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Plant Physiol. (1998) 116: 1387-1392
Nuclear-Gene Mutations Suppress a Defect in the
Expression of
the Chloroplast-Encoded Large Subunit of
Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate
Carboxylase/Oxygenase1
Seokjoo Hong2 and
Robert J. Spreitzer*
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska 68588-0664
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ABSTRACT |
The
green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant 76-5EN
lacks photosynthesis because of a nuclear-gene mutation that
specifically inhibits expression of the chloroplast gene encoding the
large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
(Rubisco; EC 4.1.1.39). Photosynthesis-competent revertants were
selected from mutant 76-5EN to explore the possibility of increasing
Rubisco expression. Genetic analysis of 10 revertants revealed that
most arose from suppressor mutations in nuclear genes distinct from the
original 76-5EN mutant gene. The revertant strains have regained various levels of Rubisco holoenzyme, but none of the suppressor mutations increased Rubisco expression above the wild-type level in
either the presence or absence of the 76-5EN mutation. One suppressor
mutation, S107-4B, caused a temperature-conditional, photosynthesis-deficient phenotype in the absence of the original 76-5EN mutation. The S107-4B strain was unable to grow
photosynthetically at 35°C, but it expressed a substantial level of
Rubisco holoenzyme. Whereas the 76-5EN gene encodes a nuclear factor
that appears to be required for the transcription of the Rubisco
large-subunit gene, the S107-4B nuclear gene may be required for the
expression of other chloroplast genes.
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INTRODUCTION |
Rubisco (EC 4.1.1.39) catalyzes both the carboxylation and
oxygenation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate. Carboxylation initiates photosynthetic carbon assimilation, but oxygenation initiates photorespiration, a nonessential process that leads to the loss of
CO2. Because an increase in carboxylation or a
decrease in oxygenation would increase net photosynthetic
CO2 fixation, there has been significant interest
in engineering an improved Rubisco (for reviews, see Spreitzer, 1993 ;
Hartman and Harpel, 1994). Eukaryotic Rubisco is a
chloroplast-localized protein assembled from eight copies each of the
large and small subunits. The 55-kD large subunits are coded by the
chloroplast rbcL gene, whereas a family of nuclear
RbcS genes encodes the 15-kD small subunits (for review, see
Spreitzer, 1993). The enzyme active sites are formed at the interfaces
between the large subunits (for review, see Schneider et al., 1992).
Analysis of chloroplast rbcL mutations in the green alga
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has identified a number of
large-subunit structural interactions that affect the stability and
catalysis of the Rubisco holoenzyme (Chen et al., 1991; Thow et al.,
1994; Spreitzer et al., 1995; Zhu and Spreitzer, 1996; Hong and
Spreitzer, 1997). Nuclear mutations that affect the stability,
catalysis, and expression of Rubisco have also been recovered in
C. reinhardtii (Spreitzer et al., 1992), but the molecular
basis for these effects remains unknown. The 68-11AR mutation
decreases the thermal stability and carboxylase/oxygenase ratio of
Rubisco (Spreitzer et al., 1988; Gotor et al., 1994). However, the
S52-2B suppressor mutation restores the thermal stability and reduced
carboxylase/oxygenase ratio of Rubisco caused by a chloroplast
rbcL mutation (Chen et al., 1988, 1990, 1993). These two
nuclear mutations do not reside within the RbcS genes and
are not allelic to each other. Instead, the 68-11AR and S52-2B
mutations affect Rubisco at posttranslational steps (Chen et al., 1990,
1993; Gotor et al., 1994). The genes in which these mutations arose may
prove useful as targets for exploring the production of a better
Rubisco.
Another C. reinhardtii nuclear mutant, named 76-5EN,
differs from the other Rubisco mutants in that it fails to accumulate significant levels of rbcL mRNA (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994).
Nuclear mutations have previously been recovered that inhibit the
expression of chloroplast genes at posttranscriptional steps (for
review, see Mayfield et al., 1995). However, the 76-5EN mutation is
unique. It appears to block large-subunit expression at the level of
rbcL transcription (Hong and Spreitzer,
1994).
