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De Novo Assembly Discovered Novel Structures in Genome of Plastids and Revealed Divergent Inverted Repeats in Mammillaria (Cactaceae, Caryophyllales). PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8100392. [PMID: 31581555 PMCID: PMC6843559 DOI: 10.3390/plants8100392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The complete sequence of chloroplast genome (cpDNA) has been documented for single large columnar species of Cactaceae, lacking inverted repeats (IRs). We sequenced cpDNA for seven species of the short-globose cacti of Mammillaria and de novo assembly revealed three novel structures in land plants. These structures have a large single copy (LSC) that is 2.5 to 10 times larger than the small single copy (SSC), and two IRs that contain strong differences in length and gene composition. Structure 1 is distinguished by short IRs of <1 kb composed by rpl23-trnI-CAU-ycf2; with a total length of 110,189 bp and 113 genes. In structure 2, each IR is approximately 7.2 kb and is composed of 11 genes and one Intergenic Spacer-(psbK-trnQ)-trnQ-UUG-rps16-trnK-UUU-matK-trnK-UUU-psbA-trnH-GUG-rpl2-rpl23-trnI-CAU-ycf2; with a total size of 116,175 bp and 120 genes. Structure 3 has divergent IRs of approximately 14.1 kb, where IRA is composed of 20 genes: psbA-trnH-GUG-rpl23-trnI-CAU-ycf2-ndhB-rps7-rps12-trnV-GAC-rrn16-ycf68-trnI-GAU-trnA-AGC-rrn23-rrn4.5-rrn5-trnR-ACG-trnN-GUU-ndhF-rpl32; and IRB is identical to the IRA, but lacks rpl23. This structure has 131 genes and, by pseudogenization, it is shown to have the shortest cpDNA, of just 107,343 bp. Our findings show that Mammillaria bears an unusual structural diversity of cpDNA, which supports the elucidation of the evolutionary processes involved in cacti lineages.
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Cerros-Tlatilpa R, Columbus JT, Barker NP. Phylogenetic relationships of Aristida and relatives (Poaceae, Aristidoideae) based on noncoding chloroplast (trnL-F, rpl16) and nuclear (ITS) DNA sequences. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2011; 98:1868-1886. [PMID: 22052960 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PREMISE The cosmopolitan and ecologically important grass subfamily Aristidoideae comprises the widely distributed genus Aristida (250-290 species), Stipagrostis (50 species, with an African-Asian distribution), and Sartidia (five species, Africa and Madagascar). The subfamily includes species with C(3) (Sartidia and a single species of Aristida) and C(4) photosynthetic pathways. Rigorous phylogenetic reconstructions of species relationships are required to explain the biogeographic, physiological, and ecological diversity within this subfamily. METHODS Chloroplast (trnL-F, rpl16) and nuclear (ITS) DNA sequences were obtained from 198 accessions, and the combined data set was subjected to parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference analyses. Dating analyses calibrated using previously published node ages were conducted to determine the ages of major radiations. RESULTS The C(3) Sartidia is sister to a monophyletic Stipagrostis, and the (Sartidia, Stipagrostis) clade is sister to Aristida. Within Aristida, the only known C(3) species, A. longifolia, is sister to the remainder of the genus. Infrageneric sections of Aristida were not supported, and there are no synapomorphic morphological characters for the clades retrieved. Within Aristida, monophyletic Australian, African, North American, and South American clades are retrieved. CONCLUSIONS The subfamily dates back to the late Miocene, with the major lineages present by the Pliocene. With one exception, regional clades of Aristida evolved in the Pliocene. The C(3) photosynthetic pathway is hypothesized to be the pleisomorphic condition for the subfamily, wherein two independent C(4) pathways (each with unique anatomical and genetic features) evolved, one within Aristida and one in Stipagrostis.
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- Rosa Cerros-Tlatilpa
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Claremont Graduate University, 1500 North College Avenue, Claremont, California 91711-3157, USA.
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Selvam P, Murgesh N, Chandramohan M, De Clercq E, Keyaerts E, Vijgen L, Maes P, Neyts J, Ranst MV. In Vitro Antiviral Activity of some Novel Isatin Derivatives against HCV and SARS-CoV Viruses. Indian J Pharm Sci 2008; 70:91-4. [PMID: 20390088 PMCID: PMC2852069 DOI: 10.4103/0250-474x.40339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2006] [Revised: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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4-[(1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-3H-indol-3-ylidene)amino]-N(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidiny)benzene sulphonamide and its derivatives were evaluated for antiviral activity against Pathogenic viruses such as Hepatitis C Virus and SARS-CoV in Vero and Huh 5-2 cells, respectively. The 5-fluoro derivative inhibited the HCV RNA synthesis at 6 mug/ml, without toxicity at a concentration up to 42 mug/ml in Huh 5-2 cells. Among the compounds tested SPIII-5F exhibits the 45% maximum protection against replication of SARS-CoV in Vero cells.
