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Nidhi, Kumar P, Pathania D, Thakur S, Sharma M. Environment-mediated mutagenetic interference on genetic stabilization and circadian rhythm in plants. Cell Mol Life Sci 2022; 79:358. [PMID: 35687153 PMCID: PMC11072124 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-022-04368-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Many mortal organisms on this planet have developed the potential to merge all internal as well as external environmental cues to regulate various processes running inside organisms and in turn make them adaptive to the environment through the circadian clock. This moving rotator controls processes like activation of hormonal, metabolic, or defense pathways, initiation of flowering at an accurate period, and developmental processes in plants to ensure their stability in the environment. All these processes that are under the control of this rotating wheel can be changed either by external environmental factors or by an unpredictable phenomenon called mutation that can be generated by either physical mutagens, chemical mutagens, or by internal genetic interruption during metabolic processes, which alters normal functionality of organisms like innate immune responses, entrainment of the clock, biomass reduction, chlorophyll formation, and hormonal signaling, despite its fewer positive roles in plants like changing plant type, loss of vernalization treatment to make them survivable in different latitudes, and defense responses during stress. In addition, with mutation, overexpression of gene components sometimes supresses mutation effect and promote normal circadian genes abundance in the cell, while sometimes it affects circadian functionality by generating arrhythmicity and shows that not only mutation but overexpression also effects normal functional activities of plant. Therefore, this review mainly summarizes the role of each circadian clock genes in regulating rhythmicity, and shows that how circadian outputs are controlled by mutations as well as overexpression phenomenon.
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- Nidhi
- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, 173212, India
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- Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharmshala, India
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, 173212, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, 173212, India.
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Chen J, Wu FH, Shang YT, Wang WH, Hu WJ, Simon M, Liu X, Shangguan ZP, Zheng HL. Hydrogen sulphide improves adaptation of Zea mays seedlings to iron deficiency. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:6605-22. [PMID: 26208645 PMCID: PMC4623679 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is emerging as a potential molecule involved in physiological regulation in plants. However, whether H2S regulates iron-shortage responses in plants is largely unknown. Here, the role of H2S in modulating iron availability in maize (Zea mays L. cv Canner) seedlings grown in iron-deficient culture solution is reported. The main results are as follows: Firstly, NaHS, a donor of H2S, completely prevented leaf interveinal chlorosis in maize seedlings grown in iron-deficient culture solution. Secondly, electron micrographs of mesophyll cells from iron-deficient maize seedlings revealed plastids with few photosynthetic lamellae and rudimentary grana. On the contrary, mesophyll chloroplasts appeared completely developed in H2S-treated maize seedlings. Thirdly, H2S treatment increased iron accumulation in maize seedlings by changing the expression levels of iron homeostasis- and sulphur metabolism-related genes. Fourthly, phytosiderophore (PS) accumulation and secretion were enhanced by H2S treatment in seedlings grown in iron-deficient solution. Indeed, the gene expression of ferric-phytosiderophore transporter (ZmYS1) was specifically induced by iron deficiency in maize leaves and roots, whereas their abundance was decreased by NaHS treatment. Lastly, H2S significantly enhanced photosynthesis through promoting the protein expression of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase large subunit (RuBISCO LSU) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and the expression of genes encoding RuBISCO large subunit (RBCL), small subunit (RBCS), D1 protein (psbA), and PEPC in maize seedlings grown in iron-deficient solution. These results indicate that H2S is closely related to iron uptake, transport, and accumulation, and consequently increases chlorophyll biosynthesis, chloroplast development, and photosynthesis in plants.
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- Juan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China. Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310036, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystem, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, P.R. China.
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Zargar SM, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Fukao Y. Quantitative proteomics reveals role of sugar in decreasing photosynthetic activity due to Fe deficiency. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:592. [PMID: 26284105 PMCID: PMC4522737 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Sajad M. Zargar
- Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Division of Biotechnology, S K University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirSrinagar, India
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and BiochemistryKathmandu, Nepal
- GRADE Academy Private LimitedBirgunj, Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and BiochemistryKathmandu, Nepal
- GRADE Academy Private LimitedBirgunj, Nepal
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences and Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies, University of TsukubaTsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Ritsumeikan UniversityShiga, Japan
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Stress induces cell dedifferentiation in plants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1849:378-84. [PMID: 25086338 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Revised: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Accumulating evidence lends support to the proposal that a major theme in plant responses to stresses is dedifferentiation, whereby mature cells acquire stem cell features (e.g. open chromatin conformation) prior to acquisition of a new cell fate. In this review, we discuss data addressing plant cell plasticity and provide evidence linking stress, dedifferentiation and a switch in cell fate. We emphasize the epigenetic modifications associated with stress-induced global changes in chromatin structure and conclude with the implications for genetic variation and for induced pluripotent stem cells in animals. It appears that stress is perceived as a signal that directs plant cells to undergo reprogramming (dedifferentiation) as a means for adaptation and in preparation for a stimulus-based acquisition of a new cell fate. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Stress as a fundamental theme in cell plasticity.
