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Objectives - Organelle gene expression & signaling:. List the molecular processes or steps involved in going from organelle gene to functional organelle protein complex and briefly describe a technical approach that can be used to assay each of these steps - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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List the molecular processes or steps involved in going from organelle gene to functional organelle protein complex and briefly describe a technical approach that can be used to assay each of these steps Discuss the ways in which various organelle gene expression steps can be inter-dependent and give examplesDescribe molecular mechanisms that adapt plastid gene expression to different light environments Define retrograde regulation and describe the nature of retrograde signaling molecules Describe the nature and functions of plant pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins Discuss the reasons that PPR proteins are well-suited to be a central player in multiple organelle gene expression processes Design a genetic screen to identify nuclear genes that function in plastid gene expression and explain how you will analyze mutants to determine which plastid genes are affected
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What are the processes needed to take us from gene to fully
functional, multi-subunit, organelle protein complex?
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(del Campo Gene Reg & Syst Biol 3:31)
Plastid gene expression overview
Translation
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1 – Consider RUBISCO – the most abundant protein on earth!
2 – Mitochondrial orf239 in Phaseolus vulgaris• cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) gene
• locates on a subgenomic molecule• high copy number > CMS• reduced copy number > pollen fertility
• copy number mediated by nuclear gene – Fr
(Mackenzie and Chase Plant Cell 2:905)
Organelle DNA copy number can influence gene expression levels
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RNA Polymerases and promotersPolymera
seSubunits Consensus
promoter
Bacterial αββ’ β’’& σ 70
-35/-10 GTGTTGACA/TATAAT
G
Plastid –encoded (PEP)
αββ’ & nuclear-
encoded σ specificity
-35/-10-TTGACA/TATAAT
Phage T7 single core no σ
overlaps initiation ATACGACTCACTATAG
GGAGA
Nuclear -encoded plastid (NEP)
T7-like core &
+/- specificity
factor
overlaps initiationATAGAAT A/G AA
Nuclear –encoded mit
T7-like core &
+/- specificity
factor
overlaps initiation CRTA G/T
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Differential plastid gene expression based upon recognition of distinct promoters
by NEP and PEP
(from Hajdukiewicz et al. EMBO J 16:4041)
Most plastid genes have promoters for both polymerases
Genes encoding expression machinery (e.g. rpo, rrn, rps, rpl) primarily transcribed by NEP
Photosynthetic genes primarily transcribed by PEP
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initiated 5’ end -
PPP
Organelle transcripts - initiated vs.
processed 5’ ends
PPP
* processed 5’ end - P
*
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Processed transcripts 5’ mono-phosphate
Substrate for ligatione.g. RNA adapter for 5’ RACEe.g. Self-ligation -> Circularization
Initiated transcripts 5’ tri-phosphate Ligate only after de-phosphorylation tobacco acid pyrophosphatese (TAP)
Compare 5’ RACE products +/—TAP
processed or TAP-treated transcript
PCR products containing initiated 5’ ends appear only after TAP treatment
Organelle transcripts - initiated vs.
processed 5’ ends
Adaptorprimer
RNAadapt
orP 3’
Geneprimer
cDNA 3’3’PCR
product
RNA
5’PPPinitiated transcript –not a ligation substrate
3’RNA
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Identification of promoters in Arabidopsis plastids
[Swiatecka-Hagenbruch Mol Genet Genomics 277:725]
+ T: with tobacco acid pyrophosphatase treatment- T: no pyrophosphatase treatment g: green tissuew: white tissue (seedlings grown on spectinomycin)
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Diversity of promoters in Arabidopsis plastids
[Swiatecka-Hagenbruch Mol Genet Genomics 277:725]
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[Kühn et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:337]
Plasticity of promoters in Arabidopsis mitochondria
+TAP - TAP
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Plasticity of promoters in Arabidopsis mitochondria
[Kühn et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:337]
Consensus of 11 sequences supporting initiation at G
Consensus for 20 sequences supporting initiation at A
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[from Lopez-Juez and Pyke Intl J Dev Biol 49:557]
Differential plastid gene expression - polymerases and
sigma subunits
[Lopez-Juez & Pyke, Int. J. Dev. Biol. 49: 557 ]
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I (↓) under expression II(↑) over expression
−Sig2 −Sig4 −Sig5 −Sig6 +Sig2 +Sig5trnEYD ndhF LRP-
psbDb atpBE-2.6kbb trnEYD psaA
trnV psbAc psbA psbAtrnM psbBc psbBpsaJ psbCc psbDpsbAa psbDc const-psbDb psbHc psbNc psbTc rbcLc rrn16c rrn23c rrn5c rrn4.5c
Multiple sigma factors of A. thaliana with different plastid
promoter targets
[Lysenko, Plant Cell Rep. 26:845]
SIG2 and SIG6 are essential– knock outs are chlorophyll deficient
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Light IPSI most efficientPSII less efficientAdditional PSII subunits neededPQ highly oxidized(as in + DCMU)
Light IIPSII most efficientPSI less efficientAdditional PSI subunits neededPQ highly reduced(as in + DBMIB)
[Surpin, Plant Cell Supplement 2002:S327]
Redox regulation of photosynthetic gene
expression is adaptive
PSIIPSI
PET
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Regulation of plastid transcription through plastid redox signals
Complementary changes in transcription rate and mRNA abundance for psaAB (photosystem I) and psbA (photosystem II) during acclimation to light I or light II
[Pfannschmidt et al. Nature 397:625]
Why do the curves for relative transcript amountsand relative transcription activity differ? What do these two things measure?