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- P. Selvam
- Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Pharmacy, Krishnankoil - 626 190, India
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai - 625 020, India
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- Bharat Ratna Kamarajar Liver Hospital and Research Center, Madurai - 625 001, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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- Raga Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven, Minder broederstraat 10, LeuvenB-3000, Belgium
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Oikawa K, Tanaka K, Takahashi H. Two types of differentially photo-regulated nuclear genes that encode sigma factors for chloroplast RNA polymerase in the red alga Cyanidium caldarium strain RK-1. Gene 1998; 210:277-85. [PMID: 9573383 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A nuclear gene, sigA, that encodes a sigma factor for chloroplast RNA polymerase has previously been identified and characterized in the primitive red alga Cyanidium caldarium strain RK-1. Southern hybridization analysis indicated the presence of two additional sigma factor genes, which have now been cloned and shown to encode virtually identical proteins that are homologous to eubacterial sigma factors. These genes, which are also present in the nuclear genome, have therefore been named sigB and sigC. The substantial sequence similarity of sigB and sigC to sigA of the same strain as well as to cyanobacterial principal sigma factors and other chloroplast sigma factors strongly suggests that the nuclear genome of C. caldarium contains three genes that encode two types of chloroplast sigma factors. Each of the three recombinant Sig proteins showed sigma factor activity in vitro when combined with the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase core enzyme. Northern blot analysis revealed that, whereas the overall abundance of sigA transcripts was not affected by light, the amount of sigB and sigC mRNAs was greater in the light than in the dark. Thus, multiple sigma factors appear to contribute to light-regulated gene expression in the chloroplast.
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- K Oikawa
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Isono K, Shimizu M, Yoshimoto K, Niwa Y, Satoh K, Yokota A, Kobayashi H. Leaf-specifically expressed genes for polypeptides destined for chloroplasts with domains of sigma70 factors of bacterial RNA polymerases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:14948-53. [PMID: 9405719 PMCID: PMC25143 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.26.14948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genes for sigma-like factors of bacterial-type RNA polymerase have not been characterized from any multicellular eukaryotes, although they probably play a crucial role in the expression of plastid photosynthesis genes. We have cloned three distinct cDNAs, designated SIG1, SIG2, and SIG3, for polypeptides possessing amino acid sequences for domains conserved in sigma70 factors of bacterial RNA polymerases from the higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Each gene is present as one copy per haploid genome without any additional sequences hybridized in the genome. Transient expression assays using green fluorescent protein demonstrated that N-terminal regions of the SIG2 and SIG3 ORFs could function as transit peptides for import into chloroplasts. Transcripts for all three SIG genes were detected in leaves but not in roots, and were induced in leaves of dark-adapted plants in rapid response to light illumination. Together with results of our previous analysis of tissue-specific regulation of transcription of plastid photosynthesis genes, these results indicate that expressed levels of the genes may influence transcription by regulating RNA polymerase activity in a green tissue-specific manner.
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- K Isono
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-02, Japan
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Manen JF, Savolainen V, Simon P. The atpB and rbcL promoters in plastid DNAs of a wide dicot range. J Mol Evol 1994; 38:577-82. [PMID: 8083883 DOI: 10.1007/bf00175877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The plastid atpB-rbcL intergene has been analyzed within a wide range of plants covering the major dicot lineages. New sequences from 13 plant species were determined and aligned with three already-known sequences. The promoters of the rbcL and the atpB genes were localized and analyzed according to published observations in spinach and tobacco. The evolutionary conservation of two atpB promoters, separated by 113-262 nucleotides, is strong support that both are functionally active, and it also allows a discrimination between the previously reported atpB transcripts. Moreover, the radically distinct sequences of the two atpB promoters suggest that they interact with two distinct initiation complexes. The alignment also confirms the much higher conservation of the leader sequence in the rbcL mRNA than in the atpB mRNA among dicots, presuming a function at the posttranscriptional level.
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- J F Manen
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland
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Reynolds AE, Chesnick JM, Woolford J, Cattolico RA. Chloroplast encoded thioredoxin genes in the red algae Porphyra yezoensis and Griffithsia pacifica: evolutionary implications. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 25:13-21. [PMID: 8003693 DOI: 10.1007/bf00024194] [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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A gene encoding a thioredoxin protein was identified in the chloroplast genome of the rhodophyte Porphyra yezoensis. The P. yezoensis trxA gene contains 324 bp and is transcribed into a 0.7 kb messenger RNA. Analysis of the transcription start site demonstrates that canonical chloroplast -10 and -35 sequences are not present. The deduced amino acid sequence of the thioredoxin gene from the red algae has the greatest similarity to type m thioredoxins, providing strong support for the hypothesis that type m thioredoxins in photosynthetic eukaryotes originated from an engulfed bacterial endosymbiont. Hybridization analysis of nuclear and chloroplast DNAs from several members of the phyla Chromophyta and Rhodophyta using P. yezoensis DNA as a probe demonstrated strong hybridization to the chloroplast and nuclear genomes of Griffithsia pacifica and a weak cross-hybridization to the chromophyte P. foliaceum. The G. pacifica chloroplast gene has a 66% identity with the P. yezoensis DNA, contains conserved active site amino acid residues, but lacks a methionine start codon.
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- A E Reynolds
- Botany Department, University of Washington 98195
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- G Link
- University of Bochum, Plant Cell Physiology and Molecular Biology, FRG
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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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Tiller K, Link G. Sigma-like transcription factors from mustard (Sinapis alba L.) etioplast are similar in size to, but functionally distinct from, their chloroplast counterparts. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 21:503-513. [PMID: 8443343 DOI: 10.1007/bf00028807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Three proteins resembling bacterial sigma factors were previously isolated from mustard chloroplasts (K. Tiller, A. Eisermann and G. Link, Eur J Biochem 198: 93-99, 1991). These sigma-like factors (SLFs) confer DNA-binding and transcription specificity to a system consisting of Escherichia coli core RNA polymerase and cloned DNA regions that carry a chloroplast promoter. Sigma-like activity was now isolated also from etioplasts and could be assigned to three polypeptides of M(r) 67,000 (SLF67), 52,000 (SLF52) and 29,000 (SLF29), i.e. the same sizes as for the chloroplast SLFs. The purification scheme for the factors from either plastid type included an initial heparin-Sepharose and a final gel filtration step. For the etioplast factors, however, an additional phosphocellulose step was required to release these polypeptides from the RNA polymerase. The etioplast SLFs have similar, but not identical, salt requirements for DNA binding as compared to their chloroplast counterparts. Under conditions of maximum binding activity there is overall preference of etioplast SLFs for the psbA promoter over the trnQ and rps16 promoters.
