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Dr Catherine Colas des Francs-Small

  • Research Associate, The University Of Western Australia
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Biography:

Current position (from July 2012) Research Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology The University of Western Australia, Perth I still hold my position in France as Chargée de Recherches 1ère classe (Permanent position as Research Fellow of the CNRS) May 2008-July 2012 Research Associate ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology The University of Western Australia, Perth Supervisors: Prof. Harvey Millar, Prof. Ian Small September 2006 - April 2008 Chargée de Recherches CR1 (Permanent position as Research Fellow of the CNRS) Visiting Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology The University of Western Australia, Perth Supervisor: Prof H. Millar January 2000 - June 2006 Chargée de Recherches CR1 (Permanent position as Research Fellow of the CNRS) Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes (Régulation du Métabolisme Carboné) UMR 8628 CNRS-Université Paris XI Orsay, France May 1992 - December 1999 Chargée de Recherches CR1 (Permanent position as Research Fellow of the CNRS) Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes (Génétique Moléculaire Mitochondriale des Plantes), UMR 8628 CNRS-Université Paris XI Orsay, France April 1988 - May 1992 Chargée de Recherches CR2 (Permanent position as Research Fellow of the CNRS) Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS-Université Paris XI Orsay, France Supervisors: Drs René Rémy and Fernand Vedel. March 1987 - April 1988 Post-doctoral fellow: Training programme in Biotechnology funded by the EEC University of Edinburgh (UK), Department of Botany Supervisor: Prof. C. J. Leaver FRS.

Research:

Modification of PPR proteins to alter the expression of selected organelle genes.

Contact Info:

