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Control of cab gene expression in synchronized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cells

✍ Scribed by Fred Jasper; Beate Quednau; Monika Kortenjann; Udo Johanningmeier

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 907 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1011-1344
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(91)80256-h

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✦ Synopsis

In light-dark synchronized Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures transcripts of at least two members of the cab gene family coding for chlorophyll a/b binding proteins are highly abundant in the light, but almost undetectable in the dark. "Run-on" transcription assays in isolated nuclei were used to show that the rapid increase in cab mRNA levels during the light phase is primarily due to regulation at the transcriptional level. Functionally unrelated inhibitors such as dipyridyl and cycloheximide as well as anaerobic conditions block chlorophyll synthesis, presumably by interfering with the conversion of magnesium protoporphyrin monomethyl ester to protochlorophyllide. Under these conditions, cab mRNA does not accumulate and nuclei isolated from inhibitor-treated cells do not support cab gene transcription. Inhibitors such as dioxoheptanoic acid and diphenyl ether herbicides block earlier steps within the chlorophyll synthesis pathway without substantial effects on cab mRNA accumulation and transcription. A possible control of transcription by intermediates of the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway is discussed.

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