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- K Tiller
- University of Bochum, Plant Cell Physiology and Molecular Biology, Germany
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Klein U, De Camp JD, Bogorad L. Two types of chloroplast gene promoters in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:3453-7. [PMID: 1565638 PMCID: PMC48886 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.8.3453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Structures of the promoters of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii plastid atpB and 16S rRNA-encoding genes were analyzed in vivo. Chimeric constructs, containing the Chlamydomonas chloroplast atpB or 16S rRNA-encoding gene promoter coupled to the Escherichia coli uidA (beta-glucuronidase, GUS) reporter gene and bordered by C. reinhardtii chloroplast sequences, were stably introduced into the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas by microprojectile bombardment. Activity of the promoters in the chloroplast of GUS gene-positive transformants was assayed by measuring the abundance of GUS transcripts and determining the relative rates of GUS transcription in vivo. Deletion analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and atpB promoter fragments showed that the two promoters differ structurally. The 16S rRNA gene promoter resembles the bacterial sigma 70 type with typical -10 and -35 elements. The atpB promoter, on the other hand, lacks a conserved motif in the -35 region but contains, in the -10 region, a characteristic octameric palindrome (TATAATAT) that is conserved in the promoter sequences of some other C. reinhardtii chloroplast genes. For maximum activity, the atpB promoter requires sequences of approximately 22 base pairs upstream and approximately 60 base pairs downstream of the transcription start site.
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- U Klein
- Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Haberhausen G, Valentin K, Zetsche K. Organization and sequence of photosynthetic genes from the plastid genome of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1992; 232:154-61. [PMID: 1552899 DOI: 10.1007/bf00299148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have cloned and sequenced an area of about 6 kb of the plastid DNA (ptDNA) from the holoparasitic plant Cuscuta reflexa. This region contains (in the following order) genes for the cytochrome b6 f-complex subunit V (petG), tRNA(Val) (trnV), tRNA(Met) (trnM), the epsilon- and beta-subunit of the chloroplast ATP-synthase (atpE and atpB) and the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco; rbcL). In addition we identified other photosynthesis-related genes (atpA, petB, psaA, psbA, psbB, psbC, and psbD) in C. reflexa by heterologous hybridization. The gene arrangement of the sequenced area is, except for the petG gene, the same as in ptDNAs of other higher plants (e.g. Nicotiana tabacum). Sequence homologies between the Cuscuta genes and corresponding genes from higher plants are in the range of 90%. The only significant difference is that the rbcL gene of C. reflexa encodes a polypeptide which is 18-23 amino acids longer than in other higher plants. This is remarkable since C. reflexa has lost its ability to grow photoautotrophically. The transcript level of the rbcL gene, however, is strongly reduced as compared to tobacco. These findings are compatible with results from Western blotting analysis, where no Rubisco large subunit was detectable, and with the lack of Rubisco activity in crude extracts of C. reflexa.
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- G Haberhausen
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus Liebig Universität, Giessen, FRG
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Hardison LK, Boczar BA, Reynolds AE, Cattolico RA. A description of the Rubisco large subunit gene and its transcript in Olisthodiscus luteus. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1992; 18:595-9. [PMID: 1536932 DOI: 10.1007/bf00040676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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- L K Hardison
- Department of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Salganik RI, Dudareva NA, Kiseleva EV. Structural organization and transcription of plant mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. ELECTRON MICROSCOPY REVIEWS 1991; 4:221-47. [PMID: 1932582 DOI: 10.1016/0892-0354(91)90004-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Experimental evidence is presented showing that the plant mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes are multipartite and, that besides a large circular genomic DNA, they contain subgenomic minicircular and plasmid-like molecules. It is demonstrated that plant mitochondrial and chloroplast DNAs are packaged into deoxynucleoprotein fibrils comprising nucleosome-like and nucleomere-like globules; the fibrils form loops and rosette-like structures with central proteinaceous components. A similar structure is characteristic of the subgenomic DNAs. The basic proteins involved in the formation of nucleosome-like globules are quite different from the nuclear histones, indeed the basic proteins from plant mitochondria and chloroplasts are also distinct. Some of the basic proteins share common antigens with the E. coli HU protein. The genetic code for the mitochondrial and chloroplast genes is universal. The only codon now thought to be different from the universal in the mitochondrial genome is corrected during post-transcriptional mRNA editing. There are two hexanucleotides in the promoters of the chloroplast genes homologous to the sequences in -10 and -35 regions of the prokaryotic genes promoters requisite for transcription. Promoter sequences of the plant mitochondria genes responsible for transcription regulation were not identified. Immunoelectronmicroscopic evidence suggest that mitochondrial and chloroplast RNA polymerases have antigens in common with the beta-subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase. It is shown that the mitochondrial genes are intensely transcribed in the dark and repressed by illumination. Electron microscopy demonstrated that about 70% of plant mitochondria contain numerous RNA polymerase molecules in the dark, but this percentage falls to 10-15% after light exposure.
