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The chloroplast RNA binding protein CP31A has a preference for mRNAs encoding the subunits of the chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex and is required for their accumulation

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Title:The chloroplast RNA binding protein CP31A has a preference for mRNAs encoding the subunits of the chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex and is required for their accumulation
Creators: Lenzen, B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-9513, Rühle, T., Lehniger, M.K., Okuzaki, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1094-5748, Labs, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-2763, Muino, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6403-7262, Ohler, U. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-3116, Leister, D. and Schmitz-Linneweber, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6125-4253
Abstract:Chloroplast RNA processing requires a large number of nuclear-encoded RNA binding proteins (RBPs) that are imported post-translationally into the organelle. Most of these RBPs are highly specific for one or few target RNAs. By contrast, members of the chloroplast ribonucleoprotein family (cpRNPs) have a wider RNA target range. We here present a quantitative analysis of RNA targets of the cpRNP CP31A using digestion-optimized RNA co-immunoprecipitation with deep sequencing (DO-RIP-seq). This identifies the mRNAs coding for subunits of the chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex as main targets for CP31A. We demonstrate using whole-genome gene expression analysis and targeted RNA gel blot hybridization that the ndh mRNAs are all down-regulated in cp31a mutants. This diminishes the activity of the NDH complex. Our findings demonstrate how a chloroplast RNA binding protein can combine functionally related RNAs into one post-transcriptional operon.
Keywords:Chloroplast, RNA Processing, RNA Binding, NDH Complex, RRM, Organelle, Arabidopsis thaliana
Source:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN:1422-0067
Publisher:MDPI
Volume:21
Number:16
Page Range:5633
Date:6 August 2020
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165633
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