Grebe, Markus
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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
Published in
Nature Cell Biology
2005, volume: 7, number: 12, pages: 1224-1231
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1330
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7156