title: The involvement of a PPR protein of the P subfamily in partial RNA editing of an Arabidopsis mitochondrial transcript.
abstract: C-to-U RNA editing (i.e., alteration of a C in the genomic sequence to U in the transcript) has been confirmed widely in angiosperm organellar genomes. During the C-to-U RNA editing event, incomplete edited transcripts have been observed at many sites in the steady-state mRNA population (partial editing). Here, by using coexpression analysis and the surveillance of whole editing status on the mitochondrial genome, we have revealed that a pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein classified into the P subfamily (PPR596) has site-specific influence on the efficiency of C-to-U RNA editing events at partial editing sites on the Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial genome. Previous works have revealed that PPR proteins classified into the PLS subfamily containing the E or E and DYW motif are involved in RNA editing as trans-factors; they are believed to recruit deaminase at editing sites. In contrast with the mutant analyses of PLS-subfamily PPR proteins, the editing efficiency at rps3eU1344SS was revealed to be significantly increased in ppr596 mutants. Our study implies P-subfamily PPR protein is involved in the control of the degree of partial editing.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doniwa
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueta
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Koh-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017393:RNA Editing / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D018749:RNA, Plant; C538752:pentatricopeptide repeat protein, Arabidopsis; D012313:RNA