Dario Leister

Structure, function and regulation of plant photosystem I (2007)

Jensen, Poul Erik, Bassi, Roberto, Boekema, Egbert J., Dekker, Jan P., Jansson, Stefan, Leister, Dario, ...

Photosystem I (PSI) is a multisubunit protein complex located in the thylakoid membranes of green plants and algae, where it initiates one of the first steps of solar energy conversion by...

Rapid reorganization of resistance gene homologues in cereal genomes

Leister, Dario, Kurth, Joachim, Laurie, David A., Yano, Masahiro, Sasaki, Takuji, Devos, Katrien, ...

We used conserved domains in the major class (nucleotide binding site plus leucine-rich repeat) of dicot resistance (R) genes to isolate related gene fragments via PCR from the monocot species rice...

GST-PRIME: a genome-wide primer design software for the generation of gene sequence tags

Varotto, Claudio, Richly, Erik, Salamini, Francesco, Leister, Dario

The availability of sequenced genomes has generated a need for experimental approaches that allow the simultaneous analysis of large, or even complete, sets of genes. To facilitate such analyses, we...

Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis, cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus

Martin, William, Rujan, Tamas, Richly, Erik, Hansen, Andrea, Cornelsen, Sabine, Lins, Thomas, ...

Chloroplasts were once free-living cyanobacteria that became endosymbionts, but the genomes of contemporary plastids encode only ≈5–10% as many genes as those of their free-living cousins,...

SPL8, an SBP-Box Gene That Affects Pollen Sac Development in Arabidopsis

Unte, Ulrike S., Sorensen, Anna-Marie, Pesaresi, Paolo, Gandikota, Madhuri, Leister, Dario, Saedler, Heinz, ...

SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN–box genes (SBP-box genes) encode plant-specific proteins that share a highly conserved DNA binding domain, the SBP domain. Although likely to represent...

Single and Double Knockouts of the Genes for Photosystem I Subunits G, K, and H of Arabidopsis. Effects on Photosystem I Composition, Photosynthetic Electron Flow, and State Transitions1

Varotto, Claudio, Pesaresi, Paolo, Jahns, Peter, Leßnick, Angela, Tizzano, Marco, Schiavon, Fabio, ...

Photosystem I (PSI) of higher plants contains 18 subunits. Using Arabidopsis En insertion lines, we have isolated knockout alleles of the genes psaG, psaH2, and psaK, which code for PSI-G, -H, and...

Cytoplasmic N-Terminal Protein Acetylation Is Required for Efficient Photosynthesis in ArabidopsisW⃞

Pesaresi, Paolo, Gardner, Nora A., Masiero, Simona, Dietzmann, Angela, Eichacker, Lutz, Wickner, Reed, ...

The Arabidopsis atmak3-1 mutant was identified on the basis of a decreased effective quantum yield of photosystem II. In atmak3-1, the synthesis of the plastome-encoded photosystem II core proteins...

The Arabidopsis ppi1 Mutant Is Specifically Defective in the Expression, Chloroplast Import, and Accumulation of Photosynthetic ProteinsW⃞

Kubis, Sybille, Baldwin, Amy, Patel, Ramesh, Razzaq, Azam, Dupree, Paul, Lilley, Kathryn, ...

The import of nucleus-encoded proteins into chloroplasts is mediated by translocon complexes in the envelope membranes. A component of the translocon in the outer envelope membrane, Toc34, is encoded...

Knock-Out of the Genes Coding for the Rieske Protein and the ATP-Synthase δ-Subunit of Arabidopsis. Effects on Photosynthesis, Thylakoid Protein Composition, and Nuclear Chloroplast Gene Expression1[w]

Maiwald, Daniela, Dietzmann, Angela, Jahns, Peter, Pesaresi, Paolo, Joliot, Pierre, Joliot, Anne, ...

In Arabidopsis, the nuclear genes PetC and AtpD code for the Rieske protein of the cytochrome b6/f (cyt b6/f) complex and the δ-subunit of the chloroplast ATP synthase (cpATPase), respectively....

