ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2012
A short PPR protein required for the splicing of specific group II introns in angiosperm chloroplasts.
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- Structure, function, and assembly of PSI in thylakoid membranes of vascular plants.The Plant cell · 2024Review
- GhCTSF1, a short PPR protein with a conserved role in chloroplast development and photosynthesis, participates in intron splicing of rpoC1 and ycf3-2 transcripts in cotton.Plant communications · 2024Article
- Modulation of the wheat transcriptome by TaZFP13D under well-watered and drought conditions.Plant molecular biology · 2024Article
- Plant organellar RNA maturation.The Plant cell · 2023Review
- A chloroplast-localized pentatricopeptide repeat protein involved in RNA editing and splicing and its effects on chloroplast development in rice.BMC plant biology · 2022Article
- Updated Progress on Group II Intron Splicing Factors in Plant Chloroplasts.Current issues in molecular biology · 2022Review
- An Overview of Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR) Proteins in the MossPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- An overview of RNA splicing and functioning of splicing factors in land plant chloroplasts.RNA biology · 2022Article
- Functions of PPR Proteins in Plant Growth and Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- PPR647 Protein Is Required for Chloroplast RNA Editing, Splicing and Chloroplast Development in Maize.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- A RanBP2-type zinc finger protein functions in intron splicing in Arabidopsis mitochondria and is involved in the biogenesis of respiratory complex I.Nucleic acids research · 2021Article
- A PPR Protein ACM1 Is Involved in Chloroplast Gene Expression and Early Plastid Development inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Arabidopsis Mitochondrial Transcription Termination Factor mTERF2 Promotes Splicing of Group IIB Introns.Cells · 2021Article
- The ChloroplastCells · 2021Review
- Maize kernel development.Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement · 2021Review
- OsCAF2 contains two CRM domains and is necessary for chloroplast development in rice.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Roles of Organellar RNA-Binding Proteins in Plant Growth, Development, and Abiotic Stress Responses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Characterization of the CRM Gene Family and Elucidating the Function of OsCFM2 in Rice.Biomolecules · 2020Article
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Abstract
A maize gene designated thylakoid assembly 8 (tha8) emerged from a screen for nuclear mutations that cause defects in the biogenesis of chloroplast thylakoid membranes. The tha8 gene encodes an unusual member of the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) family, a family of helical repeat proteins that participate in various aspects of organellar RNA metabolism. THA8 localizes to chloroplasts, where it associates specifically with the ycf3-2 and trnA group II introns. The splicing of ycf3-2 is eliminated in tha8 mutants, and trnA splicing is strongly compromised. Reverse-genetic analysis of the tha8 ortholog in Arabidopsis thaliana showed that these molecular functions are conserved, although null alleles are embryo lethal in Arabidopsis and seedling lethal in maize. Whereas most PPR proteins have more than 10 PPR motifs, THA8 belongs to a subfamily of plant PPR proteins with only four PPR motifs and little else. THA8 is the first member of this subfamily with a defined molecular function, and illustrates that even small PPR proteins have the potential to mediate specific intermolecular interactions in vivo.
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