Genetic selection for photosynthesis-competent revertants of C. reinhardtii rbcL mutants has proven fruitful for understanding the
structure/function relationships of Rubisco (Chen and Spreitzer, 1989;
Chen et al., 1990, 1991; Thow et al., 1994; Spreitzer et al., 1995;
Hong and Spreitzer, 1997). Because mutant 76-5EN has a
photosynthesis-deficient phenotype (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994), it is
also possible to select photosynthesis-competent revertants from this
mutant. In this study 10 photosynthesis-competent suppressor mutations have been analyzed to better understand the nature of the
76-5EN mutant gene. Suppressors of 76-5EN were tested to see whether
any might increase the expression of wild-type Rubisco, considering
that an increase in the amount of Rubisco would also be beneficial for
increasing net CO2 fixation.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS |
Strains and Culture Conditions
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii wild-type 2137 mt+ (Spreitzer and Mets, 1981), mutant
76-5EN (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994), and revertant and suppressor
strains were maintained on solid medium containing 10 mm
sodium acetate and 1.5% Bacto agar (Difco, Detroit, MI) at 25°C in
darkness (Spreitzer and Mets, 1981). The light-sensitive, acetate-requiring mutant 76-5EN was recovered from mutagenized 2137 mt+ cells in a previous study (Hong and
Spreitzer, 1994). Mutant 76-5EN lacks Rubisco holoenzyme due to a
nuclear gene mutation that inhibits rbcL mRNA accumulation
(Hong and Spreitzer, 1994). For biochemical analysis, cells were grown
with liquid acetate medium on a rotary shaker at 220 rpm in darkness
until they reached a density of 5 × 106
cells mL 1.
Genetic Selection and Analysis
Photosynthesis-competent revertants were selected from independent
clones of mutant 76-5EN by plating 2 × 106
cells per 100-mm Petri dish of minimal medium (without acetate) at a
light intensity of 45 to 80 µmol photons m2
s1. Growth phenotypes were assessed by
performing spot tests on solid media at 25 and 35°C (Spreitzer and
Mets, 1981; Spreitzer et al., 1988). Genetic crosses were performed as
described previously (Spreitzer and Mets, 1981; Spreitzer et al.,
1988). Phenotypes of dark-grown progeny were scored by replica plating
tetrads to minimal medium in the light and acetate medium in the dark
at 25 and 35°C.
SDS-PAGE and Western Analysis
Cells from 500-mL cultures were harvested by centrifugation and
sonicated in 1 mm DTT, 10 mm
MgCl2, 10 mm
NaHCO3, and 50 mm Bicine, pH 8.0, at
0°C for 3 min. Cell extract was centrifuged at 30,000g for
15 min, and the supernatant of soluble proteins was prepared for
SDS-PAGE (Thow et al., 1994). Protein was quantified by the method of
Bradford (1976). Samples were fractionated by SDS-PAGE on 7.5 to 15%
polyacrylamide gradient gels (Laemmli, 1970). After electrophoresis,
proteins were either stained with Coomassie blue or transferred to
nitrocellulose for western analysis (Chen et al., 1993). Rubisco
subunits were detected (Gotor et al., 1994) with anti-tobacco Rubisco
IgG and visualized via chemiluminescence (Amersham).
RNA Hybridization
Total RNA was isolated from dark-grown cells and subjected to
northern analysis as described previously (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994).
For dot hybridizations, 2 µg of total RNA was immobilized on nylon
membranes according to the procedure described by Sambrook et al.
(1989), using a Hybri-Dot manifold (BRL). The following DNA
subfragments of chloroplast genes were nick translated with [32P]dCTP and used as probes in northern or dot
hybridization experiments: 0.9-kb EcoRI-PstI
fragment of the atpA gene that encodes the  -subunit of
ATP synthase (Leu et al., 1992), 1.5-kb
HindIII-PstI fragment of the atpB gene
that encodes the  -subunit of ATP synthase (Woessner et al., 1986),
0.4-kb HindIII-PstI fragment of the
petD gene that encodes subunit IV of the Cyt
b6/f complex (Yu and Spreitzer, 1991), 0.9-kb
BamHI-DraI fragment of the psaB gene
that encodes the B protein of PSI (Kück et al., 1987), 1.5-kb
HincII fragment of the psbD gene that encodes the
D2 polypeptide of PSII (Rochaix et al., 1984), 0.8-kb
HindIII fragment of the rbcL gene (Dron et al.,
1982), 0.3-kb HindIII-HincII fragment of the
rpl20 gene that encodes the L20 protein of the ribosomal
large subunit (Yu et al., 1992), and 1.3-kb
HindIII-EcoRI fragment of the tufA
gene that encodes the Tu elongation factor (Baldauf and Palmer, 1990).