Year Publication Online
2024
Kwok Van Der Giezen FM, Viljoen A, Campbell-Clause L, Dao NT, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Small I (2024) Insights into U-to-C RNA editing from the lycophyte Phylloglossum drummondii. Plant J 119(1):445-459.
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2024
Yang F, Vincis Pereira Sanglard L, Lee CP, Ströher E, Singh S, Oh GGK, Millar AH, Small I, Colas Des Francs-Small C (2024) Mitochondrial atp1 mRNA knockdown by a custom-designed pentatricopeptide repeat protein alters ATP synthase. Plant Physiol 194(4):2631-2647.
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2024
Kwok Van Der Giezen F, Honkanen S, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Bond C, Small I (2024) Applications of Synthetic Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins. Plant Cell Physiol 65(4):503-515.
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2023
Best C, Mizrahi R, Edris R, Tang H, Zer H, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Finkel OM, Zhu H, Small ID, Ostersetzer-Biran O (2023) MSP1 encodes an essential RNA-binding pentatricopeptide repeat factor required for nad1 maturation and complex I biogenesis in Arabidopsis mitochondria. New Phytol 238(6):2375-2392.
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2023
Huynh SD, Melonek J, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Bond CS, Small I (2023) A unique C-terminal domain contributes to the molecular function of Restorer-of-fertility proteins in plant mitochondria. New Phytol 240(2):830-845.
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2023
Vincis Pereira Sanglard L, Small ID, Colas Des Francs-Small C (2023) Alteration of Mitochondrial Transcript Expression in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> Using a Custom-Made Library of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 24(17):.
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2021
Bernath-Levin K, Schmidberger J, Honkanen S, Gutmann B, Sun YK, Pullakhandam A, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Bond CS, Small I (2021) Cofactor-independent RNA editing by a synthetic S-type PPR protein. Synth Biol (Oxf) 7(1):ysab034.
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2019
Lee K, Park SJ, Colas des Francs-Small C, Whitby M, Small I, Kang H (2019) The coordinated action of PPR4 and EMB2654 on each intron half mediates trans-splicing of rps12 transcripts in plant chloroplasts. PLANT J. 100(6):1193-1207.
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2018
Colas Des Francs-Small C, Vincis Pereira Sanglard L, Small I (2018) Targeted cleavage of <i>nad6</i> mRNA induced by a modified pentatricopeptide repeat protein in plant mitochondria. Commun Biol 1():166.
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2017
Stoll K, Jonietz C, Schleicher S, des Francs-Small CC, Small I, Binder S (2017) In Arabidopsis thaliana distinct alleles encoding mitochondrial RNA PROCESSING FACTOR 4 support the generation of additional 5' termini of ccmB transcripts. PLANT MOL BIOL 93(6):659-668.
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2017
Blomme J, Van Aken O, Van Leene J, Jégu T, De Rycke RM, De Bruyne M, Vercruysse J, Nolf J, Van Daele T, De Milde L, Vermeersch M, Colas des Francs-Small C, De Jaeger G, Benhamed M, Millar AH, Inzé D, Gonzalez N (2017) The Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-Associated Protein SWIB5 Influences mtDNA Architecture and Homologous Recombination. PLANT CELL 29(5):1137-1156.
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2017
Lee K, Han JH, Park YI, Colas des Francs-Small C, Small I, Kang H (2017) The mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein PPR19 is involved in the stabilization of NADH dehydrogenase 1 transcripts and is crucial for mitochondrial function and Arabidopsis thaliana development. NEW PHYTOL. 215(1):202-216.
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2017
Aryamanesh N, Ruwe H, Sanglard LV, Eshraghi L, Bussell JD, Howell KA, Small I, Des Francs-Small CC (2017) The Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein EMB2654 Is Essential for Trans-Splicing of a Chloroplast Small Ribosomal Subunit Transcript. Plant Physiol 173(2):1164-1176.
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2016
Haïli N, Planchard N, Arnal N, Quadrado M, Vrielynck N, Dahan J, Francs-Small CC, Mireau H (2016) The MTL1 Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Is Required for Both Translation and Splicing of the Mitochondrial NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT7 mRNA in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOL. 170(1):354-66.
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2015
Yap A, Kindgren P, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Kazama T, Tanz SK, Toriyama K, Small I (2015) AEF1/MPR25 is implicated in RNA editing of plastid atpF and mitochondrial nad5, and also promotes atpF splicing in Arabidopsis and rice. Plant J 81(5):661-9.
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2015
Delannoy E, Falcon de Longevialle A, Francs-Small C (2015) Mitochondrial RNA Transcript Analysis Assay of Arabidopsis Leaf Tissues BIO PROT 5(20).
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2014
Brown GG, Colas des Francs-Small C, Ostersetzer-Biran O (2014) Group II intron splicing factors in plant mitochondria. FRONT PLANT SCI Feb 18;5:35.
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2014
