##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1126/science.1132912 17204643 Armstead, Donnison et al., 2007 Armstead I, Donnison I, Aubry S, Harper J, Hörtensteiner S, James C, Mani J, Moffet M, Ougham H, Roberts L, Thomas A, Weeden N, Thomas H, King I. Cross-species identification of Mendel's I locus. Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):73. doi: 10.1126/science.1132912. PMID: 17204643. ## PMID- 17204643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070116 LR - 20250529 IS - 1095-9203 (Electronic) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 315 IP - 5808 DP - 2007 Jan 5 TI - Cross-species identification of Mendel's I locus. PG - 73 AB - A key gene involved in plant senescence, mutations of which partially disable chlorophyll catabolism and confer stay-green leaf and cotyledon phenotypes, has been identified in Pisum sativum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Festuca pratensis by using classical and molecular genetics and comparative genomics. A stay-green locus in F. pratensis is syntenically equivalent to a similar stay-green locus on rice chromosome 9. Functional testing in Arabidopsis of a homolog of the rice candidate gene revealed (i) senescence-associated gene expression and (ii) a stay-green phenotype after RNA interference silencing. Genetic mapping in pea demonstrated cosegregation with the yellow/green cotyledon polymorphism (I/i) first reported by Gregor Mendel in 1866. FAU - Armstead, Ian AU - Armstead I AD - Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth SY23 3EB, UK. ian.armstead@bbsrc.ac.uk FAU - Donnison, Iain AU - Donnison I FAU - Aubry, Sylvain AU - Aubry S FAU - Harper, John AU - Harper J FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S FAU - James, Caron AU - James C FAU - Mani, Jan AU - Mani J FAU - Moffet, Matt AU - Moffet M FAU - Ougham, Helen AU - Ougham H FAU - Roberts, Luned AU - Roberts L FAU - Thomas, Ann AU - Thomas A FAU - Weeden, Norman AU - Weeden N FAU - Thomas, Howard AU - Thomas H FAU - King, Ian AU - King I LA - eng GR - BBS/E/G/00003001/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Arabidopsis Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Arabidopsis/*genetics/physiology MH - Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics MH - Chlorophyll/analysis/*metabolism MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - Cotyledon/physiology MH - Festuca/*genetics/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - *Genes, Plant MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Pisum sativum/*genetics/physiology MH - Phenotype MH - Plant Leaves/physiology MH - RNA Interference EDAT- 2007/01/06 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/17 09:00 CRDT- 2007/01/06 09:00 PHST- 2007/01/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/01/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - 315/5808/73 [pii] AID - 10.1126/science.1132912 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):73. doi: 10.1126/science.1132912. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 18301989 Aubry, Mani et al., 2008 Aubry S, Mani J, Hörtensteiner S. Stay-green protein, defective in Mendel's green cotyledon mutant, acts independent and upstream of pheophorbide a oxygenase in the chlorophyll catabolic pathway. Plant Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;67(3):243-56. doi: 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8. PMID: 18301989. ## PMID- 18301989 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080819 LR - 20240109 IS - 0167-4412 (Print) IS - 0167-4412 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Jun TI - Stay-green protein, defective in Mendel's green cotyledon mutant, acts independent and upstream of pheophorbide a oxygenase in the chlorophyll catabolic pathway. PG - 243-56 LID - 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 [doi] AB - Type C stay-green mutants are defined as being defective in the pathway of chlorophyll breakdown, which involves pheophorbide a oxygenase (PAO), required for loss of green color. By analyzing senescence parameters, such as protein degradation, expression of senescence-associated genes and loss of photosynthetic capacity, we demonstrate that JI2775, the green cotyledon (i) pea line used by Gregor Mendel to establish the law of genetics, is a true type C stay-green mutant. STAY-GREEN (SGR) had earlier been shown to map to the I locus. The defect in JI2775 is due to both reduced expression of SGR and loss of SGR protein function. Regulation of PAO through SGR had been proposed. By determining PAO protein abundance and activity, we show that PAO is unaffected in JI2775. Furthermore we show that pheophorbide a accumulation in the mutant is independent of PAO. When silencing SGR expression in Arabidopsis pao1 mutant, both pheophorbide a accumulation and cell death phenotype, typical features of pao1, are lost. These results confirm that SGR function within the chlorophyll catabolic pathway is independent and upstream of PAO. FAU - Aubry, Sylvain AU - Aubry S AD - Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. FAU - Mani, Jan AU - Mani J FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Plant Mol Biol JT - Plant molecular biology JID - 9106343 RN - 0 (Chlorophyllides) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 14897-06-4 (chlorophyllide a) RN - EC 1.13.- (Oxygenases) RN - EC 1.13.