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RESULTS |
Recovery and Genetic Analysis of Revertants
Photosynthesis-competent revertants were recovered from mutant
76-5EN at a frequency of 2.7 × 107
cells. Ten genetically independent revertants were chosen for further
analysis. Whereas revertants R107-4A, R118-7A, and R118-25G have
essentially wild-type phenotypes, the revertants R107-4D, R118-1E,
R118-6G, R118-8A, R118-26G, and R107-4B were found to have
temperature-conditional, acetate-requiring phenotypes. These latter
revertants died on minimal medium at 35°C but were indistinguishable from the wild type on minimal medium in the light at 25°C or on acetate medium in the dark at 25 and 35°C. Revertant R118-5E also died on minimal medium at 35°C. However, this strain also grew poorly
in comparison with the wild type on minimal medium at 25°C and on
acetate medium in the dark at 35°C, indicating that the R118-5E
reversion event may exert pleiotropic effects on cell functions. The
observed diversity of revertant phenotypes indicates that there is more
than one way to genetically complement the original 76-5EN mutation.
Each revertant was crossed with a wild-type
mt tester strain to determine the genetic
basis of reversion. One revertant, R107-4A, produced only wild-type
progeny in 19 analyzed tetrads. Thus, R107-4A arises from true
reversion, intragenic suppression, or intergenic suppression via a
closely linked gene. Although zygotes were produced in crosses with
revertant R118-5E, these failed to germinate. The remaining eight
revertants produced parental-ditype (all wild-type progeny),
nonparental-ditype (two wild-type and two acetate-requiring progeny),
and tetratype (three wild-type and one acetate-requiring progeny)
tetrads when 7 to 35 tetrads per strain were analyzed at 25°C. In
other words, each of these eight revertants results from an intergenic
suppressor mutation that segregates from and is unlinked to the
original 76-5EN mutation. Strains containing only the suppressor
mutation were recovered from nonparental-ditype tetrads and saved for
further study. These suppressor mutations and strains were named
S118-7A, S118-25G, S107-4D, S118-1E, S118-6G, S118-8A, S118-26G,
and S107-4B. Except for S107-4B, all of these strains have wild-type
phenotypes. Suppressor S107-4B has a temperature-conditional,
acetate-requiring phenotype. It died on minimal medium at 35°C but
was indistinguishable from the wild type on minimal medium at 25°C or
on acetate medium in the dark at 25 and 35°C. Analysis of 20 complete
tetrads with respect to the suppressor and 76-5EN mutant phenotypes (7 parental ditype, 1 nonparental ditype, and 12 tetratype tetrads)
allowed the unambiguous recovery of an S107-4B strain and confirmed
that the suppressor and temperature-conditional phenotypes are
genetically linked.
Rubisco Levels in Revertants and Suppressors
When dark-grown cells were analyzed by SDS-PAGE, mutant 76-5EN
was found to lack Rubisco subunits (Fig.
1, lane 2), as observed previously (Hong
and Spreitzer, 1994). The revertants were found to express various
amounts of Rubisco, but none had a higher level of Rubisco subunits
than the wild type (Fig. 1, lanes 3-12). Revertant R107-4A has a
wild-type level of Rubisco (Fig. 1, lane 3), which would favor the idea
that it results from true reversion. The temperature-conditional
revertants R107-4D, R118-1E, R118-6G, R118-8A, R118-26G, R107-4B,
and R118-5E (Fig. 1, lanes 6-12) were found to have less Rubisco, in
general, than those revertants that have wild-type phenotypes
(R107-4A, R118-7A, and R118-25G; Fig. 1, lanes 3-5). Perhaps this
accounts for their temperature sensitivity (Chen and Spreitzer, 1992).
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| Figure 1.
SDS-PAGE of total soluble cell proteins from the
wild type (lane 1), mutant 76-5EN (lane 2), and revertants of 76-5EN
(lanes 3-12). Cells were grown in the dark at 25°C prior to
extraction. Each lane received 60 µg of soluble protein, and the gel
was stained with Coomassie blue after electrophoresis. Extracts of
revertants R107-4A, R118-7A, R118-25G, R107-4D, R118-1E, R118-6G,
R118-8A, R118-26G, R107-4B, and R118-5E were fractionated in lanes
3 through 12, respectively. LS, Large subunit; SS, small subunit.
