##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 18301989 Aubry, Mani et al., 2008 "Aubry S, Mani J, Hörtensteiner S. Stay-green protein, defective in Mendel's green cotyledon mutant, acts independent and upstream of pheophorbide a oxygenase in the chlorophyll catabolic pathway. Plant Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;67(3):243-56. doi: 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8. PMID: 18301989." ## PMID- 18301989 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080819 LR - 20240109 IS - 0167-4412 (Print) IS - 0167-4412 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Jun TI - Stay-green protein, defective in Mendel's green cotyledon mutant, acts independent and upstream of pheophorbide a oxygenase in the chlorophyll catabolic pathway. PG - 243-56 LID - 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 [doi] AB - Type C stay-green mutants are defined as being defective in the pathway of chlorophyll breakdown, which involves pheophorbide a oxygenase (PAO), required for loss of green color. By analyzing senescence parameters, such as protein degradation, expression of senescence-associated genes and loss of photosynthetic capacity, we demonstrate that JI2775, the green cotyledon (i) pea line used by Gregor Mendel to establish the law of genetics, is a true type C stay-green mutant. STAY-GREEN (SGR) had earlier been shown to map to the I locus. The defect in JI2775 is due to both reduced expression of SGR and loss of SGR protein function. Regulation of PAO through SGR had been proposed. By determining PAO protein abundance and activity, we show that PAO is unaffected in JI2775. Furthermore we show that pheophorbide a accumulation in the mutant is independent of PAO. When silencing SGR expression in Arabidopsis pao1 mutant, both pheophorbide a accumulation and cell death phenotype, typical features of pao1, are lost. These results confirm that SGR function within the chlorophyll catabolic pathway is independent and upstream of PAO. FAU - Aubry, Sylvain AU - Aubry S AD - Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Mani, Jan AU - Mani J FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Plant Mol Biol JT - Plant molecular biology JID - 9106343 RN - 0 (Chlorophyllides) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 14897-06-4 (chlorophyllide a) RN - EC 1.13.- (Oxygenases) RN - EC 1.13.- (pheide a oxygenase) SB - IM MH - Carbon Dioxide/metabolism MH - Cellular Senescence MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Chlorophyllides/metabolism MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Cotyledon/*enzymology/genetics MH - DNA Primers MH - Oxygenases/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Pisum sativum/*enzymology/*genetics MH - Plant Leaves/enzymology/physiology MH - Plant Proteins/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2008/02/28 09:00 MHDA- 2008/08/20 09:00 CRDT- 2008/02/28 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/02/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/02/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/08/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/02/28 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;67(3):243-56. doi: 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1126/science.1132912 17204643 Armstead, Donnison et al., 2007 "Armstead I, Donnison I, Aubry S, Harper J, Hörtensteiner S, James C, Mani J, Moffet M, Ougham H, Roberts L, Thomas A, Weeden N, Thomas H, King I. Cross-species identification of Mendel's I locus. Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):73. doi: 10.1126/science.1132912. PMID: 17204643." ## PMID- 17204643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070116 LR - 20240109 IS - 1095-9203 (Electronic) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 315 IP - 5808 DP - 2007 Jan 5 TI - Cross-species identification of Mendel's I locus. PG - 73 AB - A key gene involved in plant senescence, mutations of which partially disable chlorophyll catabolism and confer stay-green leaf and cotyledon phenotypes, has been identified in Pisum sativum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Festuca pratensis by using classical and molecular genetics and comparative genomics. A stay-green locus in F. pratensis is syntenically equivalent to a similar stay-green locus on rice chromosome 9. Functional testing in Arabidopsis of a homolog of the rice candidate gene revealed (i) senescence-associated gene expression and (ii) a stay-green phenotype after RNA interference silencing. Genetic mapping in pea demonstrated cosegregation with the yellow/green cotyledon polymorphism (I/i) first reported by Gregor Mendel in 1866. FAU - Armstead, Ian AU - Armstead I AD - Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK. ian.armstead@bbsrc.ac.uk FAU - Donnison, Iain AU - Donnison I FAU - Aubry, Sylvain AU - Aubry S FAU - Harper, John AU - Harper J FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S FAU - James, Caron AU - James C FAU - Mani, Jan AU - Mani J FAU - Moffet, Matt AU - Moffet M FAU - Ougham, Helen AU - Ougham H FAU - Roberts, Luned AU - Roberts L FAU - Thomas, Ann AU - Thomas A FAU - Weeden, Norman AU - Weeden N FAU - Thomas, Howard AU - Thomas H FAU - King, Ian AU - King I LA - eng GR - BBS/E/G/00003001/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Arabidopsis/*genetics/physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics MH - Chlorophyll/analysis/*metabolism MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - Cotyledon/physiology MH - Festuca/*genetics/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - *Genes, Plant MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Pisum sativum/*genetics/physiology MH - Phenotype MH - Plant Leaves/physiology MH - RNA Interference EDAT- 2007/01/06 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/17 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/06 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - 315/5808/73 [pii] AID - 10.1126/science.1132912 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):73. doi: 10.1126/science.1132912. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 19237309 Hortensteiner, 2009 "Hörtensteiner S. Stay-green regulates chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding protein degradation during senescence. Trends Plant Sci. 2009 Mar;14(3):155-62. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002. Epub 2009 Feb 23. PMID: 19237309." ## PMID- 19237309 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090729 LR - 20240109 IS - 1360-1385 (Print) IS - 1360-1385 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Stay-green regulates chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding protein degradation during senescence. PG - 155-62 LID - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 [doi] AB - Stay-green mutants are delayed in leaf senescence and have been identified from different plant species, including many crops. Functional stay-greens have the potential to increase plant productivity. In cosmetic stay-greens, however, retention of chlorophyll during senescence is uncoupled from a decline of photosynthetic capacity in these mutants. For many cosmetic stay-green mutants, including Gregor Mendel's famous green cotyledon pea variety, molecular defects were recently identified in orthologous stay-green genes. Stay-green genes encode members of a new family of chloroplast-located proteins, which are likely to function in dismantling of photosynthetic chlorophyll-apoprotein complexes. Their activity is considered as a prerequisite for both chlorophyll and apoprotein degradation during senescence. FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S AD - Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland. shorten@botinst.uzh.ch LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20090223 PL - England TA - Trends Plant Sci JT - Trends in plant science JID - 9890299 RN - 0 (Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - *Cellular Senescence MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational RF - 80 EDAT- 2009/02/25 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/30 09:00 CRDT- 2009/02/25 09:00 PHST- 2008/11/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/01/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/02/25 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/30 09:00 [medline] AID - S1360-1385(09)00049-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Plant Sci. 2009 Mar;14(3):155-62. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002. Epub 2009 Feb 23. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1073/pnas.0705521104 17709752 Sato, Morita et al., 2007 "Sato Y, Morita R, Nishimura M, Yamaguchi H, Kusaba M. Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):14169-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705521104. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PMID: 17709752; PMCID: PMC1955798." ## PMID- 17709752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071017 LR - 20240316 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 104 IP - 35 DP - 2007 Aug 28 TI - Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. PG - 14169-74 AB - Mutants that retain greenness of leaves during senescence are known as "stay-green" mutants. The most famous stay-green mutant is Mendel's green cotyledon pea, one of the mutants used in determining the law of genetics. Pea plants homozygous for this recessive mutation (known as i at present) retain greenness of the cotyledon during seed maturation and of leaves during senescence. We found tight linkage between the I locus and stay-green gene originally found in rice, SGR. Molecular analysis of three i alleles including one with no SGR expression confirmed that the I gene encodes SGR in pea. Functional analysis of sgr mutants in pea and rice further revealed that leaf functionality is lowered despite a high chlorophyll a (Chl a) and chlorophyll b (Chl b) content in the late stage of senescence, suggesting that SGR is primarily involved in Chl degradation. Consistent with this observation, a wide range of Chl-protein complexes, but not the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit, were shown to be more stable in sgr than wild-type plants. The expression of OsCHL and NYC1, which encode the first enzymes in the degrading pathways of Chl a and Chl b, respectively, was not affected by sgr in rice. The results suggest that SGR might be involved in activation of the Chl-degrading pathway during leaf senescence through translational or posttranslational regulation of Chl-degrading enzymes. FAU - Sato, Yutaka AU - Sato Y AD - Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. FAU - Morita, Ryouhei AU - Morita R FAU - Nishimura, Minoru AU - Nishimura M FAU - Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu AU - Yamaguchi H FAU - Kusaba, Makoto AU - Kusaba M LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AAW82954 SI - GENBANK/AAW82955 SI - GENBANK/AAW82956 SI - GENBANK/AAW82957 SI - GENBANK/AAW82958 SI - GENBANK/AAW82959 SI - GENBANK/AAW82960 SI - GENBANK/AAY98500 SI - GENBANK/AB303331 SI - GENBANK/AB303332 SI - GENBANK/AK120554 SI - GENBANK/AP008216 SI - GENBANK/AY699948 SI - GENBANK/AY850161 SI - GENBANK/BAF49740 SI - GENBANK/BAF49741 GR - H23 IP001011/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070820 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Cotyledon/*genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Homeostasis MH - Membrane Potentials/physiology MH - Models, Genetic MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - Pisum sativum/genetics MH - Photosynthesis MH - Plant Leaves/genetics PMC - PMC1955798 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2007/08/22 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/18 09:00 PMCR- 2008/02/28 CRDT- 2007/08/22 09:00 PHST- 2007/08/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/08/22 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0705521104 [pii] AID - 7447 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0705521104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):14169-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705521104. Epub 2007 Aug 20.