Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT3G16890
• Gene Symbol: PPR40
• Gene Name: pentatricopeptide (PPR) domain protein 40
• Description: pentatricopeptide (PPR) domain protein 40;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2086032
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT3G16890.1     AT3G16890.2

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0042775  — acts upstream of or within — mitochondrial ATP synthesis coupled electron transport
• GO:0005739  — located in — mitochondrion
• GO:0009737  — acts upstream of or within — response to abscisic acid
• GO:0006397  — involved in — mRNA processing
• GO:0003729  — enables — mRNA binding
• GO:0006979  — acts upstream of or within — response to oxidative stress
• GO:0005737  — is active in — cytoplasm
• GO:0009651  — acts upstream of or within — response to salt stress

Germplasm Phenotype:

• SALK_071712  — semi-dwarf; enhanced sensitivity to salt, ABA and oxidative stress; reduced electron transport through Complex III (cytochrome c reductase).
• ppr40-1  — semi-dwarf; enhanced sensitivity to salt, ABA and oxidative stress; reduced electron transport through Complex III (cytochrome c reductase).

Literature:

• Inactivation of the chloroplast ATP synthase gamma subunit results in high non-photochemical fluorescence quenching and altered nuclear gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M308435200 ;  PMID:  14576160
• Arabidopsis PPR40 connects abiotic stress responses to mitochondrial electron transport.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.107.111260 ;  PMID:  18305213

Sequence: