Caracterização da localização subcelular da proteína THI1 de Arabidopsis thaliana. / Characterization of the subcellular localization of arabidopsis thaliana thip.
AUTOR(ES)
Sabrina Moutinho Chabregas
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2002
RESUMO
Arabidopsis thaliana thi1 gene product is probably involved in both thiamine biosynthesis as well as protection of organellar DNA from damage. Studies of thiamine biosynthesis in plants suggest a plastid location for the pathway, which is in agreement with the predicted THI1 N-terminal chloroplastic transit peptide (TP). On the other hand, thiamine is synthesized in mitochondria in yeast cells. Interestingly, A. thaliana thi1 cDNA complements a yeast strain disrupted for the homologous thi4 gene. Analysis of THI1 amino acid sequence revealed the presence of a putative amphiphilic a-helix, which is typical for mitochondrial presequences, located downstream of the chloroplast transit peptide. The role of this sequence on mitochondrial import has been shown by chimeric gene constructs (carrying or not the putative mitochondrial presequence) and the uidA reporter gene. These constructions have been introduced into tobacco plants and the GUS activity has been measured in subcellular fractions of transgenic plants. Direct analysis of THIp in mitochondria and chloroplasts has been done via ImmunoGold labelling experiments. Additional evidence suggested that the two organellar isoforms were encoded by a single nuclear transcript. In vitro transcription/translation experiments revealed the presence of two translational products by a differential usage of two in-frame translational start codons. Coupling site-specific mutations on THI1 encoding sequence with green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene fusions showed that translation initiation in the first AUG directs translocation of THI1 to plastids. However, when translation initiates from the second AUG THI1 is addressed to mitochondria. Analysis of the translation efficiency of thi1 mRNA revealed that the best context for translation initiation is present at the first AUG. In addition, it has been shown a suboptimal context at the second AUG and a strong stem-and-loop structure which is likely to slow translation. These observation confirm the in vitro translation data in which translation occurs preferentially in the first AUG, what could suggest a higher requirement of the protein in plastids.
ASSUNTO(S)
clonal cells plant proteins expressão gênica gene expresion proteínas de plantas genes células clonais
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