AEF1 - Plant Editosome Database - CNCB-NGDC

Summary

Editing Factor: AEF1
Synonym: ATPF EDITING FACTOR 1
Description: Involved in RNA editing of plastid atpF and mitochondrial nad5; A loss-of-function mutation in ATPF EDITING FACTOR 1 (AEF1, AT3G22150) results in severe variegation, presumably due to decreased plastid ATP synthase levels; Loss of editing at the atpF site is coupled with a large decrease in splicing of the atpF transcript, even though the editing site is within an exon and 53 nucleotides distant from the splice site
Protein Family: Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein
Subclass: E
Physical Interaction: NA
Construct Structure: PLS-E
Gene ID & Species: AT3G22150 (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Edited Gene(s): atpF    nad5
Editing Type(s): C-to-U (9)
Publication(s): [1] Multiple PPR Protein Interactions Are Involved in the RNA Editing System in Arabidopsis Mitochondria and Plastids, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017. [doi:10.1073/pnas.1705815114]
[2] AEF1/MPR25 is implicated in RNA editing of plastid atpF and mitochondrial nad5, and also promotes atpF splicing in Arabidopsis and rice, The Plant Journal, 2015. [doi:10.1111/tpj.12756]

Editing Details

Species Gene ID Organelle Edited Gene Position Region Nuclear Genome Organelle Genome Other Region Other Position Editing Type Codon Amino Acid Molecular Effect Experiment Details
Arabidopsis thaliana AT3G22150 Plastid
Chloroplast
atpF 92 CDS NA NA NA NA C-to-U CCA=>CUA
NA=>NA
P=>L
NA=>NA
Recoding
NA
Experiment Details
Genotype (Ecotype) Allele Treatment Treatment Detail Mutant Type Phenotype Tissue Development Stage Detection Method Editing Frequency Editing Extent Mutant Effect PMID
SALK_041683aef1-1T-DNA InsertionT-DNA is inserted at nucleotide 252 from the start codon, within the first P motifHomozygousVariegation, retarded growth and pale leavesAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay0.00%UneditedAbsent25585673
SALK_041683complemented plants (AEF1)ComplementationNAHomozygousNAAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay100.00%CompleteRestored25585673
Col-0WTControlControlNo mutantNormalAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay100.00%CompleteNone25585673
Col-0WTControlControlNo mutantNormalLeafNART-PCR and calculated with the DNADynamo software (BlueTract96.00%HighNone28761003
Col-0DYW2-GFP-OE1Generating Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the GFP-tagged DYW2 geneCol-0 A. thaliana plants were transformed with the 35S::DYW2-GFP plasmids (in pK7WGF2 backbone) by the floral-dip method. Transformed plants were selected based on Kanamycin resistance. Two independenNASlow growthLeafNART-PCR and calculated with the DNADynamo software (BlueTract10.00%PoorDecreased28761003
Col-0DYW2-GFP-OE2Generating Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the GFP-tagged DYW2 geneCol-0 A. thaliana plants were transformed with the 35S::DYW2-GFP plasmids (in pK7WGF2 backbone) by the floral-dip method. Transformed plants were selected based on Kanamycin resistance. Two independenNASlow growthLeafNART-PCR and calculated with the DNADynamo software (BlueTract4.00%PoorDecreased28761003
Arabidopsis thaliana AT3G22150 Mitochondrion nad5 1580 CDS NA NA NA NA C-to-U UCA=>UUA S=>L Recoding
Experiment Details
Genotype (Ecotype) Allele Treatment Treatment Detail Mutant Type Phenotype Tissue Development Stage Detection Method Editing Frequency Editing Extent Mutant Effect PMID
SALK_041683aef1-1T-DNA InsertionT-DNA is inserted at nucleotide 252 from the start codon, within the first P motifHomozygousVariegation, retarded growth and pale leavesAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay58.00%MediumDecreased25585673
SALK_041683complemented plants (AEF1)ComplementationNAHomozygousNAAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay100.00%CompleteRestored25585673
Col-0WTControlControlNo mutantNormalAerial tissue14 daysPoisoned Primer Extension (PPE) Assay100.00%CompleteNone25585673
Last update: Sep 2026 (version 2.0)