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- R I Salganik
- Siberian Department of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., Novosibirsk
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Akada S, Xu YQ, Machii H, Kung SD. Stem-loop structures at the 3' end of tobacco Rubisco large subunit mRNA. Gene 1990; 94:195-9. [PMID: 1979548 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90387-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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There are two inverted repeat nucleotide (nt) sequences, each capable of forming a stem-loop structure (sls) at the 3' end of the tobacco Rubisco large subunit mRNA (rbcL). The smaller sls is followed by a larger sls. The in vivo functions of the 3' sls of the rbcL mRNA were characterized using the Escherichia coli system. S 1 mapping of the rbcL transcripts synthesized in E. coli revealed that the 3' end of a major transcript in the bacterial cell is almost identical to the 3' end of authentic chloroplast (cp) rbcL mRNA. This native 3' end is located 4 nt downstream from the larger sls for the cp mRNA and 6 nt for the bacterial transcript, respectively. Deletion experiments show that the larger sls is essential for producing the native 3' end of rbcL mRNA in E. coli. The sls do not function as an efficient transcription terminator but can stabilize upstream mRNA segments in vivo.
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- S Akada
- Maryland Biotechnology Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742
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Ree HK, Zimmermann RA. Organization and expression of the 16S, 23S and 5S ribosomal RNA genes from the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:4471-8. [PMID: 1697064 PMCID: PMC331267 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.15.4471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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To elucidate the organization of the transcription units encoding the 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs in the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum, the nucleotide sequences flanking the three rRNA genes were determined, and the 5' and 3' termini of the rRNA transcripts were mapped by primer extension and nuclease S1 protection. The results show that each of the rRNAs is transcribed separately, consistent with the lack of physical proximity among them in the T. acidophilum genome. The transcription initiation sites are preceded at an interval of approximately 25 base pairs by conserved A + T-rich sequences of the form CTTATATA, which strongly resemble the archaebacterial promoter consensus, TTTAT/AATA. In all three cases, transcription termination occurs within T-rich tracts just downstream from inverted repeats which can be folded into relatively stable stem-loop structures. While no partially processed intermediates of the 16S or 5S rRNA transcripts were detected, the 23S rRNA transcript appears to be processed by a RNase III-like activity prior to final maturation. This is the only organism known in the prokaryotic world in which the 16S, 23S and 5S rRNAs are all expressed from separate transcription units.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Nucleotide Mapping
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Terminator Regions, Genetic
- Thermoplasma/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
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- H K Ree
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003
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Neuhaus H, Pfannschmidt T, Link G. Nucleotide sequence of the chloroplast psbI and trnS-GCU genes from mustard (Sinapis alba). Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:368. [PMID: 2183183 PMCID: PMC330283 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.2.368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- H Neuhaus
- Arbeitsgruppe Pflanzliche Zellphysiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, FRG
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A cloned pea chloroplast 16S rRNA gene promoter has been characterized in detail by use of a homologous in vitro transcription system that contains a highly purified chloroplast RNA polymerase. The in vivo and in vitro 16S rRNA transcriptional start site has been identified to be a T on the plus strand, 158 bases upstream of the mature 5' end of the gene. BAL 31 deletions of the 16S rRNA leader region demonstrated that the bases between -66 to +30 relative to the transcriptional start site (+1) are necessary for specific 16S transcription. Disruption of canonical TTGACA or TATAAT elements within this region caused complete transcriptional inactivation and prevented protein binding. The topological requirement for 16S transcription was examined by using a construct that synthesized a transcript from the 16S promoter and released it from a pea plastid putative terminator sequence. This minigene was relaxed in vitro with a topoisomerase I from pea chloroplast. It was shown that the 16S promoter was most active when the minigene plasmid was supercoiled.
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A cloned pea chloroplast 16S rRNA gene promoter has been characterized in detail by use of a homologous in vitro transcription system that contains a highly purified chloroplast RNA polymerase. The in vivo and in vitro 16S rRNA transcriptional start site has been identified to be a T on the plus strand, 158 bases upstream of the mature 5' end of the gene. BAL 31 deletions of the 16S rRNA leader region demonstrated that the bases between -66 to +30 relative to the transcriptional start site (+1) are necessary for specific 16S transcription. Disruption of canonical TTGACA or TATAAT elements within this region caused complete transcriptional inactivation and prevented protein binding. The topological requirement for 16S transcription was examined by using a construct that synthesized a transcript from the 16S promoter and released it from a pea plastid putative terminator sequence. This minigene was relaxed in vitro with a topoisomerase I from pea chloroplast. It was shown that the 16S promoter was most active when the minigene plasmid was supercoiled.
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- E Sun
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Neuhaus H, Scholz A, Link G. Structure and expression of a split chloroplast gene from mustard (Sinapis alba): ribosomal protein gene rps16 reveals unusual transcriptional features and complex RNA maturation. Curr Genet 1989; 15:63-70. [PMID: 2545357 DOI: 10.1007/bf00445753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The mustard chloroplast gene rps16 is split by an 887 bp group II (or III) intron. Three RNA 5' ends upstream of the rps16 coding region define both the transcription start site and two RNA processing sites. The DNA region preceding the start site contains a procaryotic-type "-10" promoter element, but not a typical "-35" element. One single RNA 3' end has been detected downstream from the rps16 coding region, but it is not in close proximity to any inverted repeat that might serve as a termination signal. Northern analysis has revealed several rps16 transcripts ranging in size from 1.6 kb to 0.5 kb. During seedling development, transcript levels show an initial increase and then remain constant without much difference between seedlings grown under light or in the dark.
