mays L. (maize) and Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. was investigated. RNA accumulation and transcription were assayed starting from isolated mesophyll and bundle-sheath chloroplasts and using quantitative northern and run-on transcription analysis. Determination of the mesophyll to bundle-sheath ratios of transcript abundance in maize and Sorghum chloroplasts showed that the mRNAs of the plastome-encoded photosystem II genes analysed (psbA, psbB, psbD, psbH and psbE/F) varied from 2.5- to 4.0-fold (maize) and 3.1- to 5.2-fold (Sorghum), respectively. The rbcL transcript, in contrast, was more abundant in bundle-sheath chloroplasts of both species, about 3-fold in maize and more than 10-fold in Sorghum. On the other hand, transcripts of genes encoding the 16S ribosomal RNA (r16) and subunits of photosystem I (psaA) and the cytochrome b/f complex (petB, petA) accumulated to similar levels in both types of chloroplasts. Determination of absolute transcript levels for rbcL and psbA in chloroplasts from maize and Sorghum demonstrated that for both genes, the mesophyll to bundle-sheath differences in transcript abundance were more pronounced in Sorghum. Measurements of the transcriptional activities of rbcL and psbA showed that the transcription rate of rbcL is higher in bundle-sheath chloroplasts while psbA is more actively transcribed in mesophyll chloroplasts. The differences in the transcription rates between the two chloroplast types were again more pronounced in Sorghum, thus reflecting the differences between maize and Sorghum in the relative levels of the rbcL and psbA transcripts. However, although transcription rate and mRNA abundance are correlated, they did not exactly match one another. This indicates additional regulation of transcript abundance at the level of RNA stability.
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- A Kubicki
- Institut für Entwicklungs- und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
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Palomares R, Herrmann RG, Oelmüller R. Post-transcriptional and post-translational regulatory steps are crucial in controlling the appearance and stability of thylakoid polypeptides during the transition of etiolated tobacco seedlings to white light. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 217:345-52. [PMID: 8223572 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18252.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We have investigated the expression of nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins that are not associated with chlorophyll (the lumenal 33-kDa and 23-kDa polypeptides of the oxygen-evolving system of photosystem II, plastocyanin and the Rieske Fe/S protein) by comparing mRNA-accumulation rates with those of the corresponding proteins during illumination of etiolated tobacco seedlings. Using subcellular fractionation, pulse/chase, Northern and Western techniques, we found that the biogenesis and stability of these proteins are regulated both translationally, as well as post-translationally, including the efficiency of mRNA uptake into polysomes, processes that operate between translation and assembly or monitor the status (soluble and membrane-attached) of a terminally processed polypeptide. Polypeptide synthesis is generally not limited by mRNA amounts. For instance, steady-state transcript levels may increase 10-fold during illumination, while those associated with polysomes increase only 2-3-fold without measurable influence on the rate of protein synthesis. The 23-kDa and Rieske polypeptides are predominantly membrane associated, but plastocyanin and the 33-kDa polypeptide are distributed among both soluble and membrane-associated protein fractions. Plastocyanin appears to be comparably stable in both forms. However, for the 33-kDa polypeptide, only the membrane-attached form is stable (> 8 h) and only this pool increases upon illumination. Its soluble form is rapidly degraded with a half-life of approximately 1 h under the chosen conditions. Our findings probably reflect part of a more general regulatory principle operating in the differentiation and maintenance of subcellular structure.