- (pheide a oxygenase) SB - IM MH - Carbon Dioxide/metabolism MH - Cellular Senescence MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Chlorophyllides/metabolism MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Cotyledon/*enzymology/genetics MH - DNA Primers MH - Oxygenases/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Pisum sativum/*enzymology/*genetics MH - Plant Leaves/enzymology/physiology MH - Plant Proteins/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2008/02/28 09:00 MHDA- 2008/08/20 09:00 CRDT- 2008/02/28 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/02/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/02/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/08/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/02/28 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Mol Biol. 2008 Jun;67(3):243-56. doi: 10.1007/s11103-008-9314-8. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6 40269167 Feng, Chen et al., 2024 Feng C, Chen B, Hofer J, Shi Y, Jiang M, Song B, Cheng H, Lu L, Wang L, Howard A, Bendahmane A, Fouchal A, Moreau C, Sawada C, LeSignor C, Zhang C, Vikeli E, Tsanakas G, Zhao H, Cheema J, Barclay JE, Hou J, Sayers L, Wingen L, Vigouroux M, Vickers M, Ambrose M, Dalmais M, Higuera-Poveda P, Li P, Yuan Q, Spanner R, Horler R, Wouters R, Chundakkad S, Wu T, Zhao X, Li X, Sun Y, Huang Z, Wu Z, Deng XW, Steuernagel B, Domoney C, Ellis N, Chayut N, Cheng S. Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel's pea genes. Nature. 2025 Jun;642(8069):980-989. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6. Epub 2025 Apr 23. PMID: 40269167; PMCID: PMC12221995. ## PMID- 40269167 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20250703 LR - 20250715 IS - 1476-4687 (Electronic) IS - 0028-0836 (Print) IS - 0028-0836 (Linking) VI - 642 IP - 8069 DP - 2025 Jun TI - Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel's pea genes. PG - 980-989 LID - 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6 [doi] AB - Mendel(1) studied in detail seven pairs of contrasting traits in pea (Pisum sativum), establishing the foundational principles of genetic inheritance. Here we investigate the genetic architecture that underlies these traits and uncover previously undescribed alleles for the four characterized Mendelian genes(2-7), including a rare revertant of Mendel's white-flowered a allele. Primarily, we focus on the three remaining uncharacterized traits and find that (1) an approximately 100-kb genomic deletion upstream of the Chlorophyll synthase (ChlG) gene disrupts chlorophyll biosynthesis through the generation of intergenic transcriptional fusion products, conferring the yellow pod phenotype of gp mutants; (2) a MYB gene with an upstream Ogre element insertion and a CLE peptide-encoding gene with an in-frame premature stop codon explain the v and p alleles, which disrupt secondary cell wall thickening and lignification, resulting in the parchmentless, edible-pod phenotype; and (3) a 5-bp exonic deletion in a CIK-like co-receptor kinase gene, in combination with a genetic modifier locus, is associated with the fasciated stem (fa) phenotype. Furthermore, we characterize genes and alleles associated with diverse agronomic traits, such as axil ring anthocyanin pigmentation, seed size and the 'semi-leafless' form. This study establishes a foundation for fundamental research, education in biology and genetics, and pea breeding practices. CI - (c) 2025. The Author(s). FAU - Feng, Cong AU - Feng C AUID- ORCID: 0009-0004-5453-6879 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Chen, Baizhi AU - Chen B AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Hofer, Julie AU - Hofer J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0158-7574 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Shi, Yan AU - Shi Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0320-3244 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Jiang, Mei AU - Jiang M AUID- ORCID: 0009-0006-2751-7124 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Song, Bo AU - Song B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1102-2814 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Cheng, Hong AU - Cheng H AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Lu, Lu AU - Lu L AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Wang, Luyao AU - Wang L AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Howard, Alex AU - Howard A AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Bendahmane, Abdel AU - Bendahmane A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3246-868X AD - INRAE UMR 1403, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Fouchal, Anissa AU - Fouchal A AD - INRAE UMR 1403, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Moreau, Carol AU - Moreau C AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. AD - Paleogenomics Laboratory, INRAE Clermont-Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, CS 60032, Clermont-Ferrand, France. FAU - Sawada, Chie AU - Sawada C AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - LeSignor, Christine AU - LeSignor C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3204-3537 AD - INRAE UMR1347-Agroecologie pole GEAPSI, DIJON Cedex, France. FAU - Zhang, Cuijun AU - Zhang C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3286-6912 