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CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages 1277-1284Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401657
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chloroplast; leaf senescence; ndh genes; programmed cell death; reactive oxygen species
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Mitochondrial involvement has not been identified in the programmed cell death (PCD) of leaf senescence which suggests that processes such as those involving reactive oxygen species (ROS) are controlled by chloroplasts. We report that transgenic tobacco (Delta ndhF), with the plastid ndhF gene knocked-out, shows low levels of the plastid Ndh complex, homologous to mitochondrial complex I, and more than a 30-day-delay in leaf senescence with respect to wt. The comparison of activities and protein levels and analyses of genetic and phenotypic traits of wtx Delta ndhF crosses indicate that regulatory roles of mitochondria in animal PCD are assumed by chloroplasts in leaf senescence. The Ndh complex would increase the reduction level of electron transporters and the generation of ROS. Chloroplastic control of leaf senescence provides a nonclassical model of PCD and reveals an unexpected role of the plastid ndh genes that are present in most higher plants.
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