ReviewRNA biology2013
The Rf and Rf-like PPR in higher plants, a fast-evolving subclass of PPR genes.
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- A pentatricopeptide repeat protein restores fertility in Moricandia arvensis based cytoplasmic male sterility system in Brassica juncea.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2025Article
- Identification of a gene coding for a pentatricopeptide repeat protein as a candidate responsible for theMolecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement · 2025Article
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- Mutations in nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial ribosome proteins restore pollen fertility in S male-sterile maize.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Identification and variation of a new restorer of fertility gene that induces cleavage in orf138 mRNA of Ogura male sterility in radish.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2024Article
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- Insights into cellular crosstalk regulating cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration.Molecular biology reports · 2024Review
- Identification, Elucidation and Deployment of a Cytoplasmic Male Sterility System for Hybrid Potato.Biology · 2024Article
- A P-type pentatricopeptide repeat protein ZmRF5 promotes 5' region partial cleavages of atp6c transcripts to restore the fertility of CMS-C maize by recruiting a splicing factor.Plant biotechnology journal · 2024Article
- Mitochondrial atp1 mRNA knockdown by a custom-designed pentatricopeptide repeat protein alters ATP synthase.Plant physiology · 2024Article
- A breeding method for Ogura CMS restorer line independent of restorer source inFrontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Copy number variation of the restorer Rf4 underlies human selection of three-line hybrid rice breeding.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Refinement of Rf1-gene localization and development of the new molecular markers for fertility restoration in sunflower.Molecular biology reports · 2023Article
- Alteration of Mitochondrial Transcript Expression inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Molecular genetics of cytoplasmic male sterility and restorer-of-fertility for the fine tuning of pollen production in crops.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2023Review
- Plant organellar RNA maturation.The Plant cell · 2023Review
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Abstract
In the last years, a number of nuclear genes restoring cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) have been cloned in various crop species. The majority of these genes have been shown to encode pentatricopeptide repeat proteins (PPR) that act by specifically suppressing the expression of sterility-causing mitochondrial transcripts. Functional analysis of these proteins has indicated that the inhibitory effects of restoring PPR (Rf-PPR) proteins involve various mechanisms, including RNA cleavage, RNA destabilization, or translation inhibition. Cross-species sequence comparison of PPR protein complements revealed that most plant genomes encode 10-30 Rf-like (RFL) proteins sharing high-sequence similarity with the identified Rf-PPRs from crops. Evolutionary analyses further showed that they constitute a monophyletic group apart in the PPR family, with peculiar evolution dynamic and constraints. Here we review recent data on RF-PPRs and present the latest discoveries on the RFL family, with prospects on the functionality and evolution of this peculiar subclass of PPR.
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