Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll b and light-harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in rice |
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Authors: | Sato Yutaka Morita Ryouhei Katsuma Susumu Nishimura Minoru Tanaka Ayumi Kusaba Makoto |
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Institution: | Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan;, Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Hitachi-ohmiya, 219-2293, Japan;, The Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan;, and Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8526, Japan |
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Abstract: | Yellowing, which is related to the degradation of chlorophyll and chlorophyll–protein complexes, is a notable phenomenon during leaf senescence. NON-YELLOW COLORING1 ( NYC1 ) in rice encodes a membrane-localized short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) that is thought to represent a chlorophyll b reductase necessary for catalyzing the first step of chlorophyll b degradation. Analysis of the nyc1 mutant, which shows the stay-green phenotype, revealed that chlorophyll b degradation is required for the degradation of light-harvesting complex II and thylakoid grana in leaf senescence. Phylogenetic analysis further revealed the existence of NYC1-LIKE (NOL) as the most closely related protein to NYC1. In the present paper, the nol mutant in rice was also found to show a stay-green phenotype very similar to that of the nyc1 mutant, i.e. the degradation of chlorophyll b was severely inhibited and light-harvesting complex II was selectively retained during senescence, resulting in the retention of thylakoid grana even at a late stage of senescence. The nyc1 nol double mutant did not show prominent enhancement of inhibition of chlorophyll degradation. NOL was localized on the stromal side of the thylakoid membrane despite the lack of a transmembrane domain. Immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that NOL and NYC1 interact physically in vitro . These observations suggest that NOL and NYC1 are co-localized in the thylakoid membrane and act in the form of a complex as a chlorophyll b reductase in rice. |
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Keywords: | stay-green Chl breakdown senescence Oryza sativa L light-harvesting complex II thylakoid |
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