Publication Date:
2010-08-21
Description:
In chloroplast division, the plastid-dividing (PD) ring is a main structure of the PD machinery and is a universal structure in the plant kingdom. However, the components and formation of the PD ring have been enigmatic. By proteomic analysis of PD machineries isolated from Cyanidioschyzon merolae, we identified the glycosyltransferase protein plastid-dividing ring 1 (PDR1), which constructs the PD ring and is widely conserved from red alga to land plants. Electron microscopy showed that the PDR1 protein forms a ring with carbohydrates at the chloroplast-division site. Fluorometric saccharide ingredient analysis of purified PD ring filaments showed that only glucose was included, and down-regulation of PDR1 impaired chloroplast division. Thus, the chloroplasts are divided by the PD ring, which is a bundle of PDR1-mediated polyglucan filaments.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yoshida, Yamato -- Kuroiwa, Haruko -- Misumi, Osami -- Yoshida, Masaki -- Ohnuma, Mio -- Fujiwara, Takayuki -- Yagisawa, Fumi -- Hirooka, Shunsuke -- Imoto, Yuuta -- Matsushita, Kazunobu -- Kawano, Shigeyuki -- Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Aug 20;329(5994):949-53. doi: 10.1126/science.1190791.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Life Science, College of Science, Research Information Center for Extremophile, Rikkyo University, Toshima, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724635" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Algal Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology
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Chloroplasts/chemistry/*physiology/ultrastructure
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Cytoskeleton/chemistry/*physiology
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Down-Regulation
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Glucans/isolation & purification/*physiology
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Glycosyltransferases/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology
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Protein Binding
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Proteomics
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Rhodophyta/genetics/*physiology/ultrastructure
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Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
