The genomes uncoupled -dependent signalling pathway coordinates plastid 
biogenesis with the synthesis of anthocyanins

Richter, Andreas S.; Tohge, T.; Fernie, A. R.; Grimm, Bernhard

doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0403

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The genomes uncoupled -dependent signalling pathway coordinates plastid biogenesis with the synthesis of anthocyanins

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Tohge, T.
Central Metabolism, Department Willmitzer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Max Planck Society;

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Fernie, A. R.
Central Metabolism, Department Willmitzer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Max Planck Society;

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Richter, A. S., Tohge, T., Fernie, A. R., & Grimm, B. (2020). The genomes uncoupled -dependent signalling pathway coordinates plastid biogenesis with the synthesis of anthocyanins. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 375(1801): 20190403. doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0403.

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In recent years, it has become evident that plants perceive, integrate and communicate abiotic stress signals through chloroplasts. During the process of acclimation plastid-derived, retrograde signals control nuclear gene expression in response to developmental and environmental cues leading to complex genetic and metabolic reprogramming to preserve cellular homeostasis under challenging environmental conditions. Upon stress-induced dysfunction of chloroplasts, GENOMES UNCOUPLED (GUN) proteins participate in the repression of PHOTOSYNTHESIS-ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR GENES (PHANGs). Here, we show that the retrograde signal emitted by, or communicated through, GUN-proteins is also essential to induce the accumulation of photoprotective anthocyanin pigments when chloroplast development is attenuated. Comparative whole transcriptome sequencing and genetic analysis reveal GUN1 and GUN5-dependent signals as a source for the regulation of genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis. The signal transduction cascade includes well-known transcription factors for the control of anthocyanin biosynthesis, which are deregulated in gun mutants. We propose that regulation of PHANGs and genes contributing to anthocyanin biosynthesis are two, albeit oppositely, co-regulated processes during plastid biogenesis. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Retrograde signalling from endosymbiotic organelles’.