PPR Protein BFA2 Is Essential for the Accumulation of the Transcript in Chloroplasts

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2019 Apr 30

PMID 31031784

Citations 18

Authors

Lin Zhang

Wen Zhou

Liping Che

Jean-David Rochaix

Congming Lu

Wenjing Li

Lianwei Peng

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Abstract

As a fascinating and complicated nanomotor, chloroplast ATP synthase comprises nine subunits encoded by both the nuclear and plastid genomes. Because of its uneven subunit stoichiometry, biogenesis of ATP synthase and expression of plastid-encoded ATP synthase genes requires assistance by nucleus-encoded factors involved in transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational steps. In this study, we report a P-class pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein BFA2 (Biogenesis Factor required for ATP synthase 2) that is essential for accumulation of the dicistronic transcript in Arabidopsis chloroplasts. A loss-of-function mutation in results in a specific reduction of more than 3/4 of chloroplast ATP synthase, which is likely due to the absence of dicistronic transcript. BFA2 protein contains 22 putative PPR motifs and exclusively localizes in the chloroplast. Bioinformatics and Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assays (EMSA) analysis showed that BFA2 binds to the consensus sequence of the intergenic region in a sequence-specific manner. However, translation initiation of the was not affected in the mutant. Thus, we propose that the chloroplast PPR protein BFA2 mainly acts as barrier to prevent the transcript degradation by exoribonucleases by binding to the consensus sequence of the intergenic region.

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