The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biologyOryzaPlant ProteinsRNAChloroplastRNA Editing
A six-repeat PPR protein WPR directly binds target RNAs and coordinates chloroplast RNA processing via dual recruitment of MORF1, MORF8b, and CAF2 proteins in rice.
Bo Zhao, Guojuan Xu, Yajun Zhu, Hui Zhang, Yuanbo Zhang, Chunxue Wei, Xi Chen, Zhichao Wu, Ruifang Liu, Kai Chen, Congcong Shen, Ling Ding, Xu Wang, Wenhui Jiang, Wangang An
Published: 202510.1111/tpj.70526
Abstract
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are key regulators of organelle RNA metabolism in plants, yet their precise mechanisms in chloroplast RNA processing remain unclear. Here, we identify WPR, a unique P-type PPR protein in rice (Oryza sativa L.),…
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