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Eight of the revertants had been found to arise from intergenic
suppressor mutations that could be separated from the original 76-5EN
mutation. We were curious to see whether these suppressors in otherwise
wild-type cells might increase the expression of wild-type Rubisco.
However, when cell extracts of the suppressor strains (grown at 25°C
in darkness) were fractionated by SDS-PAGE, none appeared to have more
Rubisco than the wild type (Fig. 2).
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| Figure 2.
SDS-PAGE of total soluble cell proteins from the
wild type (lane 1), mutant 76-5EN (lane 2), and the 76-5EN
suppressors (lanes 3-10). The suppressor mutations were separated from
the original 76-5EN mutation by performing genetic crosses. Cells were
grown in the dark at 25°C prior to extraction. Each lane received 60 µg of soluble protein, and the gel was stained with Coomassie blue
after electrophoresis. Extracts of suppressor strains S118-7A, S118-25G, S107-4D, S118-1E, S118-6G, S118-8A, S118-26G, and
S107-4B were fractionated in lanes 3 through 10, respectively. LS,
Large subunit; SS, small subunit.
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Suppressor S107-4B
Suppressor mutation S107-4B is the only suppressor that causes a
temperature-conditional, acetate-requiring phenotype in the absence of
the original 76-5EN mutation. We reasoned that this phenotype may have
been the result of either a specific defect in rbcL
expression or alterations in the expression of other chloroplast genes.
To discriminate between these possibilities, revertant R107-4B
(76-5EN/S107-4B) and suppressor S107-4B were analyzed further.
Western analysis of total soluble proteins from dark-grown cells showed
that both the revertant and suppressor strains had substantial amounts
of Rubisco subunits when grown at 25°C in the dark (Fig.
3, lanes 3 and 4). When the revertant
R107-4B (76-5EN/S107-4B) was grown at 35°C, significant decreases
in the large and small subunits were observed (Fig. 3, lane 7). Thus,
revertant strain R107-4B appeared to lack photosynthetic ability at
35°C because the S107-4B suppressor failed to efficiently restore
Rubisco expression at this restrictive temperature. However, suppressor
strain S107-4B, which does not contain the 76-5EN mutation,
also lacked photosynthetic ability at 35°C. Western analysis revealed
the presence of substantial amounts of Rubisco subunits when S107-4B
was grown at this restrictive temperature (Fig. 3, lane 8). Thus, the
temperature-conditional photosynthesis deficiency of S107-4B
does not appear to result from a lack of Rubisco.
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| Figure 3.
Western analysis of Rubisco subunits in cell
extracts of the wild type (lanes 1 and 5), mutant 76-5EN (lanes 2 and
6), revertant R107-4B (lanes 3 and 7), and suppressor S107-4B (lanes
4 and 8). Cells were grown in darkness at 25°C (lanes 1-4) or 35°C
(lanes 5-8) prior to extraction. Each lane received 60 µg of soluble protein. The gel was blotted after electrophoresis, and the filter was
probed with rabbit anti-tobacco Rubisco-holoenzyme IgG. LS, Large
subunit; SS, small subunit.
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Northern analysis of 35°C dark-grown cells was performed to
investigate whether the levels of Rubisco subunits observed at 35°C
(Fig. 3) correspond to those of rbcL mRNA. As shown in
Figure 4, the S107-4B mutation
increased the level of rbcL mRNA when present with the
original 76-5EN mutation (Fig. 4, compare lanes 2 and 3) but slightly
decreased the level of rbcL mRNA when present alone (Fig. 4,
compare lanes 1 and 4). There is a direct correlation between the
levels of Rubisco subunits and rbcL mRNA in 35°C-grown cells (compare Fig. 3, lanes 5-8, with Fig. 4, lanes 1-4). Because the S107-4B suppressor strain maintains substantial levels of Rubisco
subunits and rbcL mRNA at 35°C (Figs. 3 and 4), its
photosynthesis-deficient phenotype must result from a deficiency in
some other photosynthetic component. However, with respect to
chloroplast gene expression, dot hybridization failed to detect any
substantial difference in the amount of atpA,
atpB, petD, psaB, psbD,
rpl20, or tufA mRNA when 25°C- and 35°C-grown
wild-type, mutant 76-5EN, revertant R107-4B, and suppressor S107-4B
strains were compared (Fig. 5).
