Development- and tissue-specific expression of the RpoT gene family of Arabidopsis encoding mitochondrial and plastid RNA polymerases

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 998-1009

  Emanuel, Carola ^a   Von Groll, Uritza ^b,c   Müller, Margarete ^a   Börner, Thomas ^a   Weihe, Andreas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Arabidopsis; In situ hybridization; RNA polymerases; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASTID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASTIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33645218986     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0159-y     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Baba K, Schmidt J, Espinosa-Ruiz A, Villarejo A, Shiina T, Gardestrom P, Sane AP, Bhalerao RP (2004) Organellar gene transcription and early seedling development are affected in the rpoT;2 mutant of Arabidopsis. Plant J 38:38-48
2. Becker D, Kemper E, Schell J, Masterson R (1992) New plant binary vectors with selectable markers located proximal to the left T-DNA border. Plant Mol Biol 20:1195-1197
3. Birnbaum K, Benfey PN (2004) Network building: transcriptional circuits in the root. Curr Opin Plant Biol 7:582-588
4. Cahoon AB, Harris FM, Stern DB (2004) Analysis of developing maize plastid reveals two mRNA stability classes correlating with RNA polymerase type. EMBO Reports 5:801-806
5. Chang C-C, Sheen J, Bligny M, Niwa Y, Lerbs-Mache S, Stern DB (1999) Functional analysis of two maize cDNAs encoding T7-like RNA polymerases. Plant Cell 11:911-926
6. Clough SJ, Bent AF (1998) Floral dip: a simplified method for Agrobacterinm-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 16:735-743
7. Drews GN, Bowman JL, Meyerowitz EM (1991) Negative regulation of the Arabidopsis homeotic gene AGAMOUS by the APETALA2 product. Cell 65:991-1002
8. Elorza A, Leon G, Gomez I, Mouras A, Holuigue L, Araya A, Jordana X (2004) Nuclear SDH2-1 and SDH2-2 genes, encoding the iron-sulfur subunit of mitochondrial complex II in Arabidopsis, have distinct cell-specific expression patterns and promoter activities. Plant Physiol 136:4072-4087
9. Emanuel C, Weihe A, Graner A, Hess WR, Börner T (2004) Chloroplast development affects expression of phage-type RNA polymerases in barley leaves. Plant J 38:460-472
10. Fujie M, Kuroiwa H, Kawano S, Kuroiwa T (1993) Studies on the behaviour of organelles and their nucleoids in the root apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana Col. Planta 189:443-452
11. Hedtke B, Börner T, Weihe A (1997) Mitochondrial and chloroplast phage-type RNA polymerases in Arabidopsis. Science 277:809-811
12. Hedtke B, Börner T, Weihe A (2000) One RNA polymerase serving two genomes. EMBO Reports 1:435-440
13. Hedtke B, Legen J, Weihe A, Herrmann RG, Börner T (2002) Six active phage-type RNA polymerase genes in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant J 30:625-637
14. Hedtke B, Meixner M, Gillandt S, Richter E., Börner T, Weihe A (1999) Green fluorescent protein as a marker to investigate targeting of organellar RNA polymerases of higher plants in vivo. Plant J 17:557-561
15. Hess WR, Börner T (1999) Organellar RNA polymerases of higher plants. Int Rev Cytol 190:1-59
16. Huang J, Struck F, Matzinger DF, Levings CS III (1994) Flower-enhanced expression of a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial respiratory protein is associated with changes in mitochondrion number. Plant Cell 6:439-448
17. Ikeda TM, Gray MW (1999) Identification and characterization of T7/T3 bacteriophage-like RNA polymerase sequences in wheat. Plant Mol Biol 40:567-578
18. Jefferson RA, Kavanagh TA, Bevan MW (1987a) GUS fusions: beta-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants. EMBO J 6:3901-3907
19. Jefferson RA, Bevan M, Kavanagh T (1987b) The use of the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase as a gene fusion marker for studies of gene expression in higher plants. Biochem Soc Trans 15:17-18
20. Kabeya Y, Sato N (2005) Unique translation initiation at the second AUG codon determines mitochondrial localization of the phage-type RNA polymerases in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Plant Physiol 138:369-382
21. Kobayashi Y, Dokiya Y, Sugita M (2001a) Dual targeting of phage-type RNA polymerase to both mitochondria and plastids is due to alternative translation initiation in single transcripts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 289:1106-1113
22. Kobayashi Y, Dokiya Y, Kumazawa Y, Sugita M (2002) Non-AUG translation initiation of mRNA encoding plastid-targeted phage-type RNA polymerase in Nicotiana sylvestris. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 299:57-61
23. Kobayashi Y, Dokiya Y, Sugiura M, Niwa Y, Sugita M (2001b) Genomic organization and organ-specific expression of a nuclear gene encoding phage-type RNA polymerase in Nicotiana sylvestris. Gene 279:33-40
24. Kuroiwa T, Fujie M, Kuroiwa H (1992) Studies on behavior of mitochondrial DNA: synthesis of mitochondrial DNA occurs actively in a specific region just above the quiescent centre in the root meristem of Pelargonium zonale. J Cell Sci 101:483-493
25. Kusumi K, Yara A, Mitsui N, Tozawa Y, Iba K (2004) Characterization of a rice nuclear-encoded plastid RNA polymerase gene OsRpoTp. Plant Cell Physiol 45:1194-1201
26. Lee S, Warmke HE (1979) Organelle size and number in fertile and T-cytoplasmatic male-sterile corn. Am J Bot 60:141-148
27. Li XQ, Zhang M, Brown GG (1996) Cell-specific expression of mitochondrial transcripts in maize seedlings. Plant Cell 8:1961-1975
28. Liere K, Kaden D, Maliga P, Börner T (2004) Overexpression of phage-type RNA polymerase RpoTp in tobacco demonstrates its role in chloroplast transcription by recognizing a distinct promoter type. Nucleic Acids Res 32:1159-1165
29. Ribichich KF, Tioni MF, Chan RL, Gonzalez DH (2001) Cell-type-specific expression of plant cytochrome c mRNA in developing flowers and roots. Plant Physiol 125:1603-1610
30. Topping JF, Leaver CJ (1990) Mitochondrial gene expression during wheat leaf development. Planta 182:399-407
31. Touzet P, Budar F (2004) Unveiling the molecular arms race between two conflicting genomes in cytoplasmic male sterility? Trends Plant Sci 9:568-570
32. Weihe A (2004) The transcription of plant organelle genomes. In: Daniell H, Chase CD (eds) Molecular biology and biotechnology of plant organelles. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp 213-237
33. Weihe A, Hedtke B, Börner T (1997) Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a bacteriophage-type RNA polymerase from the higher plant Chenopodium album. Nucleic Acids Res 25:2319-2325
34. Young DA, Allen RL, Harvey AJ, Lonsdale DM (1998) Characterization of a gene encoding a single-subunit bacteriophage-type RNA polymerase from maize which is alternatively spliced. Mol Gen Genet 260:30-37