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ArticleGenes & development2005

The FLP proteins act as regulators of chlorophyll synthesis in response to light and plastid signals in Chlamydomonas.

Angela Falciatore, Livia Merendino, Fredy Barneche, Mauro Ceol, Rasa Meskauskiene, Klaus Apel, Jean-David Rochaix

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Article in Genes & development, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Angela FalciatoreDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Livia Merendino
Fredy Barneche
Mauro Ceol
Rasa Meskauskiene
Klaus Apel
Jean-David Rochaix
Institute of Plant Biology · HUÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In photosynthetic organisms the accumulation of harmful photodynamic chlorophyll precursors is prevented because of the tight regulation of the tetrapyrrole pathway. FLU is one of the regulatory factors involved in this process in land plants. We have examined the function of a Flu-like gene (FLP) from Chlamydomonas that gives rise to two FLP transcripts through alternative splicing. These transcripts are translated into a short and a long protein that differ by only 12 amino acids but that interact differently with glutamyl-tRNA reductase, an enzyme involved in an early step of the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. Expression of FLPs is light-regulated at the level of RNA accumulation and splicing and is altered by mutations affecting the pathway. The relative levels of the long and short forms of FLP can be correlated with the accumulation of specific porphyrin intermediates, some of which have been implicated in a signaling chain from the chloroplast to the nucleus. Reciprocally, reduction of the FLP proteins by RNA interference leads to the accumulation of several porphyrin intermediates and to photobleaching when cells are transferred from the dark to the light. Thus the FLP proteins act as regulators of chlorophyll synthesis, and their expression is controlled by light and plastid signals.

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LightSignal TransductionAldehyde OxidoreductasesAlgal ProteinsAlternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChlamydomonasChlorophyllMembrane ProteinsPlastidsProtozoan ProteinsRNA, MessengerAldehyde OxidoreductasesAlgal ProteinsChlorophyllglutamyl tRNA reductaseMembrane ProteinsProtozoan ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID15630026
PMCPMC540235
OpenAlexW2144406219

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