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- R Palomares
- Botanisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
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Tonkyn JC, Gruissem W. Differential expression of the partially duplicated chloroplast S10 ribosomal protein operon. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1993; 241:141-52. [PMID: 8232197 DOI: 10.1007/bf00280211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The chloroplast S10 ribosomal protein operon is partially duplicated in many plants because it initiates within the inverted repeat of the circular chloroplast genome. In spinach, the complete S10 operon (S10B) spans the junction between inverted repeat B (IRB) and the large single-copy (LSC) region. The S10 operon is partially duplicated in the inverted repeat A (IRA), but the sequence of S10A completely diverges from S10B at the junction of S10A and the LSC region. The DNA sequence shared by S10A and S10B includes trnI1, the rpl23 pseudogene (rpl23 psi), the intron-containing rpl2 and rps19, which is truncated in S10A at the S10A/LSC junction (rps19'). Transcription of rps19' from the promoter region of S10A could result in the synthesis of a mutant S19 protein. Analysis of RNA accumulation and run-on transcription from S10A and S10B using unique probes from the S10A/LSC and S10B/LSC junctions reveals that expression of S10A is reduced. The difference in S10A and S10B expression appears to be the result of reduced transcription from S10A, rather than differences in RNA stability. Transcription of S10B can initiate at three distinct promoter regions, P1, P2 and P3, which map closely to transcripts detected by S1 nuclease analysis. P1 is located upstream of trnI1 and has the highest transcription initiation frequency in vitro of the three promoter regions. The DNA sequence of P1 is most similar to the chloroplast promoter consensus DNA sequence. Interference by the highly and convergently transcribed psbA-trnH1 operon is considered as a mechanism to explain the reduced activity of the S10A promoters.
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- J C Tonkyn
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Control of Metabolism and Development in Higher Plant Plastids. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY VOLUME 145 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60427-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Muise RC, Hauswirth WW. Transcription in maize mitochondria: effects of tissue and mitochondrial genotype. Curr Genet 1992; 22:235-42. [PMID: 1381994 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mitochondrial run-on assays were used to determine transcriptional rates for nine B37(N) maize mitochondrial genes. Quantitation by radiographic imaging detected a 15-fold range in transcriptional rates; the order of apparent promoter strength was rps12 greater than rrn26 greater than atp6 greater than rrn18 greater than cox2 greater than atp alpha greater than atp9 greater than cox3 greater than cob. By probing single-stranded DNAs of both polarities with the run-on-products we showed that gene-specific antisense transcription did not occur. We also tested whether relative transcriptional rates were dependent on either the mitochondrial genotype or the tissue from which the mitochondria were isolated. Although tissue-specific differences in transcriptional rates were not detected, significant variation in apparent promoter strength for at least one gene, rps12, was dependent on the cytoplasmic genotype; rps12 had a five-fold reduced transcriptional rate in B37(T), the Texas male cytoplasmic strain of maize. Pulse-chase experiments suggested that differential transcript stability was not a major determinant of steady state mitochondrial RNA levels. These results indicate not only that promoter strength is an important component of the regulation of transcript levels in maize mitochondria, but also that the strength of a specific gene promoter can be dependent on the cytoplasmic genotype. Finally, the high transcriptional rate of both ribosomal RNA genes and the one mitochondrially encoded ribosomal protein gene studied suggests coordinate transcriptional regulation of both RNA and protein components of the mitochondrial ribosome.
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- R C Muise
- Department of Immunology and Medical Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610
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Klein RR, Mullet JE. Light-induced transcription of chloroplast genes. psbA transcription is differentially enhanced in illuminated barley. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39915-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Chen LJ, Rogers SA, Bennett DC, Hu MC, Orozco EM. An in vitro transcription termination system to analyze chloroplast promoters: identification of multiple promoters for the spinach atpB gene. Curr Genet 1990; 17:55-64. [PMID: 1690085 DOI: 10.1007/bf00313249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Promoters for spinach chloroplast genes were cloned 5' to a strong factor-independent transcription terminator from E. coli. These "minigene" constructions were transcribed in vitro by a transcriptionally active extract of spinach chloroplasts. Transcription of supercoiled DNA templates resulted in synthesis of discretely-sized RNAs that were readily quantifiable. The efficiency of transcription was up to 3.5 RNAs per template. The transcription termination system described in this report was used to identify the primary transcripts for the plastid atpB gene. Four in vivo transcripts for the atpB gene have been previously identified with 5' untranslated leaders of approximately 455, 275, 180 and 100 nucleotides, respectively. In this report we show that the "-455", "-275" and "-180" regions function as chloroplast promoters in vitro. In addition, a fourth promoter was found that yields a primary transcript totally lacking an untranslated leader.
