title: Protein disulfide isomerase as a regulator of chloroplast translational activation.
abstract: Light-regulated translation of chloroplast messenger RNAs (mRNAs) requires trans-acting factors that interact with the 5' untranslated region (UTR) of these mRNAs. Chloroplast polyadenylate-binding protein (cPABP) specifically binds to the 5'-UTR of the psbA mRNA and is essential for translation of this mRNA. A protein disulfide isomerase that is localized to the chloroplast and copurifies with cPABP was shown to modulate the binding of cPABP to the 5'-UTR of the psbA mRNA by reversibly changing the redox status of cPABP through redox potential or adenosine 5'-diphosphate-dependent phosphorylation. This mechanism allows for a simple reversible switch regulating gene expression in the chloroplast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Mayfield
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002384:Catalysis; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010766:Phosphorylation; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; D004229:Dithiothreitol; D019803:Glutathione Disulfide