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- H Neuhaus
- Arbeitsgruppe Pflanzliche Zellphysiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Chloroplast Genomes as Genetic Markers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74454-9_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Sugiura M. Organization and expression of the Nicotiana chloroplast genome. BIOTECHNOLOGY (READING, MASS.) 1989; 12:295-315. [PMID: 2469507 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-409-90068-2.50020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Herdenberger F, Weil JH, Steinmetz A. Organization and nucleotide sequence of the broad bean chloroplast genes trnL-UAG, ndhF and two unidentified open reading frames. Curr Genet 1988; 14:609-15. [PMID: 3242868 DOI: 10.1007/bf00434087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a 6.9 kbp BamHI-XbaI fragment of broad bean chloroplasts. Part of this fragment (subfragment BglII-ClaI) is known to contain three tRNA genes (trnL-CAA, trnL-UAA and trnF). We have now further identified a gene coding for the third tRNA(Leu) isoacceptor (trnL-UAG) which is located close to trnF. The BamHI-XbaI fragment also contains the gene for subunit 5 of NADH dehydrogenase (ndhF) and two unidentified open reading frames (ORFx and ORF48). ORFx shares a high sequence homology with the long reading frames of tobacco (ORF1708), spinach (ORF2131), and liverwort (ORF2136), while ORF48 shares sequence homology with ORF69 of liverwort and ORF55 of tobacco.
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- F Herdenberger
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Strasbourg, France
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McGarvey P, Helling RB, Lee JY, Engelke DR, el-Gewely MR. Initiation of rrn transcription in chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis bacillaris. Curr Genet 1988; 14:493-500. [PMID: 2852069 DOI: 10.1007/bf00521275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The site of initiation of chloroplast rRNA synthesis was determined by S1-mapping and by sequencing primary rRNA transcripts specifically labeled at their 5'-end. Transcription initiates at a single site 53 nucleotides upstream of the 5'-end of the mature 16S rRNA under all growth conditions examined. The initiation site is within a DNA sequence that is highly homologous to and probably derived from a tRNA gene-region located elsewhere in the chloroplast genome. A nearly identical sequence (102 of 103 nucleotides) is present near the replication origin. The near identity of the two sequences suggests a common mode for control of transcription of the rRNA genes and initiation of chloroplast DNA replication. The related sequence in the tRNA gene-region does not appear to serve as a transcript initiation site.
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- P McGarvey
- Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109
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Shinozaki K, Hayashida N, Sugiura M. Nicotiana chloroplast genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1988; 18:7-31. [PMID: 24425159 DOI: 10.1007/bf00042978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/1987] [Accepted: 12/31/1987] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In order to understand more fully chloroplast genetic systems, we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence (155, 844 bp) of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var. Bright Yellow 4) chloroplast DNA. It contains two copies of an identical 25,339 bp inverted repeat, which are separated by 86, 684 bp and 18,482 bp single-copy regions. The genes for 4 different rRNAs, 30 different tRNAs, 44 different proteins and 9 other predicted protein-coding genes have been located. Fifteen different genes contain introns.Twenty-two genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus have so far been identified. Most of the genes (except the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) code for thylakoid membrane proteins. Twenty of them are located in the large single-copy region and one gene for a 9-kd polypeptide of photosystem I is located in the small single-copy region. The gene for the 32-kd protein of photosystem II as well as the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase have strong promoters and are transcribed monocistronically while the other genes are transcribed polycistronically. We have found that the predicted amino acid sequences of six DNA sequences resemble those of components of the respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase from human mitochondria. As these six sequences are highly transcribed in tobacco chloroplasts, they are probably genes for components of a chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase. These observations suggest the existence of a respiratory-chain in the chloroplast of higher plants.
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- K Shinozaki
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa, 464, Nagoya, Japan
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Fütterer J, Gordon K, Pfeiffer P, Hohn T. The instability of a recombinant plasmid, caused by a prokaryotic-like promoter within the eukaryotic insert, can be alleviated by expression of antisense RNA. Gene X 1988; 67:141-5. [PMID: 2458301 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90018-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A region of the cauliflower mosaic virus genome was found to direct the expression of a nucleic-acid-binding protein in Escherichia coli. This protein is apparently toxic for the bacteria and leads to a destabilization of plasmids containing that region. Antisense RNA was used to diminish the unwanted expression and to stabilize the respective recombinant plasmids. The approach described may prove useful in other cases where problems with cloning of eukaryotic DNA arise.
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- J Fütterer
- Friedrich Miescher Institut, Basel, Switzerland
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Bülow S, Link G. Sigma-like activity from mustard (Sinapis alba L.) chloroplasts conferring DNA-binding and transcription specificity to E. coli core RNA polymerase. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1988; 10:349-357. [PMID: 24277566 DOI: 10.1007/bf00029885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/1987] [Accepted: 01/19/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A protein fraction which lacks DNA-binding activity itself, but confers enhanced protein-DNA complex formation to E. coli core RNA polymerase, was obtained from mustard chloroplasts by heparin Sepharose chromatography. Gel retardation and competition assays as well as DNase I footprinting experiments with a chloroplast DNA fragment containing the psbA promoter indicate that this reflects sequence-specific binding. Transcription of the psbA template by E. coli core enzyme in the presence of the chloroplast fraction results in enhanced formation of transcripts of the size expected for correct initiation at the in vivo start site. We conclude that the chloroplast fraction reveals sigma-like activity with E. coli RNA polymerase and thus might contain factor(s) of equivalent function in chloroplast transcription.