Colas des Francs-Small C, Small I (2014) Surrogate mutants for studying mitochondrially encoded functions. BIOCHIMIE 100:234-42.
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2014
Cohen S, Zmudjak M, Colas des Francs-Small C, Malik S, Shaya F, Keren I, Belausov E, Many Y, Brown GG, Small I, Ostersetzer-Biran O (2014) nMAT4, a maturase factor required for nad1 pre-mRNA processing and maturation, is essential for holocomplex&#160;I biogenesis in Arabidopsis mitochondria. PLANT J. 78(2):253-68.
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2014
Colas Des Francs-Small C, Falcon De Longevialle A, Li Y, Lowe E, Tanz SK, Smith C, Bevan MW, Small I (2014) The Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins TANG2 and ORGANELLE TRANSCRIPT PROCESSING439 Are Involved in the Splicing of the Multipartite nad5 Transcript Encoding a Subunit of Mitochondrial Complex I. Plant Physiol 165(4):1409-1416.
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2013
Haïli N, Arnal N, Quadrado M, Amiar S, Tcherkez G, Dahan J, Briozzo P, Colas des Francs-Small C, Vrielynck N, Mireau H (2013) The pentatricopeptide repeat MTSF1 protein stabilizes the nad4 mRNA in Arabidopsis mitochondria. NUCLEIC ACIDS RES 41(13):6650-63.
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2013
Zmudjak M, Colas des Francs-Small C, Keren I, Shaya F, Belausov E, Small I, Ostersetzer-Biran O (2013) mCSF1, a nucleus-encoded CRM protein required for the processing of many mitochondrial introns, is involved in the biogenesis of respiratory complexes I and IV in Arabidopsis. NEW PHYTOL. 199(2):379-94.
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2013
Chateigner-Boutin AL, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Fujii S, Okuda K, Tanz SK, Small I (2013) The E domains of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins from different organelles are not functionally equivalent for RNA editing. Plant J 74(6):935-45.
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2012
Colas des Francs-Small C, Kroeger T, Zmudjak M, Ostersetzer-Biran O, Rahimi N, Small I, Barkan A (2012) A PORR domain protein required for rpl2 and ccmF(C) intron splicing and for the biogenesis of c-type cytochromes in Arabidopsis mitochondria PLANT J. Mar;69(6):996-1005.
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2012
Keren I, Tal L, Colas des Francs-Small C, Araújo W, Shevtsov S, Shaya F, Fernie A, Small I, Ostersetzer-Biran O (2012) nMAT1, a nuclear-encoded maturase involved in the trans-splicing of nad1 intron 1, is essential for mitochondrial complex I assembly and function. PLANT J. 71(3):413-426.
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2012
Kim M, Lee U, Small I, Colas des Francs-Small C, Vierling E (2012) Mutations in a mitochondrial transcription termination factor (mTERF)-related protein enhance thermotolerance in the absence of the major molecular chaperone HSP101 PLANT CELL 24(8):3349-65.
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2012
Keech O, Zhou W, Fenske R, Colas-Des-Francs-Small C, Bussell JD, Badger MR, Smith SM (2012) The genetic dissection of a short-term response to low CO(2) supports the possibility for peroxide-mediated decarboxylation of photorespiratory intermediates in the peroxisome. Mol Plant 5(6):1413-6.
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2011
Kumari M, Clarke HJ, Colas des Francs-Small C, Small ID, Khan TN, Siddique KHM (2011) Albinism does not correlate with biparental inheritance of plastid DNA in interspecific hybrids in Cicer species PLANT SCI 180(4):628-33.
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2011
Chateigner-Boutin AL, Des Francs-Small CC, Delannoy E, Kahlau S, Tanz SK, De Longevialle AF, Fujii S, Small I (2011) OTP70 is a pentatricopeptide repeat protein of the E subgroup involved in splicing of the plastid transcript rpoC1. Plant J 65(4):532-42.
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2011
Delannoy E, Fujii S, Colas Des Francs-Small C, Brundrett M, Small I (2011) Rampant gene loss in the underground orchid Rhizanthella gardneri highlights evolutionary constraints on plastid genomes. Mol Biol Evol 28(7):2077-86.
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2011
Hammani K, Des Francs-Small CC, Takenaka M, Tanz SK, Okuda K, Shikanai T, Brennicke A, Small I (2011) The pentatricopeptide repeat protein OTP87 is essential for RNA editing of nad7 and atp1 transcripts in Arabidopsis mitochondria. J Biol Chem 286(24):21361-71.
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2011
Kühn K, Carrie C, Giraud E, Wang Y, Meyer EH, Narsai R, Des Francs-Small CC, Zhang B, Murcha MW, Whelan J (2011) The RCC1 family protein RUG3 is required for splicing of nad2 and complex I biogenesis in mitochondria of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 67(6):1067-80.
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2010
David P, Colas des Francs-Small C, Sévignac M, Thareau V, Macadré C, Langin T, Geffroy V (2010) Three highly similar formate dehydrogenase genes located in the vicinity of the B4 resistance gene cluster are differentially expressed under biotic and abiotic stresses in <i>Phaseolus vulgaris</i> THEOR APPL GENET 121(1):87-103.
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2010
Koprivova A, Colas des Francs-Small C, Calder G, Mugford ST, Tanz SK, Lee BR, Zechmann B, Small ID, Kopriva S (2010) Identification of a pentatricopeptide repeat protein implicated in splicing of intron 1 of mitochondrial nad7 transcripts J BIOL CHEM 285(42):32192-9.
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