PSIIPSI
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Regulation of nuclear gene transcription through plastid
redox signals
[Pfannschmidt et al. J Biol Chem. 276:36125]
PSI or PET nuclear gene promoters • Fused to GUS reporter gene• GUS activity measured in response to light changes
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Transduction pathways of photosynthetic redox signals
[Pfannschmidt et al. Ann Bot 103:599]
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Plant organelle genes are often co-transcribed• Plastid operons• Mitochondria – di-cistronic
transcripts
In contrast to prokaryotic transcripts, plant organelle transcripts: • Are processed to di or mono-
cistronic transcripts• Frequently contain introns• Must undergo RNA editing
Plant organelle RNA metabolism
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[Barkan Plant Physiol 155:1524]
Plant organelle RNA metabolism:psbB operon processing in maize
Plastid operonsProcessed to di or mono-cistronic forms
• endo- and exo-nucleases• termini stabilized by stem-loops• termini stabilized by PPR protein
binding
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Plant organelle RNA metabolism:psbB operon processing in maize
Plastid operons Frequently contain introns• Splicing mediated by different sub-
sets of nuclear-encoded RNA binding proteins
[Barkan Plant Physiol 155:1524]
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Plant organelle RNA metabolism:psbB operon processing in maize
[Barkan Plant Physiol 155:1524]
RNA processing factors are discovered through forward genetics!!!!!!!!!!!!• APO1, APO2• CAF1, CAF2• CFM3• CRP1
• HCF107, HCF152• RNC1• WTF1
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Mutants in the nuclear genes required for plastid biogenesis and function
hcf/hcf > pale-green, yellow, or albino seedlings; some fluoresce in the dark due to dysfunctional photosystems
hcf/hcf seedlings are lethal, but in maize they grow large enough for molecular analysis
[Jenkins et al. Plant Cell 9:283]
High chlorophyll fluorescence (hcf) mutants (maize and arabidopsis)
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Nuclear mutation crp1
[Barkan et al. EMBOJ13:3170]
missing in crp1/crp1 mutant seedlings:• 1.1 and 0.75 kb petB RNA• 0.75 kb petD RNA• How do we see this experimentally?
Disrupts processing of the psbB operon
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Which proteins are reduced in the crp1 mutant?We saw RNA processing effects for petB & petD transcripts.Why might PSAA/B be affected? Why are ALL of the PET protein subunits missing? (Hint, there must be 50 ways to lose a protein, name two!)
• Disrupts processing of the psbB-psbH-petB-petD operon
(Barkan et al. EMBOJ 13:3170)
Nuclear mutation crp1
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[Barkan et al. EMBOJ 13:3170]
35S-labeled leaf proteins
immunoprecipitated
35S-labeled in organello
synthesized proteins
immunoprecipitated
PET A,B,C,D protein translation studiesNuclear mutation crp1
Which proteins are translated in the crp1 mutant? Which are not? We saw PETA, B,C & D proteins did not accumulate in this mutant.What explains the difference between translation and accumulation?
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[Barkan et al. EMBOJ 13:3170]
Secondary structures of monocistronic petD (left) and bi-cistronic petB-petD (right) transcripts
petD startcodon
petB stopcodon
PET A,B,C,D protein translation studiesNuclear mutation crp1
Propose a model: How does and RNA processing defect interfere with protein synthesis?
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No monocistronic petD transcripts and no PETD translation • The petD initiation codon is buried in
secondary structure in the petB / petD transcript
• The petD initiation codon is free of secondary structure in the monocistronic petD transcript But what about
• PETB and PETC – Translated but no accumulation – What is likely mechanism here?
• PETA – Not translated !– What possible mechanisms here?
Inter-dependence of plant organelle gene expression steps
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CRP1 associates w/ the 5’ region of the petA transcript
[Schmitz-Linneweber et al. Plant Cell 17:2791]
Immunoprecipitate CRP1 RNA-protein complexesSlot-blot and hybridize
• Immunoprecipitated RNA (pellet)• Unbound RNA (supernatant)
PET1 protein associates with regions 5’ of petA and 5’ of psaCDoes this show direct RNA binding?
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CRP1- RNA interactions
[Schmitz-Linneweber et al. Plant Cell 17:2791]
Why is the identification of two interaction sites much more powerful than one?C – consensus RNA binging site for CRP1 based on two binding regions
D - model for CRP1 protein – RNA interaction
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One of the largest multigene families in plants
• 441 members in arabidopsis vs 7 in humans
Plastid- or mitochondria-targetedMost aspects of post-transcriptional RNA metabolism
• e.g. crp1 locus in maize necessary for plastid petB / petD RNA processing
• e.g. restorer-of-fertility loci for CMS in petunia, radish and rice all influence processing or stability of mitochondrial CMS gene transcripts
• e.g. editing of plastid ndh gene transcripts
CRP1 is a Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein
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Why so many? • ? RNA editing
How do they function? • Site-specific RNA binding proteins• Endo and Exonucleases• Recruit enzymatic protein
complexes• Simply melt RNA structures to allow
interaction with processing, splicing, translation & editing factors
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins
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Motif Structure of Arabidopsis PPR Proteins • Degenerate 35 amino acid repeats• The number and order of repeats can
vary in individual proteins• The number of proteins falling into
each subgroup is shown
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins
[Lurin et al. Plant Cell 16:2089]
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Group I and Group II, defined by characteristic secondary structures and splicing mechanisms
[from Gillham 1994 Organelle Genes and Genomes]
Plant organelle introns
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Group II intron structural domains are the ancestor of the nuclear splicosomal RNAs splicosomal RNAs
Organelle introns
[from Gillham 1994 Organelle Genes and Genomes]
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In land plants almost all are group II• Spoke-and-wheel structure • Necessary for splicing• Some fungal group IIs self-splice in
vitro• RNA &/or protein factors required in
vivo e.g. maize nuclear genes crs1 & crs2
encode proteins required for splicing• Genome rearrangements have
split some group II introns Require trans-splicing Spoke-and-wheel structure can be assembled from separate transcripts!
Organelle introns
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How do we see whether introns are spliced or not? There are lots of ways!
Reverse transcribe + PCR (RT-PCR)
Others you may see:• Ribonuclease protection• Poison primer RT-PCR• RNA blot hybridization
Organelle introns
DNA/un-spliced
RNAcDNA 3’5’ <RPCR
3’5’ <RF>
spliced RNA 3’cDNA <R5’
PCR
F> <R 3’5’
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atpF
intron
rps16
intron
[Jenkins et al. Plant Cell 9:283]
The maize crs1 and crs2 mutants disrupt the splicing of different
group II introns
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Plant organelle intron splicing requires multiple nuclear-encoded
splicing factors
[Watkins et al. Plant Cell 23:1082
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Trans-splicing Chlamydomonas psaA
transcripts
[Gillham 1994 Organelle Genes and Genomes]
i1 3’ endi1 5’ end
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[Barkan Plant Physiol 155:1524]
Plant organelle RNA metabolism:psbB operon processing in maize
What two features confer RNA stability?For nuclear-encoded transcripts 3’ poly A stabilizesFor organelle-encoded transcripts 3’ poly A tract DE-stabilizes
• Also a de-stabilizing feature of bacterial transcripts
• Enhances susceptibility to degradation by exonucleases
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Plant organelle RNA editing Post transcriptional enzymatic
conversion of C > U, or less commonly, U > CGiven a fully sequenced organelle genome, how would the RNA editing process be detected?genomic coding strand 5’ ....... ACG.....unedited RNA 5’ ....... ACG.....edited RNA 5’ ....... AUG....edited cDNA 5’ ....... ATG.....Occurs in plastids and plant mitochondria
• many more mitochondrial sitesPrimarily in coding sequences
• conserves predicted proteinCreates initiation codons ACG > AUGCreates termination codons CGA > UGARemoves termination codons UGA > CGAChanges amino acid coding CCA > CUA (P > L) Silent edits CTT > CTC (L > L)