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Comparative proteomic analysis for assessment of the ecological significance of maize and peanut intercropping. J Proteomics 2013; 78:447-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Salomé PA, Oliva M, Weigel D, Krämer U. Circadian clock adjustment to plant iron status depends on chloroplast and phytochrome function. EMBO J 2012; 32:511-23. [PMID: 23241948 PMCID: PMC3579136 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Plant chloroplasts are not only the main cellular location for storage of elemental iron (Fe), but also the main site for Fe, which is incorporated into chlorophyll, haem and the photosynthetic machinery. How plants measure internal Fe levels is unknown. We describe here a new Fe-dependent response, a change in the period of the circadian clock. In Arabidopsis, the period lengthens when Fe becomes limiting, and gradually shortens as external Fe levels increase. Etiolated seedlings or light-grown plants treated with plastid translation inhibitors do not respond to changes in Fe supply, pointing to developed chloroplasts as central hubs for circadian Fe sensing. Phytochrome-deficient mutants maintain a short period even under Fe deficiency, stressing the role of early light signalling in coupling the clock to Fe responses. Further mutant and pharmacological analyses suggest that known players in plastid-to-nucleus signalling do not directly participate in Fe sensing. We propose that the sensor governing circadian Fe responses defines a new retrograde pathway that involves a plastid-encoded protein that depends on phytochromes and the functional state of chloroplasts. The circadian clock of Arabidopsis is found to be hardwired to cellular iron levels, with chloroplasts playing a central role in iron sensing.
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- Patrice A Salomé
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.
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Ramirez L, Zabaleta EJ, Lamattina L. Nitric oxide and frataxin: two players contributing to maintain cellular iron homeostasis. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2010; 105:801-10. [PMID: 19556267 PMCID: PMC2859906 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2009] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 04/28/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nitric oxide (NO) is a signalling and physiologically active molecule in animals, plants and bacteria. The specificity of the molecular mechanism(s) involved in transducing the NO signal within and between cells and tissues is still poorly understood. NO has been shown to be an emerging and potent signal molecule in plant growth, development and stress physiology. The NO donor S-nitrosoglutathion (GSNO) was shown to be a biologically active compound in plants and a candidate for NO storage and/or mobilization between plant tissues and cells. NO has been implicated as a central component in maintaining iron bioavailavility in plants. SCOPE AND CONCLUSIONS Iron is an essential nutrient for almost all organisms. This review presents an overview of the functions of NO in iron metabolism in animals and discusses how NO production constitutes a key response in plant iron sensing and availability. In plants, NO drives downstream responses to both iron deficiency and iron overload. NO-mediated improvement of iron nutrition in plants growing under iron-deficient conditions represents a powerful tool to cope with soils displaying low iron availability. An interconversion between different redox forms based on the iron and NO status of the plant cells might be the core of a metabolic process driving plant iron homeostasis. Frataxin, a recently identified protein in plants, plays an important role in mitochondria biogenesis and in maintaining mitochondrial iron homeostasis. Evidence regarding the interaction between frataxin, NO and iron from analysis of frataxin knock-down Arabidopsis thaliana mutants is reviewed and discussed.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, (7600) Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Watanabe M, Hubberten HM, Saito K, Hoefgen R. General regulatory patterns of plant mineral nutrient depletion as revealed by serat quadruple mutants disturbed in cysteine synthesis. MOLECULAR PLANT 2010; 3:438-66. [PMID: 20339158 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Sulfate is an essential macronutrient for plants. Plants have developed strategies to cope with sulfate deficiency, and other nutrient ion limitations. However, the regulation of these adaptive responses and the coordinating signals that underlie them are still poorly characterized. O-acetylserine (OAS) is a marker metabolite of sulfate starvation and has been speculated to have a signaling function. OAS is synthesized by the enzyme serine acetyltransferase (SERAT), which is encoded by five distinct genes in Arabidopsis. We investigated quadruple knockout mutants of SERAT that retained only one functional isoform. These mutants displayed symptoms of sulfate starvation. Furthermore, some of them displayed phenotypes typical of prolonged sulfate starvation, in particular, developmental programs associated with senescence or stress responses. Thus, we compared metabolite and transcriptome data from these mutants with N-, P-, K-, and S-depleted plants. This revealed many similarities with general nutrient-depletion-induced senescence (NuDIS), indicating the recruitment of existing regulatory programs for nutrient-starvation responses. Several candidate genes that could be involved in these processes were identified, including transcription factors and other regulatory proteins, as well as the functional categories of their target genes. These results outline components of the regulatory network controlling plant development under sulfate stress, forming a basis for further investigations to elucidate the complete network. In turn, this will advance our broader understanding of plant responses to a range of other nutrient stresses.
