title: A pentatricopeptide repeat-containing gene that promotes the processing of aberrant atp6 RNA of cytoplasmic male-sterile rice.
abstract: A fertility restorer gene (Rf-1) of [ms-bo] cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in rice has been reported to be responsible for the processing of RNA of aberrant atp6 of mitochondria. We have carried out map-based cloning of the Rf-1 gene and found that a 4.7-kb genomic fragment of a restorer line promoted the processing of aberrant atp6 RNA when introduced into a CMS line. The genomic fragment contained a single open reading frame encoding 18 repeats of the 35 amino acid pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) motif. The cloned PPR gene is a possible candidate of Rf-1. A non-restoring genotype was identified to have deletions within the coding region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazama
authors.forename: Kinya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toriyama
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000483:Alleles; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005838:Genotype; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010641:Phenotype; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases