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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 51, Issue 6, Pages 1004-1018Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03198.x
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physcomitrella patens; abiotic stress tolerance; mitochondria; tetrapyrroles; reactive oxygen species
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The cloning of abiotic stress-inducible genes from the moss Physcomitrella patens led to the identification of the gene PpTSPO1, encoding a protein homologous to the mammalian mitochondrial peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor and the bacterial tryptophane-rich sensory protein. This class of proteins is involved in the transport of intermediates of the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis pathway. Like the mammalian homologue, the PpTSPO1 protein is localized to mitochondria. The generation of PpTSPO1-targeted moss knock-out lines revealed an essential function of the gene in abiotic stress adaptation. Under stress conditions, the PpTSPO1 null mutants show elevated H2O2 levels, enhanced lipid peroxidation and cell death, indicating an important role of PpTSPO1 in redox homeostasis. We hypothesize that PpTSPO1 acts to direct porphyrin precursors to the mitochondria for heme formation, and is involved in the removal of photoreactive tetrapyrrole intermediates.
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