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Vikeli, Eleni AU - Vikeli E AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Tsanakas, Georgios AU - Tsanakas G AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Zhao, Hang AU - Zhao H AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Cheema, Jitender AU - Cheema J AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. AD - EMBL-EBI, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. FAU - Barclay, J Elaine AU - Barclay JE AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Hou, Junliang AU - Hou J AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Sayers, Liz AU - Sayers L AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Wingen, Luzie AU - Wingen L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4682-4764 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Vigouroux, Marielle AU - Vigouroux M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1659-2728 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Vickers, Martin AU - Vickers M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1543-4827 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Ambrose, Mike AU - Ambrose M AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Dalmais, Marion AU - Dalmais M AD - INRAE UMR 1403, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Higuera-Poveda, Paola AU - Higuera-Poveda P AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Li, Pengfeng AU - Li P AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Yuan, Quan AU - Yuan Q AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Spanner, Rebecca AU - Spanner R AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. AD - Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA. FAU - Horler, Richard AU - Horler R AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Wouters, Roland AU - Wouters R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2380-4875 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Chundakkad, Smitha AU - Chundakkad S AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Wu, Tian AU - Wu T AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Zhao, Xiaoxiao AU - Zhao X AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Li, Xiuli AU - Li X AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Sun, Yuchen AU - Sun Y AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Huang, Zejian AU - Huang Z AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Wu, Zhen AU - Wu Z AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. FAU - Deng, Xing Wang AU - Deng XW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8709-1467 AD - State Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. FAU - Steuernagel, Burkhard AU - Steuernagel B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8284-7728 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Domoney, Claire AU - Domoney C AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. FAU - Ellis, Noel AU - Ellis N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6726-9950 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. Noel.Ellis2@jic.ac.uk. FAU - Chayut, Noam AU - Chayut N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2695-5521 AD - John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. Noam.Chayut@jic.ac.uk. FAU - Cheng, Shifeng AU - Cheng S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1617-1747 AD - Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China. chengshifeng@caas.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20250423 PL - England TA - Nature JT - Nature JID - 0410462 RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - *Pisum sativum/genetics/anatomy & histology/metabolism MH - Alleles MH - Phenotype MH - *Genes, Plant/genetics MH - *Genomics MH - Chlorophyll/biosynthesis MH - *Genome, Plant/genetics MH - Cell Wall/metabolism/genetics MH - Pigmentation/genetics MH - Plant Stems/genetics/anatomy & histology MH - Flowers/genetics PMC - PMC12221995 COIS- Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2025/04/24 06:26 MHDA- 2025/07/03 06:27 PMCR- 2025/04/23 CRDT- 2025/04/24 00:08 PHST- 2024/05/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2025/03/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2025/07/03 06:27 [medline] PHST- 2025/04/24 06:26 [pubmed] PHST- 2025/04/24 00:08 [entrez] PHST- 2025/04/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6 [pii] AID - 8891 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nature. 2025 Jun;642(8069):980-989. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-08891-6. Epub 2025 Apr 23. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 19237309 Hortensteiner, 2009 Hörtensteiner S. Stay-green regulates chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding protein degradation during senescence. Trends Plant Sci. 2009 Mar;14(3):155-62. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002. Epub 2009 Feb 23. PMID: 19237309. ## PMID- 19237309 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090729 LR - 20240109 IS - 1360-1385 (Print) IS - 1360-1385 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Stay-green regulates chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding protein degradation during senescence. PG - 155-62 LID - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 [doi] AB - Stay-green mutants are delayed in leaf senescence and have been identified from different plant species, including many crops. Functional stay-greens have the potential to increase plant productivity. In cosmetic stay-greens, however, retention of chlorophyll during senescence is uncoupled from a decline of photosynthetic capacity in these mutants. For many cosmetic stay-green mutants, including Gregor Mendel's famous green cotyledon pea variety, molecular defects were recently identified in orthologous stay-green genes. Stay-green genes encode members of a new family of chloroplast-located proteins, which are likely to function in dismantling of photosynthetic chlorophyll-apoprotein complexes. Their activity is considered as a prerequisite for both chlorophyll and apoprotein degradation during senescence. FAU - Hortensteiner, Stefan AU - Hortensteiner S AD - Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland. shorten@botinst.uzh.ch LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20090223 PL - England TA - Trends Plant Sci JT - Trends in plant science JID - 9890299 RN - 0 (Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - *Cellular Senescence MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational RF - 80 EDAT- 2009/02/25 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/30 09:00 CRDT- 2009/02/25 09:00 PHST- 2008/11/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/01/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/01/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/02/25 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/30 09:00 [medline] AID - S1360-1385(09)00049-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Plant Sci. 2009 Mar;14(3):155-62. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.01.002. Epub 2009 Feb 23. ##### PUB RECORD ##### ## 10.1073/pnas.0705521104 17709752 Sato, Morita et al., 2007 Sato Y, Morita R, Nishimura M, Yamaguchi H, Kusaba M. Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):14169-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705521104. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PMID: 17709752; PMCID: PMC1955798. ## PMID- 17709752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071017 LR - 20240316 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 104 IP - 35 DP - 2007 Aug 28 TI - Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. PG - 14169-74 AB - Mutants that retain greenness of leaves during senescence are known as "stay-green" mutants. The most famous stay-green mutant is Mendel's green cotyledon pea, one of the mutants used in determining the law of genetics. Pea plants homozygous for this recessive mutation (known as i at present) retain greenness of the cotyledon during seed maturation and of leaves during senescence. We found tight linkage between the I locus and stay-green gene originally found in rice, SGR. Molecular analysis of three i alleles including one with no SGR expression confirmed that the I gene encodes SGR in pea. Functional analysis of sgr mutants in pea and rice further revealed that leaf functionality is lowered despite a high chlorophyll a (Chl a) and chlorophyll b (Chl b) content in the late stage of senescence, suggesting that SGR is primarily involved in Chl degradation. Consistent with this observation, a wide range of Chl-protein complexes, but not the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit, were shown to be more stable in sgr than wild-type plants. The expression of OsCHL and NYC1, which encode the first enzymes in the degrading pathways of Chl a and Chl b, respectively, was not affected by sgr in rice. The results suggest that SGR might be involved in activation of the Chl-degrading pathway during leaf senescence through translational or posttranslational regulation of Chl-degrading enzymes. FAU - Sato, Yutaka AU - Sato Y AD - Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. FAU - Morita, Ryouhei AU - Morita R FAU - Nishimura, Minoru AU - Nishimura M FAU - Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu AU - Yamaguchi H FAU - Kusaba, Makoto AU - Kusaba M LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AAW82954 SI - GENBANK/AAW82955 SI - GENBANK/AAW82956 SI - GENBANK/AAW82957 SI - GENBANK/AAW82958 SI - GENBANK/AAW82959 SI - GENBANK/AAW82960 SI - GENBANK/AAY98500 SI - GENBANK/AB303331 SI - GENBANK/AB303332 SI - GENBANK/AK120554 SI - GENBANK/AP008216 SI - GENBANK/AY699948 SI - GENBANK/AY850161 SI - GENBANK/BAF49740 SI - GENBANK/BAF49741 GR - H23 IP001011/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070820 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 1406-65-1 (Chlorophyll) SB - IM MH - Chlorophyll/*metabolism MH - Cotyledon/*genetics MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Homeostasis MH - Membrane Potentials/physiology MH - Models, Genetic MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - Pisum sativum/genetics MH - Photosynthesis MH - Plant Leaves/genetics PMC - PMC1955798 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2007/08/22 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/18 09:00 PMCR- 2008/02/28 CRDT- 2007/08/22 09:00 PHST- 2007/08/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/08/22 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0705521104 [pii] AID - 7447 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0705521104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):14169-74. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705521104. Epub 2007 Aug 20.