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- Mutsumi Watanabe
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Sperotto RA, Ricachenevsky FK, Fett JP. Iron deficiency in rice shoots: identification of novel induced genes using RDA and possible relation to leaf senescence. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2007; 26:1399-411. [PMID: 17347829 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Revised: 02/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rice plants are highly susceptible to Fe-deficiency. Under nutrient deprivation, plant cells undergo extensive metabolic changes for their continued survival. To provide further insight into the pathways induced during Fe-deficiency, rice seedlings were grown for 3, 6 and 9 days in the presence or absence of Fe. Using RDA (Representational Difference Analysis), sequences of 32 induced genes in rice shoots under Fe-deficiency were identified. About 30% of the sequences found have been previously reported as responsive to other abiotic and even biotic stresses. However, this is the first report that indicates their relation to Fe deprivation. Differential expression of selected genes was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis. The identification of classical senescence-related sequences, such as lipase EC 3.1.1.-, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme EC 6.3.2.19, beta-Glucosidase EC 3.2.1.21 and cysteine synthase EC 2.5.1.47, besides the higher accumulation of total soluble sugars prior to the decrease of total chlorophyll content in Fe-deficient leaves, indicate that sugar accumulation may be one of the factors leading to premature leaf senescence induced by Fe-deficiency.
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- Raul Antonio Sperotto
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Graziano M, Beligni MV, Lamattina L. Nitric oxide improves internal iron availability in plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 130:1852-9. [PMID: 12481068 PMCID: PMC166696 DOI: 10.1104/pp.009076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2002] [Revised: 07/23/2002] [Accepted: 08/19/2002] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Iron deficiency impairs chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast development. In leaves, most of the iron must cross several biological membranes to reach the chloroplast. The components involved in the complex internal iron transport are largely unknown. Nitric oxide (NO), a bioactive free radical, can react with transition metals to form metal-nitrosyl complexes. Sodium nitroprusside, an NO donor, completely prevented leaf interveinal chlorosis in maize (Zea mays) plants growing with an iron concentration as low as 10 microM Fe-EDTA in the nutrient solution. S-Nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine, another NO donor, as well as gaseous NO supply in a translucent chamber were also able to revert the iron deficiency symptoms. A specific NO scavenger, 2-(4-carboxy-phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide, blocked the effect of the NO donors. The effect of NO treatment on the photosynthetic apparatus of iron-deficient plants was also studied. Electron micrographs of mesophyll cells from iron-deficient maize plants revealed plastids with few photosynthetic lamellae and rudimentary grana. In contrast, in NO-treated maize plants, mesophyll chloroplast appeared completely developed. NO treatment did not increase iron content in plant organs, when expressed in a fresh matter basis, suggesting that root iron uptake was not enhanced. NO scavengers 2-(4-carboxy-phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide and methylene blue promoted interveinal chlorosis in iron-replete maize plants (growing in 250 microM Fe-EDTA). Even though results support a role for endogenous NO in iron nutrition, experiments did not establish an essential role. NO was also able to revert the chlorotic phenotype of the iron-inefficient maize mutants yellow stripe1 and yellow stripe3, both impaired in the iron uptake mechanisms. All together, these results support a biological action of NO on the availability and/or delivery of metabolically active iron within the plant.
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- Magdalena Graziano
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Thimm O, Essigmann B, Kloska S, Altmann T, Buckhout TJ. Response of Arabidopsis to iron deficiency stress as revealed by microarray analysis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 127:1030-1043. [PMID: 11706184 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Gene expression in response to Fe deficiency was analyzed in Arabidopsis roots and shoots through the use of a cDNA collection representing at least 6,000 individual gene sequences. Arabidopsis seedlings were grown 1, 3, and 7 d in the absence of Fe, and gene expression in roots and shoots was investigated. Following confirmation of data and normalization methods, expression of several sequences encoding enzymes known to be affected by Fe deficiency was investigated by microarray analysis. Confirmation of literature reports, particularly for changes in enzyme activity, was not always possible, but changes in gene expression could be confirmed. An expression analysis of genes in glycolysis, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative pentose phosphate pathway revealed an induction of several enzymes within 3 d of Fe-deficient growth, indicating an increase in respiration in response to Fe deficiency. In roots, transcription of sequences corresponding to enzymes of anaerobic respiration was also induced, whereas in shoots, the induction of several genes in gluconeogenesis, starch degradation, and phloem loading was observed. Thus, it seemed likely that the energy demand in roots required for the Fe deficiency response exceeded the capacity of oxidative phosphorylation, and an increase in carbon import and anaerobic respiration were required to maintain metabolism.
