title: Isolation and characterization of a novel semi-lethal Arabidopsis thaliana mutant of gene for pentatricopeptide (PPR) repeat-containing protein.
abstract: A novel Arabidopsis thaliana mutant of one member of the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family has been identified among T-DNA insertion lines. Tagging of the At1g53330 gene caused the appearance of a semi-lethal mutation with a complex phenotypic expression from embryo lethality associated with the abnormal pattern of cell division during globular to heart transition to fertile plants with just subtle phenotypic changes. The PPR protein At1g53330.1 was predicted to be targeted to mitochondria by TargetP and MitoProt programs. Complementation analysis confirmed that the phenotype is a result of a single T-DNA integration. A thorough functional analysis of this mutant aimed at finding a particular organelle target of At1g53330.1 protein will follow.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biological Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31, CZ-370 05, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. kocabek@umbr.cas.cz
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kocábek
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Repková
authors.forename: Markéta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudová
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoyerová
authors.forename: Lukás
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vrba
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018744:DNA, Plant; C036483:T-DNA