Table 1. The mTERF family in Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Col-0).
| Gene annotations*1 | accession number | Intracellular locations*2 | mutants phenotype / protein function |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mTERF1 (EMB93, SOLDAT10) | AT2G03050 | chloroplasts | embryo arrest | [33] |
| mTERF2 (EMB2219) | AT2G21710 | chloroplasts | embryo arrest | [34] |
| mTERF3 | AT2G36000 | chloroplasts | no obvious phenotype | |
| mTERF4 (BSM/RUG2) | AT4G02990 | chloroplasts | embryo arrest / group II introns splicing |
[35–37] |
| mTERF5 | AT4G14605 | chloroplasts | defective chloroplast development | [38] |
| mTERF6 | AT4G38160 | mitochondria | impairment of chloroplast development / seedling lethality / tRNAIle (GAU) maturation |
[39, 40] |
| mTERF7 | AT5G07900 | mitochondria | N.D. *3 | |
| mTERF8 (PTAC15) | AT5G54180 | chloroplasts | No obvious phenotype | [41] |
| mTERF9 (TWIRT1) | AT5G55580 | chloroplasts | Pale green / Plastid gene expression |
[38, 42] |
| mTERF10 | AT2G34620 | chloroplasts | No obvious phenotype / salt stress response? | [28, 43] |
| mTERF11 | AT3G18870 | chloroplasts | No obvious phenotype / salt stress response? | [28, 43] |
| mTERF12 | AT4G09620 | chloroplasts | No obvious phenotype | [28, 43] |
| mTERF13 | AT1G61990 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF14 | AT1G62010 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF15 | AT1G74120 | mitochondria | embryo arrest / group II introns splicing |
[44] |
| mTERF16 | AT1G78930 | chloroplasts | embryo arrest / maturation of tRNAIle (GAU) |
[28] |
| mTERF17 | AT1G79220 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF18 (SHOT1) | AT3G60400 | mitochondria | Increased heat tolerance | [45] |
| mTERF19 | AT5G06810 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF20 | AT1G62150 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF21 | AT2G44020 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF22 | AT5G64950 | mitochondria | No obvious phenotypes under optimal growth conditions / mild reductions in the levels of many mtRNAs | (This study) |
| mTERF23 | AT1G56380 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF24 | AT1G62085 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF25 | AT1G62490 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF26 | AT4G19650 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF27 | AT1G21150 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF28 | AT1G61960 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF29 | AT1G61970 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF30 | AT1G61980 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF31 | AT1G62110 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF32 | AT1G62120 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF33 | AT3G46950 | mitochondria | N.D. | |
| mTERF34 | AT5G23930 | N.D. | N.D. | |
| mTERF35 | AT5G45113 | cytoplasm/nucleus | N.D. |