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Plant organelle RNA editing Edit sites within the same gene vary
among species• An edit site in one species may be
“pre-edited” (correctly encoded in the genomic sequence) of another species
• e.g. plastid psbL gene initiation codon: maize ATGACA..... tobacco ACGACA..... must be edited to AUG (RNA) = ATG (cDNA) for translation initiation codon
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Evolution of plant organelle RNA editing
Not in algae
Observed in every land plant lineage except Marchantiid liverworts
[Knoop , Curr Genet 46:123]
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RNA editing improves evolutionary conservation
[Mulligan and Maliga (1998) pp.153-161 In A look beyond transcription
J Bailey-Serres and DR Gallie (eds) ASPB]
Amino acid residues encoded by unedited and edited maize mitochondrial transcripts compared to amino acid residues in RPS12 polypeptides from other taxa
Table 1. Evolutionary conserved amino acid residues changed by C-to-U editing in ribosomal protein S12 (RPS12) of plant mitochondria
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RNA editing by enzymatic de-amination
[Rajasekhar and Mulligan Plant Cell 5:1843]
[Russell, 1995, Genetics]
32P CTP
32P CTP > 32P UTP
V
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Short 5’ flanking sequences define plant organelle RNA editing sites
[from Mulligan and Maliga (1998) pp.153-161 In A look beyond transcription
J Bailey-Serres and DR Gallie (eds) ASPB]
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RNA editing – genetic analysis defines a trans-acting factor
[from Kotera et al. Nature 433:326]
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[from Kotera et al. Nature 433:326]
Genetic analysis defines a PPR-motif RNA editing factor
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[from Kotera et al. Nature 433:326]
The immunoblots implicating crr4 in NDH complex biogenesis showed loss of the NDHH subunit, but the affected RNA editing site is in the ndhD transcript. What are some explanations for these observations?
Genetic analysis defines a PPR-motif RNA editing factor
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A significant regulatory process in plastid gene expression
light-regulated chloroplast protein accumulation increases 50-100 fold w/out changes in mRNA accumulation
5’ UTR is key in regulating translation
~ 1/2 of plastid transcripts have a 5’ Shine-Delgarno sequence (GGAG) homologous to small subunit rRNA in this region
nuclear-encoded translation factors bind 5’ untranslated region (UTR) (and in some cases also the 3’ UTR)
Translation of organelle genes
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Regulation of plastid gene translation by light - mediated by pH, ADP, redox signals
e.g. translation of PSII D1 (PSBA) in Chlamydomonas• Accumulation of PSBA increased in
light • No change in steady-state level of
mRNA• Site-directed mutagenesis of 5’ UTR
5’ SD sequence 5’ stem-loop region Required for translation
• 5’UTR binding proteins identified Binding increased 10X in the light Reduced thioredoxin required for binding Binding abolished by oxidation Binding decreased by ADP-dependent phosphorylation (ADP accumulates in the dark)
The details of this mechanism are NOT conserved in angiosperms
Translation of organelle genes
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Redox regulation of PSBA protein synthesis in Chlamydomonas
[Pfannschmit (2003) Trends Plant Sci 8:33]
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Translation of organelle genes- PPR protein RNA re-modeling enhances ATPH translation
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Control by Epistasy of Synthesis (CES) Regulation of protein synthesis by presence or absence of assembly partners
e.g. Down-regulation of tobacco nuclear rbcS gene by antisense • Decreased translation of rbcL in
plastid
e.g. Chlamydomonas plastid cytochrome f (PET complex)Absent other subunits, cytochrome f cannot assemble
• Unassembled cytochrome f binds to its own (petA ) 5’ UTR
• Down regulates translation
Translation of organelle genes
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Failure to assemble a protein complex > degradation of unassembled subunits
Assembly dependent upon availability of all subunits and co-factors
Plastids contain several proteases that are homologues of bacterial proteaseso Functions in protein turn-overo ? Protease independent chaperone
functions (as seen in bacteria)
Organelle protein complex assemblyand protein turn-over
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Protease Location and Functionin plastid
ClpP/ClpCATP-dependent serine protease
stromadegrades mis-targeted proteins and cytb6/f subunits
FtsHmembrane-bound, ATP-dependent metallo- protease
stromal face of thylakoid membranesdegrades photo-damaged PSI protein D1 from stromal side
DegPserine heat-shock protease
lumenal side of thylakoid membranesdegrades photo-damaged PSI protein D1 from lumen side
Bacterial – type proteases in plastids