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ArticleJournal of integrative plant biology2015

Loss-of-function mutation of rice SLAC7 decreases chloroplast stability and induces a photoprotection mechanism in rice.

Xiaolei Fan, Jiemin Wu, Taiyu Chen, Weiwei Tie, Hao Chen, Fei Zhou, Yongjun Lin

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Article in Journal of integrative plant biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaolei FanNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jiemin WuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Taiyu ChenNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Weiwei TieInstitute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, China.
Hao ChenNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Fei ZhouNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Yongjun LinNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNChinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants absorb sunlight to power the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis, which can potentially damage the photosynthetic machinery. However, the mechanism that protects chloroplasts from the damage remains unclear. In this work, we demonstrated that rice (Oryza sativa L.) SLAC7 is a generally expressed membrane protein. Loss-of-function of SLAC7 caused continuous damage to the chloroplasts of mutant leaves under normal light conditions. Ion leakage indicators related to leaf damage such as H2 O2 and abscisic acid levels were significantly higher in slac7-1 than in the wild type. Consistently, the photosynthesis efficiency and Fv/Fm ratio of slac7-1 were significantly decreased (similar to photoinhibition). In response to chloroplast damage, slac7-1 altered its leaf morphology (curled or fused leaf) by the synergy between plant hormones and transcriptional factors to decrease the absorption of light, suggesting that a photoprotection mechanism for chloroplast damage was activated in slac7-1. When grown in dark conditions, slac7-1 displayed a normal phenotype. SLAC7 under the control of the AtSLAC1 promoter could partially complement the phenotypes of Arabidopsis slac1 mutants, indicating a partial conservation of SLAC protein functions. These results suggest that SLAC7 is essential for maintaining the chloroplast stability in rice.

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LightChloroplastsDarknessDNA, BacterialDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, PlantGene Knockdown TechniquesGenetic Complementation TestMutagenesis, InsertionalMutationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOryzaPhenotypePlant LeavesPlant ProteinsSubcellular FractionsDNA, BacterialPlant ProteinsT-DNAAnion transportchloroplastcytokininOryza sativa LphotoinhibitionSLAC1

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