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| Figure 4.
Northern analysis of rbcL and
atpB mRNA in the wild type (lane 1), mutant 76-5EN
(lane 2), revertant R107-4B (lane 3), and suppressor S107-4B (lane 4)
grown at 35°C in darkness. Top, Total RNA (10 µg) was separated by
electrophoresis on a formaldehyde/agarose gel, blotted to nylon
membrane, and hybridized with an rbcL gene probe. The
blot was exposed to x-ray film with an intensifying screen for 24 h at  70°C. Bottom, After an autoradiogram was obtained, the same
filter was treated with 0.1× Denhardt's reagent (Denhardt, 1966), 1 mm EDTA, and 1 mm Tris, pH 8.0, at 75°C to
partially remove the rbcL DNA probe. The filter was then
hybridized with an atpB gene probe. Autoradiography was
performed with an intensifying screen for 24 h at 70°C.
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| Figure 5.
Dot-hybridization analysis of chloroplast mRNAs in
the wild type (columns 1 and 5), mutant 76-5EN (columns 2 and 6),
revertant R107-4B (columns 3 and 7), and suppressor S107-4B (columns
4 and 8). Cells were grown in darkness at 25°C (columns 1-4) or
35°C (columns 5-8) prior to extraction. Total RNA (2 µg) was
denatured with 50% formamide and 7% formaldehyde and immobilized at
each spot on nylon membranes. Individual membranes were then hybridized with each of the designated chloroplast gene probes. Samples were exposed to x-ray film with an intensifying screen at 70°C for either 24 h (rbcL, atpB,
atpA, and petD) or 72 h
(psaB, psbD, rpl20, and
tufA).
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DISCUSSION |
The 76-5EN nuclear mutant was characterized previously (Hong and
Spreitzer, 1994). It lacks Rubisco holoenzyme (Fig. 3) because it fails
to accumulate a significant amount of rbcL mRNA (Figs. 4 and
5). The mutant strain synthesizes only a trace of rbcL mRNA during a 10-min pulse labeling with 32Pi, but
this trace of rbcL mRNA is stable during a 1-h chase (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994). Thus, the 76-5EN mutation appears to block large-subunit expression at the level of transcription. It does not
destabilize the mRNA at a posttranscriptional step. As shown previously
(Hong and Spreitzer, 1994) and in the present study (Figs. 4 and 5),
the 76-5EN mutation does not affect the accumulation of other
chloroplast-encoded mRNAs, and it does not block chlorophyll production
or the function of photosynthetic electron transport (Hong and
Spreitzer, 1994). Based on these observations, the 76-5EN mutation
appears to be quite specific in its inhibition of rbcL expression. Other nuclear mutations that block chloroplast gene expression act posttranscriptionally and sometimes affect the expression of a number of genes (for review, see Mayfield et al., 1995).
Because the 76-5EN mutation is specific for large-subunit expression,
we reasoned that the 76-5EN gene might serve as a target for
increasing the amount of Rubisco without disrupting the expression of
other chloroplast genes (Hong and Spreitzer, 1994). To this end,
photosynthesis-competent revertants of 76-5EN were selected. However,
none of these revertant strains (Fig. 1) and none of the extragenic
suppressor strains obtained from genetic crosses (Fig. 2) was found to
have levels of Rubisco above the wild-type amount. Considering that a
recent study with C. reinhardtii has indicated that the
amount of small subunits controls the amount of large subunits at the
level of translation (Khrebtukova and Spreitzer, 1996), we believe that
it may have been unreasonable to attempt to increase the amount of
Rubisco by increasing expression of the large subunits. However, the
nuclear suppressors may still prove valuable if small subunit
expression can be increased.
