Genome‐Wide Identification of Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR) Gene Family and Multi‐Omics Analysis Provide New Insights Into the Albinism Mechanism of Kandelia obovata Propagule Leaves

ABSTRACT Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family constitutes one of the largest gene families in plants, which mainly participate in RNA editing and RNA splicing of organellar RNAs, thereby affecting the organellar development. Recently, some evidence elucidated the important roles of PPR protein...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant, cell and environment cell and environment, 2024-12, Vol.47 (12), p.5498-5510
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Chaoqun, Wang, Ji‐Cheng, Sun, Ling, Zhuang, Li‐Han, Guo, Ze‐Jun, Ding, Qian‐Su, Ma, Dong‐Na, Song, Ling‐Yu, Li, Jing, Tang, Han‐Chen, Zhu, Xue‐Yi, Zheng, Hai‐Lei
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) gene family constitutes one of the largest gene families in plants, which mainly participate in RNA editing and RNA splicing of organellar RNAs, thereby affecting the organellar development. Recently, some evidence elucidated the important roles of PPR proteins in the albino process of plant leaves. However, the functions of PPR genes in the woody mangrove species have not been investigated. In this study, using a typical true mangrove Kandelia obovata, we systematically identified 298 PPR genes and characterized their general features and physicochemical properties, including evolutionary relationships, the subcellular localization, PPR motif type, the number of introns and PPR motifs, and isoelectric point, and so forth. Furthermore, we combined genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome analysis to identify the genetic architecture and potential PPR genes associated with propagule leaves colour variations of K. obovata. As a result, we prioritized 16 PPR genes related to the albino phenotype using different strategies, including differentially expressed genes analysis and genetic diversity analysis. Further analysis discovered two genes of interest, namely Maker00002998 (PLS‐type) and Maker00003187 (P‐type), which were differentially expressed genes and causal genes detected by GWAS analysis. Moreover, we successfully predicted downstream target chloroplast genes (rps14, rpoC1 and rpoC2) bound by Maker00002998 PPR proteins. The experimental verification of RNA editing sites of rps14, rpoC1, and rpoC2 in our previous study and the verification of interaction between Maker00002998 and rps14 transcript using in vitro RNA pull‐down assays revealed that Maker00002998 PPR protein might be involved in the post‐transcriptional process of chloroplast genes. Our result provides new insights into the roles of PPR genes in the albinism mechanism of K. obovata propagule leaves. Summary statement We obtained 16 candidate PPR genes associated with albino phenotype of Kandelia obovata propagule leaves. We successfully predicted target genes of Maker00002998 protein including rps14, rpoC1, and rpoC2, in which RNA editing sites were experimentally verified. In vitro RNA pull‐down assay confirmed that Maker00002998 protein could bind to rps14 transcript. In this study, we proposed a working model to describe the involvement of Maker00002998‐medidated RNA editing in plastid development.
ISSN:0140-7791
1365-3040
1365-3040
DOI:10.1111/pce.15132