Functional Specialization amongst the Arabidopsis Toc159 Family of Chloroplast Protein Import ReceptorsW⃞

Kubis, Sybille, Patel, Ramesh, Combe, Jonathan, Bédard, Jocelyn, Kovacheva, Sabina, Lilley, Kathryn, ...

The initial stages of preprotein import into chloroplasts are mediated by the receptor GTPase Toc159. In Arabidopsis thaliana, Toc159 is encoded by a small gene family: atTOC159, atTOC132, atTOC120,...

The Role of Δ1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Dehydrogenase in Proline DegradationW⃞

Deuschle, Karen, Funck, Dietmar, Forlani, Giuseppe, Stransky, Harald, Biehl, Alexander, Leister, Dario, ...

In response to stress, plants accumulate Pro, requiring degradation after release from adverse conditions. Δ1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase (P5CDH), the second enzyme for Pro degradation, is...

Generation and evolutionary fate of insertions of organelle DNA in the nuclear genomes of flowering plants

Noutsos, Christos, Richly, Erik, Leister, Dario

Nuclear genomes are exposed to a continuous influx of DNA from mitochondria and plastids. We have characterized the structure of ∼750 kb of organelle DNA, distributed among 13 loci, in the nuclear...

Covariations in the nuclear chloroplast transcriptome reveal a regulatory master-switch

Richly, Erik, Dietzmann, Angela, Biehl, Alexander, Kurth, Joachim, Laloi, Christophe, Apel, Klaus, ...

The evolution of the endosymbiotic progenitor into the chloroplast organelle was associated with the transfer of numerous chloroplast genes into the nucleus. Hence, inter-organellar signalling, and...

Rapid reorganization of resistance gene homologues in cereal genomes

Leister, Dario, Kurth, Joachim, Laurie, David A., Yano, Masahiro, Sasaki, Takuji, Devos, Katrien, ...

We used conserved domains in the major class (nucleotide binding site plus leucine-rich repeat) of dicot resistance (R) genes to isolate related gene fragments via PCR from the monocot species rice...

GST-PRIME: a genome-wide primer design software for the generation of gene sequence tags

Varotto, Claudio, Richly, Erik, Salamini, Francesco, Leister, Dario

The availability of sequenced genomes has generated a need for experimental approaches that allow the simultaneous analysis of large, or even complete, sets of genes. To facilitate such analyses, we...

Evolutionary analysis of Arabidopsis, cyanobacterial, and chloroplast genomes reveals plastid phylogeny and thousands of cyanobacterial genes in the nucleus

Martin, William, Rujan, Tamas, Richly, Erik, Hansen, Andrea, Cornelsen, Sabine, Lins, Thomas, ...

Chloroplasts were once free-living cyanobacteria that became endosymbionts, but the genomes of contemporary plastids encode only ≈5–10% as many genes as those of their free-living cousins,...

SPL8, an SBP-Box Gene That Affects Pollen Sac Development in Arabidopsis

Unte, Ulrike S., Sorensen, Anna-Marie, Pesaresi, Paolo, Gandikota, Madhuri, Leister, Dario, Saedler, Heinz, ...

SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN–box genes (SBP-box genes) encode plant-specific proteins that share a highly conserved DNA binding domain, the SBP domain. Although likely to represent...

Single and Double Knockouts of the Genes for Photosystem I Subunits G, K, and H of Arabidopsis. Effects on Photosystem I Composition, Photosynthetic Electron Flow, and State Transitions1

Varotto, Claudio, Pesaresi, Paolo, Jahns, Peter, Leßnick, Angela, Tizzano, Marco, Schiavon, Fabio, ...

Photosystem I (PSI) of higher plants contains 18 subunits. Using Arabidopsis En insertion lines, we have isolated knockout alleles of the genes psaG, psaH2, and psaK, which code for PSI-G, -H, and...

Cytoplasmic N-Terminal Protein Acetylation Is Required for Efficient Photosynthesis in ArabidopsisW⃞

Pesaresi, Paolo, Gardner, Nora A., Masiero, Simona, Dietzmann, Angela, Eichacker, Lutz, Wickner, Reed, ...