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- O Thimm
- Applied Botany, Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 42, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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Photosynthesis is one of the important processes that enable life on earth. To optimize photosynthesis reactions during a solar day, most of them are timed to be active during the light phase. This includes the components of the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts. Prominent representatives are the proteins of the light-harvesting complex (LHC). The synthesis of both the Lhc mRNA and the LHC protein occurs during the day and is regulated by the circadian clock, exhibiting the following pattern: increasing levels after sunrise, reaching a maximum around noon, and decreasing levels in the afternoon. To elucidate the involved control elements and regulatory circuits, the following strategies were applied: (1) analysis of promoters of Lhc genes, (2) analysis of DNA binding proteins, and (3) screening and investigation of mutants. The most promising elements found so far that may be involved in mediating the circadian rhythmicity of Lhc mRNA oscillations are a myb-like transcription factor CCA1 (Wang et al. 1997) and the corresponding DNA binding sequence (Piechulla et al. 1998).
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- B Piechulla
- University of Rostock, Department of Molecular Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Rostock, Germany
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Winder TL, Nishio JN. Early iron deficiency stress response in leaves of sugar beet. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1995; 108:1487-94. [PMID: 7659749 PMCID: PMC157528 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.4.1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Iron nutrient deficiency was investigated in leaves of hydroponically grown sugar beets (Beta vulgaris) to determine how ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) gene expression is affected when thylakoid components of photosynthesis are diminished. Rubisco polypeptide content was reduced by 60% in severely iron-stressed leaves, and the reduction was directly correlated to chlorophyll content. The concentration of Rubisco protein in iron-stressed leaves was found to be regulated by availability of mRNAs, and CO2 fixation by Rubisco was reduced from 45 mumol CO2 m-2 s-1 in extracts from iron-sufficient leaves to 20 mumol CO2 m-2 s-1 in extracts from severely stressed leaves. The rate of CO2 fixation was directly correlated to leaf chlorophyll content. Rubisco in iron-sufficient control leaves was 59% activated, whereas in severely stressed leaves grown under the same light, Rubisco was 43% activated. RNA synthesis was reduced by about 50% in iron-deficient leaves, but 16S and 25S rRNA and ctDNA were essentially unaffected by iron stress.
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- T L Winder
- Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie 82071-3165, USA
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Abied MA, Holland D. Two newly isolated genes from citrus exhibit a different pattern of diurnal expression and light response. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:165-173. [PMID: 7948867 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The diurnal expression of two newly isolated genes, ccr and clr, was studied in Duncan grapefruits (Citrus paradisi). The steady-state levels of mRNA corresponding to each of the genes reach their maximum at different time points during the day. The peak of ccr accumulation is at the end of the light period, while accumulation of mRNA corresponding to clr peaks already after 4-6 hours of light. The lowest steady-state levels of mRNA corresponding to both of the genes is at the dark period. ccr is highly homologous to lir1, a gene recently isolated from rice. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of ccr to that deduced from lir1 indicates 49% of identity. The deduced proteins contain two imperfect repeats with two cystein residues that are positionally conserved in each of the repeats. The steady-state level of ccr transcripts continues to oscillate after the plants are transferred to darkness and displays a circadian rhythm similar to that of lir1. On the other hand, the level of clr transcripts is almost undetectable after more than 12 h in the dark. Artificial light supplement in the dark extends the length of time of clr expression during the day. clr does not show significant homology to any of the known circadian or light-regulated genes.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Circadian Rhythm
- Citrus/genetics
- Citrus/physiology
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/radiation effects
- Gene Library
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Light
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plant Leaves/chemistry
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Plant/analysis
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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- M A Abied
- Department of Fruit Tree Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Zhong HH, Young JC, Pease EA, Hangarter RP, McClung CR. Interactions between Light and the Circadian Clock in the Regulation of CAT2 Expression in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1994; 104:889-898. [PMID: 12232134 PMCID: PMC160686 DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.3.889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In Arabidopsis seedlings germinated and grown in continuous light, CAT2 mRNA abundance peaks 1 d after imbibition, consistent with the role of catalase in detoxifying H2O2 generated during the [beta]-oxidation of fatty acids stored in the seed. A second peak of CAT2 mRNA abundance, of lower amplitude than the initial peak, appears 6 d after imbibition and may be associated with the development of photosynthetic competence and induction of photorespiration. This second peak in steady-state CAT2 mRNA abundance is regulated by light and is not seen in etiolated seedlings. CAT2 mRNA accumulation is induced by exposure to high-fluence blue or far-red light but not by red light. In addition, light induction is unaffected by several mutations that block blue light-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation (blu1, blu2, blu3, hy4), suggesting phytochrome involvement. When etiolated seedlings are transferred to continuous white light, CAT2 mRNA rapidly (within 30 min) accumulates. It is interesting that in these seedlings CAT2 mRNA abundance undergoes pronounced oscillations with a circadian (24 h) periodicity, indicating control by the endogenous circadian clock. No such oscillations are detected in CAT2 mRNA abundance in etiolated seedlings prior to illumination. Control of CAT2 expression by the circadian clock is also seen in 5-week-old plants grown in a light-dark cycle and transferred either to continuous dark or to continuous light; in continuous light the circadian oscillations in CAT2 mRNA abundance persist for at least five circadian cycles, indicating the robustness of this circadian rhythm.
