Unstable genes affecting chloroplast development in soybean

1989 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 532-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel M. Chandlee ◽  
Lila O. Vodkin
2020 ◽  
Vol 375 (1801) ◽  
pp. 20190397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Krupinska ◽  
Nicolás E. Blanco ◽  
Svenja Oetke ◽  
Michela Zottini

An increasing number of eukaryotic proteins have been shown to have a dual localization in the DNA-containing organelles, mitochondria and plastids, and/or the nucleus. Regulation of dual targeting and relocation of proteins from organelles to the nucleus offer the most direct means for communication between organelles as well as organelles and nucleus. Most of the mitochondrial proteins of animals have functions in DNA repair and gene expression by modelling of nucleoid architecture and/or chromatin. In plants, such proteins can affect replication and early development. Most plastid proteins with a confirmed or predicted second location in the nucleus are associated with the prokaryotic core RNA polymerase and are required for chloroplast development and light responses. Few plastid–nucleus-located proteins are involved in pathogen defence and cell cycle control. For three proteins, it has been clearly shown that they are first targeted to the organelle and then relocated to the nucleus, i.e. the nucleoid-associated proteins HEMERA and Whirly1 and the stroma-located defence protein NRIP1. Relocation to the nucleus can be experimentally demonstrated by plastid transformation leading to the synthesis of proteins with a tag that enables their detection in the nucleus or by fusions with fluoroproteins in different experimental set-ups. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Retrograde signalling from endosymbiotic organelles’.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tingting Liu ◽  
Baolong Tao ◽  
Hanfei Wu ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
Bin Yi ◽  
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Genetics ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 1329-1338
Author(s):  
Peter A Peterson

Transposable elements in maize are composed of a defined molecular structure that includes coding sequences, determiners of functionality and ordered terminal motifs that provide binding sites for transposase proteins. Alterations in these components change the phenotypic expression of unstable genes with transposon inserts. The molecular basis for the altered timing and frequency of transposition as determined by the size and number of spots on kernels or stripes on leaves has generally been described for defective inserts in genes. Most differential patterns can be ascribed to alterations in the terminal motifs of the reporter allele structure that supplies a substrate (terminal inverted repeat motifs) for transposase activity. For autonomously functioning alleles, the explanations for changes in phenotype are not so clear. In this report, an En-related element identified as F-En is described that shares with En the recognition of a specific defective element c1(mr)888104 but differs from En in that this F-En element does not recognize the canonical c1(mr) elements that are recognized by En. Evidence is provided suggesting that F-En does not recognize other En/Spm-related defective elements, some of whose sequences are known. This modified En arose from a c1-m autonomously mutating En allele.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2512
Author(s):  
Xinwei Wang ◽  
Yaqi An ◽  
Ye Li ◽  
Jianwei Xiao

Chloroplasts cannot develop normally without the coordinated action of various proteins and signaling connections between the nucleus and the chloroplast genome. Many questions regarding these processes remain unanswered. Here, we report a novel P-type pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) factor, named Albino Cotyledon Mutant1 (ACM1), which is encoded by a nuclear gene and involved in chloroplast development. Knock-down of ACM1 transgenic plants displayed albino cotyledons but normal true leaves, while knock-out of the ACM1 gene in seedlings was lethal. Fluorescent protein analysis showed that ACM1 was specifically localized within chloroplasts. PEP-dependent plastid transcript levels and splicing efficiency of several group II introns were seriously affected in cotyledons in the RNAi line. Furthermore, denaturing gel electrophoresis and Western blot experiments showed that the accumulation of chloroplast ribosomes was probably damaged. Collectively, our results indicate ACM1 is indispensable in early chloroplast development in Arabidopsis cotyledons.


Planta ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Hampp ◽  
H. W. Schmidt

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