RiceTSV2encoding threonyl-tRNA synthetase is needed for early chloroplast development and seedling growth under cold stress

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Threonyl-tRNA synthetase (ThrRS), one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs), plays a crucial role in protein synthesis. However, the AARS functions on rice chloroplast development and growth were not fully appraised. In this study, a thermo-sensitive virescent mutant tsv2, which showed albino phenotype and lethal after the 4-leaf stage at 20°C but recovered to normal when the temperatures rose, was identified and characterized. Map-based cloning and complementation tests showed that TSV2 encoded a chloroplast-located ThrRS protein in rice. The Lys-to-Arg mutation in the anticodon-binding domain hampered chloroplast development under cold stress, while the loss of function of the ThrRS core domain in TSV2 fatally led to seedling death regardless of growing temperatures. In addition, TSV2 had a specific expression in early leaves. Its disruption obviously resulted in the downregulation of certain genes associated with chlorophyll biosynthesis, photosynthesis, and chloroplast development at cold conditions. Our observations revealed that rice nuclear-encoded TSV2 plays an important role in chloroplast development at the early leaf stage under cold stress.
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  • Minister of Science and Technology of China (2016YFD0100902)
  • Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission (19391900200)
  • Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (2017-01-07-00-02-E00039)
  • Natural Science Foundation of China (30971552)
  • Taizhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau of Zhejiang Province (1901ny02)

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