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- L J Chen
- Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois
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Influence of Environmental Factors on Photosynthetic Genes. ADVANCES IN GENETICS 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2660(08)60526-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Krupinska K, Apel K. Light-induced transformation of etioplasts to chloroplasts of barley without transcriptional control of plastid gene expression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00259621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Expression of plastid and nuclear genes during chromoplast differentiation in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00332245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- W Gruissem
- Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Laing W, Kreuz K, Apel K. Light-dependent, but phytochrome-independent, translational control of the accumulation of the P700 chlorophyll-a protein of photosystem I in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). PLANTA 1988; 176:269-276. [PMID: 24220783 DOI: 10.1007/bf00392455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/1988] [Accepted: 05/26/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This work reports on the regulation of synthesis of the P700 chlorophyll-a apoprotein of photosystem I in barley. The mRNA for the P700 apoprotein is almost exclusively confined to the plastid membrane-bound polysomes. However, the mRNA for the 32-kDa herbicide-binding protein of photosystem II is found in both the soluble and membrane-bound polysomes.The mRNA for the P700 apoprotein is found in similar amounts in dark-grown and light-grown wild-type as well as mutant xantha-l(81) barley. The latter mutant is deficient in chlorophyll biosynthesis. However, while wild-type leaves accumulate the P700 chlorophyll-a protein only in the light, mutant leaves never accumulate the P700 apoprotein.A more sensitive approach was taken using isolated plastids to study P700 apoprotein synthesis. Etioplasts did not synthesize detectable P700 apoprotein even when the etioplasts were exposed to light. However, only a 1-min exposure of leaves to light was necessary to induce P700 apoprotein synthesis by isolated plastids.Phytochrome involvement in controlling P700 apoprotein synthesis was tested by using red/farred light treatment of leaves. These treatments showed no far-red reversibility of red-induced P700-apoprotein synthesis in isolated plastids even after 3 h of darkness after the light treatments. From these data we conclude that the accumulation of P700 apopootein is not under the control of phytochrome and that the light induction of P700 apoprotein is most likely mediated through the protochlorophyllide/chlorophyllide system. This control, however, may also involve cytoplasmic signals as the synthesis of the P700 apoprotein is not turned on in illuminated etioplasts.
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- W Laing
- Botanisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, D-2300, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany
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Gruissem W, Barkan A, Deng XW, Stern D. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional control of plastid mRNA levels in higher plants. Trends Genet 1988; 4:258-63. [PMID: 3070872 DOI: 10.1016/0168-9525(88)90033-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Stern DB, Gruissem W. Control of plastid gene expression: 3' inverted repeats act as mRNA processing and stabilizing elements, but do not terminate transcription. Cell 1987; 51:1145-57. [PMID: 3690662 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90600-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We have examined the function of inverted repeat sequences found at the 3' ends of plastid DNA transcription units in higher plants, using a homologous in vitro transcription extract. The inverted repeat sequences are ineffective as transcription terminators, but serve as efficient RNA processing elements. Synthetic RNAs are processed in a 3'-5' direction by a nuclease activity present in the transcription extract, generating nearly homogeneous 3' ends distal to the inverted repeat sequence. S1 nuclease protection experiments demonstrate that the 3' ends generated in vitro coincide with those found for plastid mRNAs in vivo. RNA molecules possessing inverted repeats near their 3' ends are substantially more stable than control RNAs in the chloroplast extract, and kinetic measurements indicate that each RNA has a unique decay rate. Coupled with previously published information suggesting that the differential accumulation of plastid RNAs during development is effectively controlled by post-transcriptional mechanisms, these results raise the possibility that RNA processing and stability, specifically involving 3' end inverted repeats, are important regulatory features of plastid gene expression.
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- D B Stern
- Department of Botany, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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