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Functional characterization of ObgC in ribosome biogenesis during chloroplast development

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2012
Authors:Bang, WYoung, Chen, J, Jeong, ISil, Kim, SWoong, Kim, CWook, Jung, HSuk, Lee, KHwan, Kweon, H-S, Yoko, I, Shiina, T, Bahk, JDong
Journal:The Plant Journal
Volume:71
Issue:1
Date Published:2012
ISBN Number:1365-313X
Keywords:Arabidopsisthaliana, chloroplast, Obg GTPase, Oryza, Oryza sativa, ppGpp, ribosome biogenesis
Abstract:

The Spo0B-associated GTP-binding protein (Obg) GTPase, essential for bacterial viability, is also conserved in eukaryotes, but its primary role in eukaryotes remains unknown. Here, our functional characterization of Arabidopsis and rice obgc mutants strongly underlines the evolutionarily conserved role of eukaryotic Obgs in organellar ribosome biogenesis. The mutants exhibited a chlorotic phenotype, caused by retarded chloroplast development. A plastid DNA macroarray revealed a plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP) deficiency in an obgc mutant, caused by incompleteness of the PEP complex, as its western blot exhibited reduced levels of RpoA protein, a component of PEP. Plastid rRNA profiling indicated that plastid rRNA processing is defective in obgc mutants, probably resulting in impaired ribosome biogenesis and, in turn, in reduced levels of RpoA protein. RNA co-immunoprecipitation revealed that ObgC specifically co-precipitates with 23S rRNA in vivo. These findings indicate that ObgC functions primarily in plastid ribosome biogenesis during chloroplast development. Furthermore, complementation analysis can provide new insights into the functional modes of three ObgC domains, including the Obg fold, G domain and OCT.

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04976.x
Short Title:The Plant Journal
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