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- S Bülow
- Arbeitsgruppe Pflanzliche Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Biologie, Postfach 102148, D-4630, Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany
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Hanley-Bowdoin L, Chua NH. Transcription of the wheat chloroplast gene that encodes the 32 kd polypeptide. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1988; 10:303-310. [PMID: 24277561 DOI: 10.1007/bf00029880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/1986] [Accepted: 12/14/1987] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have mapped and cloned the wheat chloroplast gene (psbA) that encodes the 32 kd polypeptide of Photosystem II. The psbA gene is located in the large single copy region adjacent to one inverted repeat and is transcribed toward the latter. The sequence of the 5' end of the wheat gene is homologous with dicot psbA genes. We have located the 5' terminus of the wheat psbA RNA to a position 83 nt upstream of its coding region. The same psbA RNA species was capped in vitro by guanylyltransferase, establishing that its 5' end is a transcription start site. Regions which resemble procaryotic -10 and -35 promoter elements are located immediately upstream of the wheat psbA transcription initiation site.
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- L Hanley-Bowdoin
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, 10021-6399, New York, NY, USA
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Neumann EM. Primary structure of barley genes encoding quinone and chlorophyll a binding proteins of photosystem II. CARLSBERG RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1988; 53:259-75. [PMID: 3076375 DOI: 10.1007/bf02907182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The psbA, psbD and psbC genes encoding the quinone binding D-1 and D-2 apoproteins and the 44 kD chlorophyll a-apoprotein 3 have been located in the chloroplast genome of barley. They are found on a 23 kbp SalI restriction endonuclease fragment in the large single copy region of the chloroplast DNA adjacent to the inverted repeat. As in other species the psbD and psbC genes have reading frames which overlap by 53 bp. They are transcribed in the same direction but translated with a frameshift of one nucleotide. Ten amino acid substitutions are found among the 18 N-terminal residues of the D-2 polypeptide if barley, spinach, tobacco, pea and the liverwort Marchantia are compared. Only 8 substitutions are present among the 335 other residues of the D-2 polypeptide. The amino acid residues located in the putative binding site for the special pair reaction center chlorophyll and the residues probably serving as ligands to non-heme iron in the D-1 and D-2 proteins of barley are strictly conserved when compared to those of purple bacteria and of other higher plants. Identity is also observed for the residues of importance in the binding of quinones.
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- E M Neumann
- Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen Valby
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Krupinska K, Berry-Lowe S. Characterization and in vitro expression of the cytochrome b-559 genes of barley. I. Localization and sequence of the genes. CARLSBERG RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1988; 53:43-55. [PMID: 3256307 DOI: 10.1007/bf02908413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The psbE and psbF genes encoding the 9.4 and 4.4 kD apoproteins of cytochrome b-559 have been located in the chloroplast genome of barley. As in other plant species they are found adjacent to each other in the large single copy region of the chloroplast DNA. Both the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence for the two polypeptides are identical to that of wheat and more than 95% similar to those of spinach, tobacco and Oenothera. The region between the two genes spans 10 nucleotides (excluding the stopcodon) and contains a typical procaryotic ribosomal binding site. A dicistronic transcript is identified, but the presence of a ribosomal binding site between the two genes may allow independent translation.
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- K Krupinska
- Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen Valby
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Delp G, Igloi GL, Beck CF, Kössel H. Functional in vivo verification in E. coli of promoter activities from the rDNA/tDNA(Val)(GAC) leader region of Zea mays chloroplasts. Curr Genet 1987; 12:241-6. [PMID: 3329575 DOI: 10.1007/bf00435284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Restriction fragments containing upstream sequences of the rRNA operon from Zea mays chloroplasts were tested for promoter activity in vivo by insertion into an E. coli promoter-probe vector. The expression of this vector's reporter gene, which codes for alkaline phosphatase, was stimulated more than 1,500-fold upon linkage with the chloroplast rRNA promoter. Site specific mutagenesis of the invariant T of the -10 sequence of this promoter reduced the expression of the reporter gene to 2% of the wild type. This indicates that the chloroplast rRNA promoter, which directs transcriptional initiation 117 bp upstream of the 16S rRNA gene, is also active in the bacterial system. A restriction fragment further upstream containing the gene for tRNA(Val) (GAC) also showed strong promoter activity (29% as compared with the rRNA promoter). This promoter activity probably reflects the chloroplast promoter directing the synthesis of the tRNA(Val) (GAC) primary transcript. Surprisingly, this restriction fragment also displayed promoter activity (13% compared with the rRNA promoter) in reverse orientation.
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- G Delp
- Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Li-Weber M, de Groot EJ, Schweiger HG. Sequence homology to the Drosophila per locus in higher plant nuclear DNA and in Acetabularia chloroplast DNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987; 209:1-7. [PMID: 17186616 DOI: 10.1007/bf00329828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In plant cells a DNA sequence was found which is homologous to the Drosophila per locus. In rape and spinach the homologous sequence occurs in the nuclear but not in the chloroplast genome while in Acetabularia it is found in the chloroplast but not in the nuclear genome. A 1.175 kb EcoRi-SalI fragment of the chloroplast genome of Acetabularia containing the homologous sequence was subcloned into pUC12 and sequenced. The core of the 1.175 kb fragment is a repetitive tandemly arranged sequence of 43 units of the hexamer GGA ACT coding for glycine and threonine.
