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PMID:15516501

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Citation

Wang, Q, Sullivan, RW, Kight, A, Henry, RL, Huang, J, Jones, AM and Korth, KL (2004) Deletion of the chloroplast-localized Thylakoid formation1 gene product in Arabidopsis leads to deficient thylakoid formation and variegated leaves. Plant Physiol. 136:3594-604

Abstract

Development of thylakoid membranes depends upon the transport of membrane vesicles from the chloroplast inner envelope and subsequent fusion of vesicles within the interior of the plastid. The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Thylakoid formation1 (Thf1) gene product is shown here to control an important step required for the normal organization of these vesicles into mature thylakoid stacks and ultimately for leaf development. The Arabidopsis Thf1 gene encodes an imported chloroplast protein, as shown by in vitro import and localization of a Thf1-green fluorescent protein fusion product in transgenic plants. This gene is conserved in oxygenic photoautotrophs ranging from cyanobacteria to flowering land plants. Transcript levels for Thf1 are induced in the light and decrease under dark conditions, paralleling profiles of light-regulated nuclear genes involved in chloroplast function. Disruption of the Thf1 gene via T-DNA insertion results in plants that are severely stunted with variegated leaf patterns. Nongreen sectors of variegated leaves lacking Thf1 expression contain plastids that accumulate membrane vesicles on the interior and lack organized thylakoid structures. Green sectors of Thf1-disrupted leaves contain some chloroplasts that form organized thylakoid membranes, indicating that an inefficient compensatory mechanism supports thylakoid formation in the absence of Thf1. Genetic complementation of a Thf1 knockout line confirms the role of this gene in chloroplast and leaf development. Transgenic plants expressing the Thf1 gene in antisense orientation are stunted with altered thylakoid organization, especially in young seedlings. The data indicate that the Thf1 gene product plays a crucial role in a dynamic process of vesicle-mediated thylakoid membrane biogenesis.

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PubMed PMC527158 Online version:10.1104/pp.104.049841

Keywords

Amino Acid Sequence; Arabidopsis/genetics; Arabidopsis/metabolism; Arabidopsis/ultrastructure; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Chloroplasts/genetics; Chloroplasts/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Molecular Sequence Data; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Plant Leaves/anatomy & histology; Plant Leaves/genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified; Thylakoids/genetics; Thylakoids/metabolism

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