Recent Advances in Chloroplast Development in Higher Plants

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Yahubian ◽  
Iliya Denev ◽  
Ivan Minkov
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Plastid-Localized EMB2726 Is Involved in Chloroplast Biogenesis and Early Embryo Development in Arabidopsis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanling Li ◽  
Jian-Xiu Shang ◽  
Chenlei Qiu ◽  
Baowen Zhang ◽  
Jinxue Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Early Embryo ◽  
The Body ◽  
Insertion Mutant ◽  
Cell Stage ◽  
Dna Insertion

Embryogenesis is a critical developmental process that establishes the body organization of higher plants. During this process, the biogenesis of chloroplasts from proplastids is essential. A failure in chloroplast development during embryogenesis can cause morphologically abnormal embryos or embryonic lethality. In this study, we isolated a T-DNA insertion mutant of the Arabidopsis gene EMBRYO DEFECTIVE 2726 (EMB2726). Heterozygous emb2726 seedlings produced about 25% albino seeds with embryos that displayed defects at the 32-cell stage and that arrested development at the late globular stage. EMB2726 protein was localized in chloroplasts and was expressed at all stages of development, such as embryogenesis. Moreover, the two translation elongation factor Ts domains within the protein were critical for its function. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the cells in emb2726 embryos contained undifferentiated proplastids and that the expression of plastid genome-encoded photosynthesis-related genes was dramatically reduced. Expression studies of DR5:GFP, pDRN:DRN-GFP, and pPIN1:PIN1-GFP reporter lines indicated normal auxin biosynthesis but altered polar auxin transport. The expression of pSHR:SHR-GFP and pSCR:SCR-GFP confirmed that procambium and ground tissue precursors were lacking in emb2726 embryos. The results suggest that EMB2726 plays a critical role during Arabidopsis embryogenesis by affecting chloroplast development, possibly by affecting the translation process in plastids.

Recent advances in chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown in higher plants

2004 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Eckhardt ◽  
Bernhard Grimm ◽  
Stefan H�rtensteiner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Plants ◽  
Chlorophyll Biosynthesis ◽  
Recent Advances

Photoregulation of the biosynthesis of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase

Development ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 83 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 163-178
Author(s):  
R. John Ellis ◽  
Thomas F. Gallagher ◽  
Gareth I. Jenkins ◽  
C. Ruth Lennox
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Nuclear Genome ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Ribulose Bisphosphate Carboxylase ◽  
Ribulose Bisphosphate ◽  
Bisphosphate Carboxylase ◽  
Subunit Mrna ◽  
Parallel Increase

Chloroplast development in higher plants is light dependent, and is accompanied by the synthesis of chlorophyll and the accumulation of many chloroplast polypeptides. There is a 100-fold greater content of the photosynthetic enzyme, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase, in light-grown seedlings of Pisum sativum than in dark-grown seedlings. Following the illumination of dark-grown seedlings, there is a parallel increase in the content of both the mRNA and the polypeptide of the small subunit of the carboxylase; this subunit is a product of the nuclear genome. The increases in the mRNA and the polypeptide of the large subunit, which is a product of the chloroplast genome, show less synchronicity. Studies with isolated leaf nuclei show that the increase in small subunit mRNA is mediated primarily at the level of transcription. Three distinct effects of light on transcription of small subunit genes have been found; a rapid (∼1 h) burst, followed by a decline, when etiolated plants are first exposed to light; a slow (∼36h) development of the competence to transcribe rapidly after the initial burst; rapid (∼20 min) switches in both directions when fully greened plants are exposed to light—dark transitions.

EMB2738, which encodes a putative plastid-targeted GTP-binding protein, is essential for embryogenesis and chloroplast development in higher plants

2017 ◽  
Vol 161 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Shan Ye ◽  
Qin Zhang ◽  
Hui Pan ◽  
Chao Huang ◽  
Zhong-Nan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding

scholarly journals Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Hui Zhao ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Xin-Xin Zhang ◽  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Xi-Yang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
Chlorophyll Synthesis ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leaf Color ◽  
Poor Growth ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Color Mutation ◽  
Development And Differentiation

Color mutation is a common, easily identifiable phenomenon in higher plants. Color mutations usually affect the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, resulting in poor growth and economic losses. Therefore, leaf color mutants have been unwittingly eliminated in recent years. Recently, however, with the development of society, the application of leaf color mutants has become increasingly widespread. Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying pigment metabolism, chloroplast development and differentiation, photosynthesis and other pathways that could also provide important information for improving varietal selection. In this review, we summarize the research on leaf color mutants, such as the functions and mechanisms of leaf color mutant-related genes, which affect chlorophyll synthesis, chlorophyll degradation, chloroplast development and anthocyanin metabolism. We also summarize two common methods for mapping and cloning related leaf color mutation genes using Map-based cloning and RNA-seq, and we discuss the existing problems and propose future research directions for leaf color mutants, which provide a reference for the study and application of leaf color mutants in the future.

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