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Received August 25, 2006
Returned for revision February 23, 2007
Accepted March 12, 2007

Arabidopsis Phage-Type RNA Polymerases: Accurate in Vitro Transcription of Organellar Genes

Kristina Kühn 1, Alexandra-Viola Bohne 1, Karsten Liere 1, Andreas Weihe 1, and Thomas Börner 1*

1 Institute of Biology (Genetics), Humboldt University, D-10115, Berlin, Germany

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thomas.boerner{at}rz.hu-berlin.de.

The T7 bacteriophage RNA polymerase (RNAP) performs all steps of transcription, including promoter recognition, initiation, and elongation as a single-polypeptide enzyme. Arabidopsis thaliana possesses three nuclear-encoded T7 phage-type RNAPs that localize to mitochondria (RpoTm), plastids (RpoTp), or presumably both organelles (RpoTmp). Their specific functions are as yet unresolved. We have established an in vitro transcription system to examine the abilities of the three Arabidopsis phage-type RNAPs to synthesize RNA and to recognize organellar promoters. All three RpoT genes were shown to encode transcriptionally active RNAPs. RpoTmp displayed no significant promoter specificity, whereas RpoTm and RpoTp were able to accurately initiate transcription from overlapping subsets of mitochondrial and plastidial promoters without the aid of protein cofactors. Our study strongly suggests RpoTm to be the enzyme that transcribes most, if not all, mitochondrial genes in Arabidopsis. Intrinsic promoter specificity, a feature that RpoTm and RpoTp share with the T7 RNAP, appears to have been conserved over the long period of evolution of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial and plastidial RNAPs. Selective promoter recognition by the Arabidopsis phage-type RNAPs in vitro implies that auxiliary factors are required for efficient initiation of transcription in vivo.




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