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- H. H. Zhong
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-3576 (H.H.Z., E.A.P., C.R.M.)
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Piechulla B. 'Circadian clock' directs the expression of plant genes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:533-542. [PMID: 8329689 DOI: 10.1007/bf00015982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- B Piechulla
- Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Göttingen, Germany
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Reimmann C, Dudler R. Circadian rhythmicity in the expression of a novel light-regulated rice gene. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:165-170. [PMID: 8499615 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We have identified and analyzed cDNAs corresponding to a single-copy gene from rice, designated lir1, whose expression exhibits dramatic diurnal fluctuations. The cDNAs encode a putative protein of 128 amino acids with no homology to known proteins. Lir1 mRNA accumulates in the light, reaching maximum and minimum steady-state levels at the end of the light and dark period, respectively. The oscillations of lir1 mRNA abundance persist after the plants have been transferred to continuous light or darkness. Plants germinated in the dark have very low levels of lir1 mRNA, whereas plants germinated in continuous light express lir1 at an intermediate but constant level. These results indicate that lir1 expression is controlled by light and a circadian clock.
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- C Reimmann
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Hennessey TL, Freeden AL, Field CB. Environmental effects on circadian rhythms in photosynthesis and stomatal opening. PLANTA 1993; 189:369-76. [PMID: 24178493 DOI: 10.1007/bf00194433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/04/1992] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Persistent circadian rhythms in photosynthesis and stomatal opening occurred in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants transferred from a natural photoperiod to a variety of constant conditions. Photosynthesis, measured as carbon assimilation, and stomatal opening, as conductance to water vapor, oscillated with a freerunning period close to 24 h under constant moderate light, as well as under light-limiting and CO2-limiting conditions. The rhythms damped under constant conditions conducive to high photosynthetic rates, as did rates of carbon assimilation and stomatal conductance, and this damping correlated with the accumulation of carbohydrate. No rhythm in respiration occurred in plants transferred to constant darkness, and the rhythm in stomatal opening damped rapidly in constant darkness. Damping of rhythms also occurred in leaflets exposed to constant light and CO2-free air, demonstrating that active photosynthesis and not simply light was necessary for sustained expression of these rhythms.
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- T L Hennessey
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA
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Hardin PE, Hall JC, Rosbash M. Circadian oscillations in period gene mRNA levels are transcriptionally regulated. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:11711-5. [PMID: 1465387 PMCID: PMC50626 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.24.11711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The period (per) gene is involved in regulating circadian rhythms in Drosophila melanogaster. The per gene is expressed in a circadian manner, where fluctuations in per mRNA abundance are influenced by its own translation product, which also cycles in abundance. Since per gene expression is necessary for circadian rhythmicity, we sought to determine how certain features of this feedback loop operate. The results of this study reveal that fluctuations in per mRNA are primarily controlled by fluctuations in per gene transcription, that per mRNA has a relatively short half-life, and that sequences sufficient to drive per mRNA cycling are present in 1.3 kilobases of 5' flanking sequences. These and other results indicate that the per feedback loop has all of the basic properties necessary to be a component of a circadian oscillator.