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- M Li-Weber
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Rosenhof, D-6802 Ladenburg bei Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Rock CD, Barkan A, Taylor WC. The maize plastid psbB-psbF-petB-petD gene cluster: spliced and unspliced petB and petD RNAs encode alternative products. Curr Genet 1987; 12:69-77. [PMID: 2835175 DOI: 10.1007/bf00420729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The chloroplast psbB, psbF, petB, and petD genes are cotranscribed and give rise to many overlapping RNAs. The mechanism and significance of this mode of expression are of interest, particularly because the accumulation of the psb and pet gene products respond differently to both light and, in C4 species such as maize, developmental signals. We present an analysis of the maize psbB, psbF, petB, and petD genes and intergenic regions. The genes are organized similarly in maize (a C4 species) and in several C3 species. Functional class II-like introns interrupt the 5' ends of petB and petD. Both spliced and unspliced RNAs accumulate; these encode alternative forms of the petB and petD proteins, differing at their N-termini. Promoter-like elements between psbF and petB, and biased codon usage suggest that the differential regulation of the psb and pet genes might be achieved at both the transcriptional and translational levels.
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- C D Rock
- Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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The chloroplast glutamate tRNA gene required for δ-aminolevulinate synthesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02910592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neuhaus H, Link G. The chloroplast tRNALys(UUU) gene from mustard (Sinapis alba) contains a class II intron potentially coding for a maturase-related polypeptide. Curr Genet 1987; 11:251-7. [PMID: 2834093 DOI: 10.1007/bf00355398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The trnK gene endocing the tRNALys(UUU) has been located on mustard (Sinapis alba) chloroplast DNA, 263 bp upstream of the psbA gene on the same strand. The nucleotide sequence of the trnK gene and its flanking regions as well as the putative transcription start and termination sites are shown. The 5' end of the transcript lies 121 bp upstream of the 5' tRNA coding region and is preceded by procaryotic-type "-10" and "-35" sequence elements, while the 3' end maps 2.77 kb downstream to a DNA region with possible stemloop secondary structure. The anticodon loop of the tRNALys is interrupted by a 2,574 bp intron containing a long open reading frame, which codes for 524 amino acids. Based on conserved stem and loop structures, this intron has characteristic features of a class II intron. A region near the carboxyl terminus of the derived polypeptide appears structurally related to maturases.
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- H Neuhaus
- Arbeitsgruppe Pflanzliche Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Gruissem W, Elsner-Menzel C, Latshaw S, Narita JO, Schaffer MA, Zurawski G. A subpopulation of spinach chloroplast tRNA genes does not require upstream promoter elements for transcription. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:7541-56. [PMID: 3774537 PMCID: PMC311779 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.19.7541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We have identified a class of spinach plastid tRNA genes which do not require 5' upstream promoter elements for their expression in a chloroplast transcription system. The 5' DNA sequences flanking the trnR1 and trnS1 coding regions have little or no homology to previously characterized chloroplast promoter sequences. The deletion of the 5' DNA sequences from these genes to positions close to the start of the coding regions has little effect on their transcription in vitro. In addition, a synthetic DNA fragment homologous to the 5' region of trnS1 does not support the transcription of the promoter (-) trnM2 mutant 51 in a promoter/trnM2-51 fusion assay. In a dicistronic construct the wild type trnS1 gene does not support transcription of trnS1 transcription occurs immediately following the 3' end of the coding region. Both trnS1 and trnR1 compete with trnM2 for the same chloroplast RNA polymerase and/or common transcription factors.
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Posno M, Verweij WR, Dekker IC, de Waard PM, Groot GS. The genes encoding chloroplast ribosomal proteins S7 and S12 are located in the inverted repeat of Spirodela oligorhiza chloroplast DNA. Curr Genet 1986; 11:25-34. [PMID: 2834078 DOI: 10.1007/bf00389422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We have used a variety of methods to localize the genes for ribosomal proteins S7 and S12 on Spirodela chloroplast DNA. Heterologous hybridization with a rps12 gene specific probe from Euglena has revealed the presence of rps12 homologous sequences within the inverted repeat of Spirodela chloroplast DNA on the fragment BamHI-V. In the partial nucleotide sequence of this fragment, two regions of amino acid sequence homology to Euglena S12 can be identified, separated from each other by a 542 bp intron with conserved boundary sequences. As was found for Nicotiana S12, the Spirodela S12 coding regions are for 85 amino acids homologous (79%) to E. coli S12 (starting from residue 38 to the C-terminus). Likewise, we are unable to identify the 37 5' terminal codons of rps12 in Spirodela. The functionality of the Spirodela rps12 sequence is discussed. The rps7 gene is located adjacent to rps12. Chloroplast ribosomal protein C-S11 (homologous to S7) has been detected by immunoprecipitation with both a polyspecific anti 30S serum and an anti C-S11 serum, among the in vitro translation products of mRNAs selected by Spirodela chloroplast DNA fragments BamHI-V and BamHI-P. Since in a DNA dependent E. coli cell free system, only BamHI-V appears to be capable of synthesis of C-S11, it is concluded that rps7 is located entirely within BamHI-V and is transcribed into a mRNA which extends into BamHI-P. As determined by Northern hybridization experiments, rps7 is cotranscribed with rps12; a stable transcript of approx. 1100 b is detected in total cellular Spirodela RNA with either rps12 and rps7 gene specific probes. The rps12 probe additionally detects an approx. 600 b transcript, which presumably corresponds to the excised rps12 intron RNA. Finally we have examined the expression of both rps7 and rps12 during light induced chloroplast development by Northern blotting and by immunoblotting. It is shown, that the steady-state levels of neither chloroplast ribosomal protein transcripts, nor those of the chloroplast ribosomal proteins itself, change significantly during the greening process.
