Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
Plant Cell. 2010 Jun;22(6):1936-46. doi: 10.1105/tpc.110.074674. Epub 2010 Jun 4.
ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3 (ABI3) is a major regulator of seed maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana. We detected two ABI3 transcripts, ABI3-alpha and ABI3-beta, which encode full-length and truncated proteins, respectively. Alternative splicing of ABI3 is developmentally regulated, and the ABI3-beta transcript accumulates at the end of seed maturation. The two ABI3 transcripts differ by the presence of a cryptic intron in ABI3-alpha, which is spliced out in ABI3-beta. The suppressor of abi3-5 (sua) mutant consistently restores wild-type seed features in the frameshift mutant abi3-5 but does not suppress other abi3 mutant alleles. SUA is a conserved splicing factor, homologous to the human protein RBM5, and reduces splicing of the cryptic ABI3 intron, leading to a decrease in ABI3-beta transcript. In the abi3-5 mutant, ABI3-beta codes for a functional ABI3 protein due to frameshift restoration.
脱落酸不敏感 3 型(ABI3)是拟南芥种子成熟的主要调控因子。我们检测到两种 ABI3 转录本,ABI3-α和 ABI3-β,分别编码全长和截短的蛋白。ABI3 的可变剪接受到发育调控,ABI3-β 转录本在种子成熟末期积累。两个 ABI3 转录本的区别在于 ABI3-α 中存在一个隐秘内含子,该内含子在 ABI3-β 中被剪接出来。ABI3-5 的抑制子(sua)突变体在移码突变体 abi3-5 中始终恢复野生型种子特征,但不抑制其他 abi3 突变等位基因。SUA 是一种保守的剪接因子,与人类蛋白 RBM5 同源,可减少隐秘的 ABI3 内含子的剪接,导致 ABI3-β 转录本减少。在 abi3-5 突变体中,ABI3-β 由于移码恢复而编码具有功能的 ABI3 蛋白。