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The pentatricopeptide repeat protein EMP9 is required for mitochondrial ccmB and rps4 transcript editing, mitochondrial complex biogenesis and seed development in maize.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2017
Yang Yan-Zhuo, Ding Shuo, Wang Hong-Chun, Sun Feng, Huang Wen-Long, Song Shu, Xu Chunhui, Tan Bao-Cai
Abstract excerpt
Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins comprise a large family of sequence-specific RNA binding proteins in land plants. Because of its large family size and frequent embryo lethality in the mutants, molecular functions and physiological roles of many PPR proteins are unknown. Through characterization of an empty pericarp9 (emp9) mutant in maize (Zea mays), we defined the functions of EMP9 in mitochondrial RNA...
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