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- M Posno
- Biochemical Laboratory, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Shinozaki K, Ohme M, Tanaka M, Wakasugi T, Hayashida N, Matsubayashi T, Zaita N, Chunwongse J, Obokata J, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Ohto C, Torazawa K, Meng BY, Sugita M, Deno H, Kamogashira T, Yamada K, Kusuda J, Takaiwa F, Kato A, Tohdoh N, Shimada H, Sugiura M. The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression. EMBO J 1986. [PMID: 16453699 DOI: 10.1007/bf02669253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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The complete nucleotide sequence (155 844 bp) of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var. Bright Yellow 4) chloroplast DNA has been determined. It contains two copies of an identical 25 339 bp inverted repeat, which are separated by a 86 684 bp and a 18 482 bp single-copy region. The genes for 4 different rRNAs, 30 different tRNAs, 39 different proteins and 11 other predicted protein coding genes have been located. Among them, 15 genes contain introns. Blot hybridization revealed that all rRNA and tRNA genes and 27 protein genes so far analysed are transcribed in the chloroplast and that primary transcripts of the split genes hitherto examined are spliced. Five sequences coding for proteins homologous to components of the respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase from human mitochondria have been found. The 30 tRNAs predicted from their genes are sufficient to read all codons if the ;two out of three' and ;U:N wobble' mechanisms operate in the chloroplast. Two sequences which autonomously replicate in yeast have also been mapped. The sequence and expression analyses indicate both prokaryotic and eukaryotic features of the chloroplast genes.
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- K Shinozaki
- Centre for Gene Research and Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464, Japan
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The transcription systems of chloroplasts and bacteria share different properties. The genetic material of chloroplasts is organized in the same way as bacterial nucleoids. The regulatory DNA sequences for transcription have a strong homology with their E. coli counterparts and some regulatory mechanisms could be conserved. The RNA polymerase subunits and some transcription factors also share similarities with prokaryotes. However, the chloroplast core-enzyme seems to be synthesized in the cytoplasm from nuclear encoded messages.
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Wu M, Kong XF, Kung SD. Prokaryotic promoters in the chloroplast DNA replication origin of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Curr Genet 1986; 10:819-22. [PMID: 3447740 DOI: 10.1007/bf00418528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, one displacement loop region which initiates the replication of chloroplast DNA was located on a 1.05 kb restriction fragment. This fragment was cloned and sequenced. In this report, the galK expression plasmid, pKO1 was used to screen for the presence of any prokaryotic promoter within the cloned fragment. The insertion of 2 AluI fragments yielded galK+ colonies. Sequence analyses of these AluI inserts revealed prokaryotic promoter consensus regions. Cloning into pKOTWI and subsequent DNA sequencing were used to determine the promoter-active orientation of each insert. Two back-to-back prokaryotic promoters were mapped on a 79 bp AluI fragment located within the displacement loop region.
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- M Wu
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville 21228
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Posno M, van Vliet A, Groot GS. The gene for Spirodela oligorhiza chloroplast ribosomal protein homologous to E. coli ribosomal protein L16 is split by a large intron near its 5' end: structure and expression. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:3181-95. [PMID: 3010229 PMCID: PMC339741 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.8.3181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of a Spirodela chloroplast DNA fragment, which directs the synthesis of a approximately 15 kD chloroplast ribosomal protein in an E. coli cell free system, has been determined. The deduced aminoacid sequence of the open reading frame shows extensive homology with E. coli ribosomal protein L16. Primer extension analysis, S1 nuclease mapping and nucleotide sequence analysis indicate that the chloroplast L16 gene (rpl16) is interrupted by a 1411 bp intron, which separates a short 5' exon from a large 3' exon. The shorter in vitro synthesized ribosomal protein results from an artificial initiation event at an internal ATG codon in the 3' exon. The sequences at the 5' and 3' splice sites of the intron are similar to consensus sequences described for other, class II intron containing, protein coding chloroplast genes. Northern hybridization experiments reveal 6 stable transcripts of rpl16 ranging from 500 b to greater than 4000 b. As determined by S1 nuclease mapping, the 3'-end of the smallest transcript maps exactly after the stem of a proposed termination signal. Finally, the implications of the finding of a cluster of several chloroplast ribosomal protein genes and possible polycistronic transcription of this chloroplast DNA region, are discussed in relation to the organization and expression of ribosomal protein genes found in the S10 operon of E. coli.
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Lin CM, Liu ZQ, Kung SD. Nicotiana chloroplast genome: X. Correlation between the DNA sequences and the isoelectric focusing patterns of the LS of Rubisco. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1986; 6:81-87. [PMID: 24307224 DOI: 10.1007/bf00027301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/1985] [Revised: 09/13/1985] [Accepted: 09/23/1985] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Comparison of the DNA sequences of the rbcL gene from three Nicotiana species reveals a high degree of homology among the 1431 bp in the coding region. Only eight base pair differences are observed between N. otophora and N. tabacum, and between N. otophora and N. acuminata. Four base pair differences are observed between N. acuminata and N. tabacum. Most changes are in the third position of the codon resulting in only two amino acid alterations when N. otophora and N. acuminata are compared with N. tabacum. Evidence is presented demonstrating that the amino acid compositions of the LS derived from the DNA sequence are related to the IEF cluster pattern. A single charged residue is responsible for the difference in cluster pattern.
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- C M Lin
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, CatonsvilleBaltimore County, Catonsville, 21228, MD, U.S.A
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