, Encoding a Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, Is Essential for Chloroplast RNA Editing and Biogenesis in Soybean

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2021 Sep 27

PMID 34567023

Citations 5

Authors

Xingxing Feng

Suxin Yang

Yaohua Zhang

Cheng Zhiyuan

Kuanqiang Tang

Guang Li

Hui Yu

Jiantian Leng

Qingyu Wang

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Abstract

Chloroplast biogenesis and development are highly complex processes requiring interactions between plastids and nuclear genomic products. Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins play an essential role in the development of chloroplasts; however, it remains unclear how RNA editing factors influence soybean development. In this study, a mutant () was identified with decreased chlorophyll contents. Genetic mapping revealed that a single-nucleotide deletion at position 1949 bp in the gene in the mutant, resulting in a truncated GmPGL2 protein. The nuclear-encoded is a PLS-type PPR protein that localizes to the chloroplasts. The C-to-U editing efficiencies of , , , , , and were reduced in the mutant. RNA electrophoresis mobility shift assay (REMSA) analysis further revealed that GmPGL2 binds to the immediate upstream sequences at RNA editing sites of and , respectively. In addition, GmPGL2 was found to interact with GmMORF8, GmMORF9, and GmORRM6. These results suggest that GmPGL2 participates in C-to-U RNA editing the formation of a complex RNA editosome in soybean chloroplasts.

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