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RiceOGR1encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat-DYW protein and is essential for RNA editing in mitochondria
- Source :
- The Plant Journal. 59:738-749
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2009.
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Abstract
- RNA editing is the alteration of RNA sequences via insertion, deletion and conversion of nucleotides. In flowering plants, specific cytidine residues of RNA transcribed from organellar genomes are converted into uridines. Approximately 35 editing sites are present in the chloroplasts of higher plants; six pentatricopeptide repeat genes involved in RNA editing have been identified in Arabidopsis. However, although approximately 500 editing sites are found in mitochondrial RNAs of flowering plants, only one gene in Arabidopsis has been reported to be involved in such editing. Here, we identified rice mutants that are defective in seven specific RNA editing sites on five mitochondrial transcripts. Their various phenotypes include delayed seed germination, retarded growth, dwarfism and sterility. Mutant seeds from heterozygous plants are opaque. This mutation, named opaque and growth retardation 1 (ogr1), was generated by T-DNA insertion into a gene that encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat protein containing the DYW motif. The OGR1-sGFP fusion protein is localized to mitochondria. Ectopic expression of OGR1 in the mutant complements the altered phenotypes. We conclude that OGR1 is essential for RNA editing in rice mitochondria and is required for normal growth and development.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
RNA, Mitochondrial
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutant
Sequence alignment
Plant Science
Mitochondrial Proteins
chemistry.chemical_compound
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Arabidopsis
Genetics
Amino Acid Sequence
Gene
Base Sequence
biology
Genetic Complementation Test
food and beverages
RNA
Oryza
Cell Biology
biology.organism_classification
Mitochondria
Mutagenesis, Insertional
chemistry
RNA, Plant
RNA editing
Mutation
Pentatricopeptide repeat
RNA Editing
Sequence Alignment
DNA
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1365313X and 09607412
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Plant Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1dd649bf6e109511a7f99a60ac466d88