The photosynthesis-competent revertants of 76-5EN were recovered at a
relatively high frequency. One of them, R107-4A, likely results from
true reversion or intragenic suppression, indicating that the original
76-5EN mutation is not a deletion or gene rearrangement. However, most
of the revertants arose from mutations in a number of other genes
(extragenic suppressors), and these revertants have various levels of
Rubisco (Fig. 1). Furthermore, more than one-half of the revertants
have temperature-conditional, photosynthesis-deficient phenotypes. It
thus appears that there are a number of biochemical mechanisms by which
the original 76-5EN mutation can be suppressed. These suppressors may
improve the expression or function of the 76-5EN mutant gene product
directly, or they may complement for a lack of function in a variety of
ways. Because all but one of the extragenic suppressor strains (without
76-5EN present) have no visible or biochemical phenotype (Fig. 2),
they may be difficult to study further.
One of the extragenic suppressor strains, S107-4B, has a
temperature-conditional, acetate-requiring phenotype. It was surprising to find that this strain accumulates considerable amounts of Rubisco subunits (Fig. 3) and rbcL mRNA (Figs. 4 and 5) at the
35°C restrictive temperature. Thus, it seems likely that the
wild-type allele of the S107-4B mutant gene does not normally play a
role in the expression of rbcL. One must assume that the
S107-4B mutation disrupts some other cellular component at 35°C and
that this component may be involved in the expression of chloroplast
genes. Because the suppressor strain can survive in the dark at the
restrictive temperature, it is unlikely that the suppressor mutation
exerts its lethal effect on cellular metabolism in general. Perhaps the
wild-type allele of the suppressor gene encodes a transcription factor
required for the expression of one or more chloroplast genes (Tiller et al., 1991; Troxler et al., 1994; Kim and Mullet, 1995). The S107-4B mutation may alter the specificity of this factor so that it can now,
in addition, recognize the rbcL promoter, thereby
suppressing the effects of the original 76-5EN mutation. At 35°C,
the mutant protein may be thermally unstable. Some of this mutant
protein may still be present to partially suppress the 76-5EN mutation (Figs. 3, lane 7, and 4, lane 3) but not enough to serve its usual role
for the expression of one or more other photosynthetic genes.
Because of the similarities between the sequences and regulation of the
C. reinhardtii rbcL and atpB promoters (Klein et
al., 1992, 1994), we suspected that the S107-4B suppressor mutation might also affect the expression of the atpB gene. However,
the amount of atpB mRNA was found to be the same in the wild
type, mutant 76-5EN, revertant R107-4B, and suppressor S107-4B (Fig. 4). In fact, analysis of four additional photosynthetic genes (atpA, petD, psaB, and
psbD) and two protein-synthesis genes (rpl20 and
tufA) failed to detect a block in mRNA accumulation at the 35°C restrictive temperature (Fig. 5, lanes 7 and 8).
Although there is evidence for the existence of transcription factors
and RNA polymerases that may favor the expression of sets of
chloroplast genes (Tiller et al., 1991; Iratni et al., 1994; Kim and
Mullet, 1995), the S107-4B mutation does not affect the expression of
a diverse sample of chloroplast genes (Fig. 5). Perhaps S107-4B
affects the expression of only one or a few genes, and further
screening by northern hybridization would ultimately identify the
lesion. Alternatively, S107-4B may affect one of many
posttranscriptional steps in protein maturation, and a number of other
models could be proposed for complementing a defective transcription
factor but disrupting the function of other chloroplast proteins.
Nonetheless, because the 76-5EN and S107-4B strains have
acetate-requiring phenotypes, it should be possible to isolate the
wild-type alleles of the mutant genes via genomic complementation (Funke et al., 1997). The nature of these genes may clarify the action
of the mutations, and the mutant strains may be valuable for further
understanding the mechanisms of transcription in the chloroplast.
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FOOTNOTES |
1
This work was supported by a U.S. Department of
Agriculture/National Research Initiative Competitive Grant (no.
94-37306-0349) and published as paper no. 12,011 of the Nebraska
Agricultural Research Division journal series.
2
Present address: Department of Biochemistry,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
*
Corresponding author; e-mail rjs{at}unlinfo.unl.edu; fax
1-402-472-7842.
Received September 26, 1997;
accepted December 15, 1997.
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ABBREVIATIONS |
Abbreviation:
mt, mating-type locus.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
We gratefully acknowledge receiving plasmid clones of
atpB from N.W. Gillham, psbD from E.H. Harris,
and atpA, psaB, and tufA from D.P.
Weeks. We thank Carolyn M. O'Brien for assisting with the preparation
of the figures.
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