期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 236, 期 1, 页码 86-98出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18320
关键词
growth; guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp); moss; photosynthesis; Physcomitrium patens; thylakoid
资金
- CEA Irtelis PhD fellowship
- APEX grant from the Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur Region
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche funding (SignauxBioNRJ) [ANR-15-CE05-0021-03]
- Saclay Plant Sciences-SPS [ANR-17-EUR-0007]
- France-BioImaging national research infrastructure [ANR-10-INBS-04]
This study investigates the function of ppGpp signaling in the moss Physcomitrium patens and reveals that ppGpp accumulation inhibits chloroplast gene expression, resulting in a drop in photosynthetic capacity, but does not affect plant growth. This suggests that bryophytes and vascular plants may have different tolerances to defects in photosynthesis, potentially reflecting their different growth strategies.
The nucleotides guanosine tetraphosphate and pentaphosphate (or (p)ppGpp) are implicated in the regulation of chloroplast function in plants. (p)ppGpp signalling is best understood in the model vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana in which it acts to regulate plastid gene expression to influence photosynthesis, plant development and immunity. However, little information is known about the conservation or diversity of (p)ppGpp signalling in other land plants. We studied the function of ppGpp in the moss Physcomitrium (previously Physcomitrella) patens using an inducible system for triggering ppGpp accumulation. We used this approach to investigate the effects of ppGpp on chloroplast function, photosynthesis and growth. We demonstrate that ppGpp accumulation causes a dramatic drop in photosynthetic capacity by inhibiting chloroplast gene expression. This was accompanied by the unexpected reorganisation of the thylakoid system into super grana. Surprisingly, these changes did not affect gametophore growth, suggesting that bryophytes and vascular plants may have different tolerances to defects in photosynthesis. Our findings point to the existence of both highly conserved and more specific targets of (p)ppGpp signalling in the land plants that may reflect different growth strategies.
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