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- P E Hardin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254
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Laulhère JP, Labouré AM, Van Wuytswinkel O, Gagnon J, Briat JF. Purification, characterization and function of bacterioferritin from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis P.C.C. 6803. Biochem J 1992; 281 ( Pt 3):785-93. [PMID: 1536655 PMCID: PMC1130759 DOI: 10.1042/bj2810785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Storage and buffering of iron is achieved by a class of proteins, the ferritins, widely distributed throughout the living kingdoms. All ferritins have in common their three-dimensional structure and their ability to store large amounts of iron in their central cavity. However, eukaryotic ferritins from plants and animals and bacterioferritins have no sequence similarity, and besides non-haem iron bacterioferritins contain haem residues whereas eukaryotic ferritins do not. In this paper we report the first purification and characterization of a bacterioferritin from a cyanobacterium. It has a molecular mass of 400 kDa and is built up from 19 kDa subunits. Its N-terminal sequence shows 73% identity with that of the Escherichia coli bacterioferritin subunit. It contains 2300 atoms of iron and 1500 molecules of phosphate per ferritin molecule and 0.25 haem residue per subunit; the alpha-peak of the cytochrome has its maximum at 559 nm. In contrast with what is known for eukaryotic ferritins, we found that bacterioferritin from Synechocystis is not inducible by iron under the conditions that we have tested and that it has a constant concentration whatever the iron status of the cells, even at very low iron concentration. Bacterioferritin from Synechocystis P.C.C. 6803 is fully assembled in vivo and it is shown by labelling with 59Fe that it is able to load iron in vitro as well as in vivo. Bacterioferritin from Synechocystis is shown to have an iron-buffering function while the bulk of cellular iron is found associated with a pool of low-molecular-mass electronegative molecules. The role of Synechocystis bacterioferritin in iron metabolism is discussed.
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- J P Laulhère
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Végétale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Unité de Recherche Associée n. 1178), Grenoble, France
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Fredeen AL, Hennessey TL, Field CB. Biochemical Correlates of the Circadian Rhythm in Photosynthesis in Phaseolus vulgaris. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 97:415-9. [PMID: 16668402 PMCID: PMC1081014 DOI: 10.1104/pp.97.1.415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A circadian rhythm in photosynthesis occurs in Phaseolus vulgaris after transfer from a natural or artificial light:dark cycle to constant light. The rhythm in photosynthesis persists even when intercellular CO(2) partial pressure is held constant, demonstrating that the rhythm in photosynthesis is not entirely due to stomatal control over the diffusion of CO(2). Experiments were conducted to attempt to elucidate biochemical correlates with the circadian rhythm in photosynthesis. Plants were entrained to a 12-hour-day:12-hour-night light regimen and then monitored or sampled during a subsequent period of constant light. We observed circadian oscillations in ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) levels, and to a lesser extent in phosphoglyceric acid (PGA) levels, that closely paralleled oscillations in photosynthesis. However, the enzyme activity and activation state of the enzyme responsible for the conversion of RuBP to PGA, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, showed no discernible circadian oscillation. Hence, we examined the possibility of circadian effects on RuBP regeneration. Neither ribulose-5-phosphate kinase activity nor the level of ATP fluctuated in constant light. Oscillations in triose-phosphate levels were out of phase with those observed for RuBP and PGA.
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- A L Fredeen
- Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Kloppstech K, Otto B, Sierralta W. Cyclic temperature treatments of dark-grown pea seedlings induce a rise in specific transcript levels of light-regulated genes related to photomorphogenesis. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1991; 225:468-73. [PMID: 2017141 DOI: 10.1007/bf00261689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Dark-grown pea seedlings exposed to cyclic heat shocks or daily temperature changes undergo a morphogenetic development similar to that induced by far red light. The morphological changes observed include expansion of the leaves, shortening of the stems and opening of the hooks. Compared with control etioplasts, plastids of heat-treated seedlings are as large as fully mature chloroplasts and contain well developed, unstacked membranes. These morphogenetic changes correlate with elevated levels of SSU and LHCP mRNAs which, under these conditions, fluctuate in a circadian manner. In contrast, the ELIP mRNA remains under strict light control and shows circadian fluctuations only if the plants are exposed to a short period of illumination. We propose that periodic temperature changes, like light treatment, might serve as a 'Zeitgeber' signal for circadian rhythm. The data indicate a correlation between the existence of circadian oscillations and morphogenetic development.
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- K Kloppstech
- Institut für Botanik, Universität Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany
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Kellmann JW, Pichersky E, Piechulla B. Analysis of the diurnal expression patterns of the tomato chlorophyll a/b binding protein genes. Influence of light and characterization of the gene family. Photochem Photobiol 1990; 52:35-41. [PMID: 2204947 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01752.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Steady-state mRNA levels of the chlorophyll a/b binding (cab) proteins oscillate substantially during a diurnal cycle in tomato leaves. This accumulation pattern is also observed in complete darkness, supporting the hypothesis that the expression of cab genes is at least partially regulated by an endogenous rhythm ("biological clock"). The amplitude of the cab mRNA accumulation is dependent on the duration of illumination and the circadian phase in which light was applied to the tomato plants. These results at the molecular level correlate well with the photoperiodic phenomenon. The characterization of the expression pattern of individual members of the cab gene family was attempted. Distinct primer extension products were detected using specific oligonucleotides homologous to the cab 1, cab 4, cab 5 and cab 8 genes. Based on this analysis the transcription start sites of these genes were determined to be between position -70 and -9 upstream of the ATG codon. During the diurnal cycle the cab 1 and cab 4 genes exhibit the same expression pattern; no transcripts detected at 3 and 6 a.m., maximum mRNA levels were measured at noon and decreasing levels in the afternoon.
