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- Title
Evidence for a protein transported through the secretory pathway en route to the higher plant chloroplast.
- Authors
Villarejo, Arsenio; Burén, Stefan; Larsson, Susanne; Déjardin, Annabelle; Monné, Magnus; Rudhe, Charlotta; Karlsson, Jan; Jansson, Stefan; Lerouge, Patrice; Rolland, Norbert; von Heijne, Gunnar; Grebe, Markus; Bako, Laszlo; Samuelsson, Göran
- Abstract
In contrast to animal and fungal cells, green plant cells contain one or multiple chloroplasts, the organelle(s) in which photosynthetic reactions take place. Chloroplasts are believed to have originated from an endosymbiotic event and contain DNA that codes for some of their proteins. Most chloroplast proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome and imported with the help of sorting signals that are intrinsic parts of the polypeptides. Here, we show that a chloroplast-located protein in higher plants takes an alternative route through the secretory pathway, and becomes N-glycosylated before entering the chloroplast.
- Subjects
CARRIER proteins; CHLOROPLASTS; BIOLOGICAL transport; PROTEIN binding; PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL control systems
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2005, Vol 7, Issue 12, p1124
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb1330