CREF7 - Plant Editosome Database - CNCB-NGDC

Summary

Editing Factor: CREF7
Synonym: CHLOROPLAST RNA EDITING FACTOR 7
Description: Encoding a pentatricopeptide repeat protein involved in chloroplast mRNA editing
Protein Family: PPR
Subclass: DYW
Physical Interaction: NA
Construct Structure: PLS-DYW
Gene ID & Species: AT5G66520 (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Edited Gene(s): ndhB    rpoA
Editing Type(s): C-to-U (15)
Publication(s): [1] The Analysis of the Editing Defects in the Mutant Provides New Clues for the Prediction of RNA Targets of Arabidopsis E+-Class PPR Proteins., Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. [PMID=32098170]
[2] Multiple PPR protein interactions are involved in the RNA editing system in mitochondria and plastids., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. [PMID=28761003]
[3] A conserved glutamate residue in the C-terminal deaminase domain of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins is required for RNA editing activity., The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015. [PMID=25739442]
[4] Pentatricopeptide repeat proteins involved in plant organellar RNA editing., RNA biology, 2013. [PMID=23669716]

Editing Details

Species Gene ID Organelle Edited Gene Position Region Nuclear Genome Organelle Genome Other Position Region Other Position Editing Type Codon Amino Acid Molecular Effect Experiment Details
Arabidopsis thaliana AT5G66520 Chloroplast
Plastid
ndhB 1255 CDS NA
EnsemblGenomes (release 39)
NA
BK010421
NA NA C-to-U CAU=>UAU
NA=>NA
H=>Y
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
Col-0WTControlControlControlNormalLeafNABulk Sequencing100.00%CompleteNone25739442
SALK_078415Ccref7-1T-DNA InsertionT-DNA is inserted in the PLS repeat regionKnockoutNALeafNABulk Sequencing0.00%UneditedAbsent25739442
Col-0WT + CREF7TransformationWild type plants with CREF7 transgeneNANALeafNABulk Sequencing100.00%CompleteSimilar25739442
SALK_078415CKO + CREF7-E554ATransformationTransgene for a mutant variant with the HXE motif changed to HXA (CREF7-E554A) is introduced into a CREF7 knock-out line (cref7-1)NANALeafNABulk SequencingNALowDecreased25739442
Col-0WT + CREF7-E554ATransformationTransgene for a mutant variant with the HXE motif changed to HXA (CREF7-E554A) is introduced into a wild type lineNANALeafNABulk Sequencing100.00%CompleteSimilar25739442
Col-0WTControlControlControlNANANARNA-seq98.44%HighNone32098170
Col-0WTControlControlControlNormalLeafNART-PCR and calculated with the DNADynamo software (BlueTract95.00%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 (BlueTract100.00%CompleteSimilar28761003
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 (BlueTract100.00%CompleteSimilar28761003
Arabidopsis thaliana AT5G66520 Chloroplast ndhB NA NA NA NA NA 95225 C-to-U NA=>NA NA=>NA NA
Experiment Details
Genotype (Ecotype) Allele Treatment Treatment Detail Mutant Type Phenotype Tissue Development Stage Detection Method Editing Frequency Editing Extent Mutant Effect PMID
ColombiaWTControlControlControlNormalLeafNART-PCR and direct sequencing83.33%HighNone23669716
Salk_078415Salk_078415T-DNA insertionAn insertion of the T-DNA in the coding regions of the transgenic lineNANo aberrant visible phenotypeLeafNART-PCR and direct sequencing0.00%UneditedAbsent23669716
Arabidopsis thaliana AT5G66520 Chloroplast rpoA 200 CDS NA NA NA NA C-to-U UCU=>UUU S=>F Recoding
Experiment Details
Genotype (Ecotype) Allele Treatment Treatment Detail Mutant Type Phenotype Tissue Development Stage Detection Method Editing Frequency Editing Extent Mutant Effect PMID
Col-0WTControlControlControlNormalLeafNABulk SequencingNAHighNone25739442
SALK_078415Ccref7-1T-DNA InsertionT-DNA is inserted in the PLS repeat regionKnockoutNALeafNABulk SequencingNAHighSimilar25739442
SALK_078415CKO + CREF7TransformationTransgene for wild type CREF7 is introduced into a CREF7 knock-out line (cref7-1)NANALeafNABulk SequencingNAHighSimilar25739442
SALK_078415CKO + CREF7-E554ATransformationTransgene for a mutant variant with the HXE motif changed to HXA (CREF7-E554A) is introduced into a CREF7 knock-out line (cref7-1)NANALeafNABulk SequencingNALowDecreased25739442
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