The Arabidopsis atmak3-1 mutant was identified on the basis of a decreased effective quantum yield of photosystem II. In atmak3-1, the synthesis of the plastome-encoded photosystem II core proteins...

The Arabidopsis ppi1 Mutant Is Specifically Defective in the Expression, Chloroplast Import, and Accumulation of Photosynthetic ProteinsW⃞

Kubis, Sybille, Baldwin, Amy, Patel, Ramesh, Razzaq, Azam, Dupree, Paul, Lilley, Kathryn, ...

The import of nucleus-encoded proteins into chloroplasts is mediated by translocon complexes in the envelope membranes. A component of the translocon in the outer envelope membrane, Toc34, is encoded...

Knock-Out of the Genes Coding for the Rieske Protein and the ATP-Synthase δ-Subunit of Arabidopsis. Effects on Photosynthesis, Thylakoid Protein Composition, and Nuclear Chloroplast Gene Expression1[w]

Maiwald, Daniela, Dietzmann, Angela, Jahns, Peter, Pesaresi, Paolo, Joliot, Pierre, Joliot, Anne, ...

In Arabidopsis, the nuclear genes PetC and AtpD code for the Rieske protein of the cytochrome b6/f (cyt b6/f) complex and the δ-subunit of the chloroplast ATP synthase (cpATPase), respectively....

Functional Specialization amongst the Arabidopsis Toc159 Family of Chloroplast Protein Import ReceptorsW⃞

Kubis, Sybille, Patel, Ramesh, Combe, Jonathan, Bédard, Jocelyn, Kovacheva, Sabina, Lilley, Kathryn, ...

The initial stages of preprotein import into chloroplasts are mediated by the receptor GTPase Toc159. In Arabidopsis thaliana, Toc159 is encoded by a small gene family: atTOC159, atTOC132, atTOC120,...

The Role of Δ1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Dehydrogenase in Proline DegradationW⃞

Deuschle, Karen, Funck, Dietmar, Forlani, Giuseppe, Stransky, Harald, Biehl, Alexander, Leister, Dario, ...

In response to stress, plants accumulate Pro, requiring degradation after release from adverse conditions. Δ1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase (P5CDH), the second enzyme for Pro degradation, is...

Generation and evolutionary fate of insertions of organelle DNA in the nuclear genomes of flowering plants

Noutsos, Christos, Richly, Erik, Leister, Dario

Nuclear genomes are exposed to a continuous influx of DNA from mitochondria and plastids. We have characterized the structure of ∼750 kb of organelle DNA, distributed among 13 loci, in the nuclear...

Covariations in the nuclear chloroplast transcriptome reveal a regulatory master-switch

Richly, Erik, Dietzmann, Angela, Biehl, Alexander, Kurth, Joachim, Laloi, Christophe, Apel, Klaus, ...

The evolution of the endosymbiotic progenitor into the chloroplast organelle was associated with the transfer of numerous chloroplast genes into the nucleus. Hence, inter-organellar signalling, and...

Abundantly and Rarely Expressed Lhc Protein Genes Exhibit Distinct Regulation Patterns in Plants1[W]

Klimmek, Frank, Sjödin, Andreas, Noutsos, Christos, Leister, Dario, Jansson, Stefan

We have analyzed gene regulation of the Lhc supergene family in poplar (Populus spp.) and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) using digital expression profiling. Multivariate analysis of the...

Nuclear Photosynthetic Gene Expression Is Synergistically Modulated by Rates of Protein Synthesis in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria[W]

Pesaresi, Paolo, Masiero, Simona, Eubel, Holger, Braun, Hans-Peter, Bhushan, Shashi, Glaser, Elzbieta, ...

Arabidopsis thaliana mutants prors1-1 and -2 were identified on the basis of a decrease in effective photosystem II quantum yield. Mutations were localized to the 5′-untranslated region of the...

Evolutionary tinkering: birth of a novel chloroplast protein

Kleine, Tatjana, Leister, Dario

The term ‘evolutionary tinkering’ refers to evolutionary innovation by recombination of functional units, and includes the creation of novel proteins from pre-existing modules. A novel instance...