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Molecular Biology and Gene Regulation

Circadian Control of the Accumulation of mRNAs for Light- and Heat-Inducible Chloroplast Proteins in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) ¹

Institut für Botanik, Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Strae 2, 3000 Hannover 21, Federal Republic of Germany

The levels of the mRNAs for light-inducible, nuclear-coded chloroplast proteins vary rhythmically in pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants either grown in a dark-light cycle or under constant light conditions. This has been observed for the early light-inducible protein, the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein, and the small subunit of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. The mRNA levels are high in the morning, exhibit a minimum in the first half of the night, and increase again during the second half of the night. The amplitude of fluctuation is between 5- and 10-fold. A similar change in the mRNA abundance was found for four nuclear encoded heat-shock proteins of 18, 24, 26, and 30 kilodaltons. The ability of plants to transcribe heat-shock genes upon heat-shock for 2 hours varies through the day. The maxima for induction are found in the second half of the night and the morning. The minima are reached during the afternoon. The degree of fluctuation is between 3- and 5-fold. The levels of mRNAs for cytosolic as well as for plastid heat-shock proteins oscillate in parallel.

¹ The authors are grateful for the generous financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, FRG.

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