The pentatricopeptide repeat protein EMP603 is required for the splicing of mitochondrial Nad1 intron 2 and seed development in maize

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第一作者： Fan, Kaijian

作者： Fan, Kaijian;Ren, Zhenjing;Zhang, Xiaofeng;Liu, Yan;Fu, Junjie;Qi, Chunlai;Tatar, Wurinile;Wang, Guoying;Liu, Yunjun;Rasmusson, Allan G.

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关键词： Emp603; intron splicing; mitochondrion; PPR protein; seed development; Zea mays

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY （ 影响因子：6.992； 五年影响因子：7.86 ）

ISSN： 0022-0957

年卷期： 2021 年 72 卷 20 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Intron splicing is an essential event in post-transcriptional RNA processing in plant mitochondria, which requires the participation of diverse nuclear-encoded splicing factors. However, it is presently unclear how these proteins cooperatively take part in the splicing of specific introns. In this study, we characterized a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial P-type pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein named EMP603. This protein is essential for splicing of intron 2 in the Nad1 gene and interacts with the mitochondria-localized DEAD-box RNA helicase PMH2-5140, the RAD52-like proteins ODB1-0814 and ODB1-5061, and the CRM domain-containing protein Zm-mCSF1. Further study revealed that the N-terminal region of EMP603 interacts with the DEAD-box of PMH2-5140, the CRM domain of Zm-mCSF1, and OBD1-5061, but not with OBD1-0814, whereas the PPR domain of EMP603 can interact with ODB1-0814, ODB1-5061, and PMH2-5140, but not with Zm-mCSF1. Defects in EMP603 severely disrupt the assembly and activity of mitochondrial complex I, leading to impaired mitochondrial function, and delayed seed development. The interactions revealed between EMP603 and PMH2-5140, ODB1-0814, ODB1-5061, and Zm-mCSF1 indicate a possible involvement of a dynamic 'spliceosome-like' complex in intron splicing, and may accelerate the elucidation of the intron splicing mechanism in plant mitochondria.

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