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- J W Kellmann
- Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Göttingen, W. Germany
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Ernst D, Apfelböck A, Bergmann A, Weyrauch C. Rhythmic regulation of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein and the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase mRNA in rye seedlings. Photochem Photobiol 1990; 52:29-33. [PMID: 2204946 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb01751.x] [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: 12/30/2022]
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In etiolated rye seedlings transferred to light the expression of chlorophyll a/b binding protein mRNA varies when the seedlings are grown in a day/night cycle. The fluctuation pattern follows a circadian rhythm. Exposure of 4-day old etiolated seedlings to continuous white light revealed two maxima within the first 24 h before the 24 h cycle period appeared. These first two maxima are also observable after a pulse of white light or after a pulse of red light. These results indicate a possible involvement of phytochrome in the endogenous regulation of the rhythm.
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- D Ernst
- Max Planck Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, W. Germany
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Hardin PE, Hall JC, Rosbash M. Feedback of the Drosophila period gene product on circadian cycling of its messenger RNA levels. Nature 1990; 343:536-40. [PMID: 2105471 DOI: 10.1038/343536a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 750] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mutations in the period (per) gene of Drosophila melanogaster affect both circadian and ultradian rhythms. Levels of per gene product undergo circadian oscillation, and it is now shown that there is an underlying oscillation in the level of per RNA. The observations indicate that the cycling of per-encoded protein could result from per RNA cycling, and that there is a feedback loop through which the activity of per-encoded protein causes cycling of its own RNA.
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- P E Hardin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254
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Queiroz-Claret C, Queiroz O. Multiple levels in the control of rhythms in enzyme synthesis and activity by circadian clocks: recent trends. Chronobiol Int 1990; 7:25-33. [PMID: 2372849 DOI: 10.3109/07420529009056951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It is now well established that circadian clocks can control rhythmicity at different stages of the sequence of events leading from gene activity to a functional enzyme molecule. Conceptual and experimental distinction of the effective control targets is emphasized, with particular attention to recent results obtained on circadian clock control of transcription and to data indicating that proteins can behave as conformational oscillators. Thus circadian rhythmicity both in gene expression and in the dynamics of the enzyme molecule would contribute to the temporal compartmentation of processes such as metabolic co-ordination and channeling necessary for the adaptive efficiency of physiological programmes.
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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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Meyer H, Thienel U, Piechulla B. Molecular characterization of the diurnal/circadian expression of the chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins in leaves of tomato and other dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plant species. PLANTA 1989; 180:5-15. [PMID: 24201838 DOI: 10.1007/bf02411404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/1989] [Accepted: 06/26/1989] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Diurnal oscillations of steady-state mRNA levels encoding the chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins were monitored inLycopersicon esculentum, Glycine max, Phaseolus vulgaris, P. aureus, P. coccineus, Pisum sativum, Sinapis alba, Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum andZea mays. In these plant speciescab mRNA accumulation increases and decreases periodically indicating i) that the expression of the genes for chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins (cab genes) is controlled by a circadian rhythm, and ii) that the rhythm is widely distributed among monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant species. A detailed characterization of the pattern ofcab mRNA expression in tomato leaves shows that the amplitude of the oscillation is dependent on i) the developmental stage of the leaves, ii) the circadian phase and duration of light and iii) the circadian phase and duration of darkness. In addition to the chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins, genes coding for other cellular functions were examined for cyclic variations of their mRNA levels. The analysis includes genes involved in i) carbon metabolism (e.g. phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase, alpha amylase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase, triosephosphate isomerase), ii) photosynthesis (large and small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, QB-binding protein, reaction-center protein of photosystem I) and iii) other physiological or morphological reactions (e.g. ubiquitin, actin). However, no periodic fluctuation pattern was detected for the mRNA levels of these genes in tomato and maize leaves.
