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- Title
plastids undifferentiated, a nuclear mutation that disrupts plastid differentiation in Zea mays L.
- Authors
Roth, Ronelle; Sawers, Ruairidh J.; Munn, Helen L.; Langdale, Jane A.
- Abstract
Photosynthetic development in any plant requires the intracellular co-ordination of chloroplast and nuclear gene expression programs. In this report, we investigate the role of a nuclear gene in photosynthetic development by examining C4 photosynthetic differentiation in a yellow mutant of maize (Zea mays L.). The plastids undifferentiated (pun) mutation disrupts plastid biogenesis in both bundle sheath and mesophyll cells, at an early developmental stage and in a light-independent manner. Chloroplast thylakoids are disrupted in the mutant and both membrane-associated and soluble chloroplast-encoded proteins accumulate at much reduced levels. The observed plastid morphology is consistent with a general defect in chloroplast biogenesis that is most likely exerted at the post-translational level. Despite aberrant chloroplast development, nuclear photosynthetic genes are expressed normally in pun mutants. Thus, neither functional chloroplasts nor the Pun gene product are required to establish nuclear photosynthetic gene expression patterns in maize.
- Subjects
GENE expression; PLANT cells &; tissues; CORN; GENETIC regulation; CHLOROPLASTS; HEREDITY
- Publication
Planta: An International Journal of Plant Biology, 2001, Vol 213, Issue 4, p647
- ISSN
0032-0935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004250100537