A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
mRNA localization, reaction centre biogenesis and thylakoid membrane targeting in cyanobacteria
Authors: Mahbub M, Hemm L, Yang YX, Kaur R, Carmen H, Engl C, Huokko T, Riediger M, Watanabe S, Liu LN, Wilde A, Hess WR, Mullineaux CW
Publisher: NATURE RESEARCH
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Nature Plants
Journal name in source: NATURE PLANTS
Journal acronym: NAT PLANTS
Volume: 6
Issue: 9
First page : 1179
Last page: 1191
Number of pages: 25
ISSN: 2055-026X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00764-2
Abstract
Fluorescent in situ hybridization is used to identify the subcellular location of mRNAs encoding core photosystem subunits in cyanobacteria. They are clustered at thylakoid surfaces, near the central cytoplasm and nucleoid, by mRNA-binding proteins.The thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria form a complex intracellular membrane system with a distinctive proteome. The sites of biogenesis of thylakoid proteins remain uncertain, as do the signals that direct thylakoid membrane-integral proteins to the thylakoids rather than to the plasma membrane. Here, we address these questions by using fluorescence in situ hybridization to probe the subcellular location of messenger RNA molecules encoding core subunits of the photosystems in two cyanobacterial species. These mRNAs cluster at thylakoid surfaces mainly adjacent to the central cytoplasm and the nucleoid, in contrast to mRNAs encoding proteins with other locations. Ribosome association influences the distribution of the photosynthetic mRNAs on the thylakoid surface, but thylakoid affinity is retained in the absence of ribosome association. However, thylakoid association is disrupted in a mutant lacking two mRNA-binding proteins, which probably play roles in targeting photosynthetic proteins to the thylakoid membrane.
Fluorescent in situ hybridization is used to identify the subcellular location of mRNAs encoding core photosystem subunits in cyanobacteria. They are clustered at thylakoid surfaces, near the central cytoplasm and nucleoid, by mRNA-binding proteins.The thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria form a complex intracellular membrane system with a distinctive proteome. The sites of biogenesis of thylakoid proteins remain uncertain, as do the signals that direct thylakoid membrane-integral proteins to the thylakoids rather than to the plasma membrane. Here, we address these questions by using fluorescence in situ hybridization to probe the subcellular location of messenger RNA molecules encoding core subunits of the photosystems in two cyanobacterial species. These mRNAs cluster at thylakoid surfaces mainly adjacent to the central cytoplasm and the nucleoid, in contrast to mRNAs encoding proteins with other locations. Ribosome association influences the distribution of the photosynthetic mRNAs on the thylakoid surface, but thylakoid affinity is retained in the absence of ribosome association. However, thylakoid association is disrupted in a mutant lacking two mRNA-binding proteins, which probably play roles in targeting photosynthetic proteins to the thylakoid membrane.
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