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- H Meyer
- Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Untere Karspüle 2, D-3400, Göttingen, Germany
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- M Rosbash
- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254
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Piechulla B. Changes of the diurnal and circadian (endogenous) mRNA oscillations of the chlorophyll a/b binding protein in tomato leaves during altered day/night (light/dark) regimes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1989; 12:317-27. [PMID: 24272867 DOI: 10.1007/bf00043209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/1988] [Accepted: 12/13/1988] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Characteristic steady-state mRNA level oscillations were monitored for the chlorophyll a/b-binding (cab) protein in tomato plants grown under the natural day/night (light/dark) regime as well as under constant environmental conditions. This typical expression pattern was altered when plants were transferred to different light/dark regimes. For example, by shifting the light phase by six hours, a change of the time points of maximum and minimum of expression level was monitored, while the principal oscillation pattern remained the same. It appeared that the transition from dark to light is involved in determining the time points of minima and maxima of mRNA accumulation.After exposing tomato plants to an abnormal light/dark periodicity (e.g. six hours of alternating light/dark) an altered oscillation pattern was determined: within 24 hours two maxima of cab mRNA levels were detected. However, this 'entrained' abnormal rhythm was not manifested at the molecular level and the circadian pattern reappeared under constant environmental conditions (e.g. darkness). This result favours the hypothesis that the oscillation pattern of the cab mRNA in tomato plants is not only endogenous but also hereditary.
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- B Piechulla
- Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Untere Karspüle 2, 3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Loros JJ, Denome SA, Dunlap JC. Molecular cloning of genes under control of the circadian clock in Neurospora. Science 1989; 243:385-8. [PMID: 2563175 DOI: 10.1126/science.2563175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To investigate the regulation of messenger RNA abundance by circadian clocks, genomic and complementary DNA libraries were screened with complementary DNA probes enriched, by means of sequential rounds of subtractive hybridization, for sequences complementary to transcripts specific to either early morning or early evening cultures of Neurospora. Only two morning-specific genes were identified through this protocol. RNA blot analysis verified that the abundance of the transcripts arising from these genes oscillates with a period of 21.5 hours in a clock wild-type strain and 29 hours in the long-period clock mutant strain frq7. Genetic mapping through the use of restriction fragment length polymorphisms shows the two genes, ccg-1 and ccg-2, to be unlinked. These data provide a view of the extent of clock control of gene expression.
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- J J Loros
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756
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Paulsen H, Bogorad L. Diurnal and Circadian Rhythms in the Accumulation and Synthesis of mRNA for the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Binding Protein in Tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 88:1104-9. [PMID: 16666429 PMCID: PMC1055723 DOI: 10.1104/pp.88.4.1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The steady state level of mRNA for the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein (LHCP) varies considerably during a day-night light cycle in expanding leaves of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum, cv Wisconsin 38). The maximum (day) level is at least one hundred-fold higher than the minimum (night) level. The oscillation in the LHCP mRNA level continues for several days even under constant illumination. However, no such circadian rhythm can be detected in constant darkness. Plants that have been maintained in constant darkness for a prolonged period reinitiate the circadian rhythm upon illumination: the LHCP mRNA level resumes its rhythmic behavior with a period of roughly 24 hours. The same circadian fluctuation of LHCP mRNA is observed upon illuminating etiolated tobacco seedlings, demonstrating that the circadian rhythm is not dependent on the presence of mature chloroplasts. In vitro transcription experiments with nuclei isolated from green plants during various times of the day indicate that the diurnal as well as the circadian changes of the level of LHCP RNA are due, at least in part, to changes in the rate of LHCP mRNA synthesis.
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- H Paulsen
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Piechulla B. Plastid and nuclear mRNA fluctuations in tomato leaves - diurnal and circadian rhythms during extended dark and light periods. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1988; 11:345-53. [PMID: 24272347 DOI: 10.1007/bf00027391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/1988] [Accepted: 06/15/1988] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Steady-state mRNA levels of nuclear (rbcS, cab, tubA) and plastid (rbcL, psbA) encoded genes were determined in tomato leaves of different developmental stages. Transcripts were analyzed at four-hour intervals throughout a diurnal cycle in 4 cm-long terminal leaflets, while mRNA levels of the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein (cab), and the small and large subunit of RuBPC/Oase (rbcS, rbcL) are high. At different time points during the day the mRNAs accumulate to characteristic levels. Minor fluctuations of such mRNA levels were determined in the case of rbcS, rbcL, psbA and tubA, while significant alterations are observed for the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein transcript levels. LHCP II transcripts accumulate during the day, reach highest levels at noon and decline to non-detectable levels at 5 a.m. The cab mRNA fluctuates with a periodic length of approximately 24 hours suggesting the existence of a circadian rhythm ("biological clock"), which is involved in gene activation and inactivation. The mRNA oscillation with the same periodic length, but altered amplitude, continues to be present in plants which are kept under extended dark or light conditions. Different mRNA fluctuation patterns are observed for rbcS, rbcL, and psbA under such experimental conditions.
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- B Piechulla
- Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze, Untere Karspüle 2, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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