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Nayak N, Mehrotra R, Mehrotra S. The N-region sequence context impacts the chloroplast import efficiency of multi-TMD protein. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 114:88. [PMID: 39093357 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-024-01485-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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Targeting heterologous multi-transmembrane domain (TMD) proteins to plant chloroplasts requires sequences in addition to the chloroplast transit peptide (cTP). The N-terminal domain (N-region), located C-terminal to the cTP in chloroplast inner envelope membrane proteins, is an essential region for import. However, it was unclear if the N-region functions solely as a spacer sequence to facilitate cTP access or if it plays an active role in the import process. This study addresses the N-region's role by using combinations of cTPs and N-regions from Arabidopsis chloroplast inner envelope membrane proteins to direct the cyanobacterial protein SbtA to the chloroplast. We find that the sequence context of the N-region affects the chloroplast import efficiency of SbtA, with particular sequences mis-targeting the protein to different cellular sub-compartments. Additionally, specific cTP and N-region pairs exhibit varying targeting efficiencies for different heterologous proteins. Substituting individual N-region motifs did not significantly alter the chloroplast targeting efficiency of a particular cTP and N-region pair. We conclude that the N-region exhibits contextual functioning and potentially functional redundancy in motifs.
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- Namitha Nayak
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Science and Technology- K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Sancoale, Goa, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Science and Technology- K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Sancoale, Goa, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Science and Technology- K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Sancoale, Goa, India.
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Rottet S, Förster B, Hee WY, Rourke LM, Price GD, Long BM. Engineered Accumulation of Bicarbonate in Plant Chloroplasts: Known Knowns and Known Unknowns. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:727118. [PMID: 34531888 PMCID: PMC8438413 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.727118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Heterologous synthesis of a biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) in plant chloroplasts offers significant potential to improve the photosynthetic efficiency of C3 plants and could translate into substantial increases in crop yield. In organisms utilizing a biophysical CCM, this mechanism efficiently surrounds a high turnover rate Rubisco with elevated CO2 concentrations to maximize carboxylation rates. A critical feature of both native biophysical CCMs and one engineered into a C3 plant chloroplast is functional bicarbonate (HCO3 -) transporters and vectorial CO2-to-HCO3 - converters. Engineering strategies aim to locate these transporters and conversion systems to the C3 chloroplast, enabling elevation of HCO3 - concentrations within the chloroplast stroma. Several CCM components have been identified in proteobacteria, cyanobacteria, and microalgae as likely candidates for this approach, yet their successful functional expression in C3 plant chloroplasts remains elusive. Here, we discuss the challenges in expressing and regulating functional HCO3 - transporter, and CO2-to-HCO3 - converter candidates in chloroplast membranes as an essential step in engineering a biophysical CCM within plant chloroplasts. We highlight the broad technical and physiological concerns which must be considered in proposed engineering strategies, and present our current status of both knowledge and knowledge-gaps which will affect successful engineering outcomes.
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- Sarah Rottet
- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Jiang T, Mu B, Zhao R. Plastid chaperone HSP90C guides precursor proteins to the SEC translocase for thylakoid transport. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:7073-7087. [PMID: 32853383 PMCID: PMC7906790 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Chloroplast stromal factors involved in regulating thylakoid protein targeting are poorly understood. We previously reported that in Arabidopsis thaliana, the stromal-localized chaperone HSP90C (plastid heat shock protein 90) interacted with the nuclear-encoded thylakoid lumen protein PsbO1 (PSII subunit O isoform 1) and suggested a role for HSP90C in aiding PsbO1 thylakoid targeting. Using in organello transport assays, particularly with model substrates naturally expressed in stroma, we showed that light, exogenous ATP, and HSP90C activity were required for Sec-dependent transport of green fluorescent protein (GFP) led by the PsbO1 thylakoid targeting sequence. Using a previously identified PsbO1T200A mutant, we provided evidence that a stronger interaction between HSP90C and PsbO1 better facilitated its stroma-thylakoid trafficking. We also demonstrated that SecY1, the channel protein of the thylakoid SEC translocase, specifically interacted with HSP90C in vivo. Inhibition of the chaperone ATPase activity suppressed the association of the PsbO1GFP-HSP90C complex with SecY1. Together with analyzing the expression and accumulation of a few other thylakoid proteins that utilize the SRP, TAT, or SEC translocation pathways, we propose a model in which HSP90C forms a guiding complex that interacts with thylakoid protein precursors and assists in their specific targeting to the thylakoid SEC translocon.
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- Tim Jiang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Xu X, Ouyang M, Lu D, Zheng C, Zhang L. Protein Sorting within Chloroplasts. Trends Cell Biol 2020; 31:9-16. [PMID: 33121860 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2020.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chloroplasts have multiple suborganellar membranes. Correct and efficient translocation of chloroplast proteins from their site of synthesis into or across membranes to their functional compartments are fundamental processes. In recent years, several new components and regulatory mechanisms involved in chloroplast protein import and sorting have been explored. Moreover, the formation of liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPT) has been recently reported as a novel mechanism for regulating chloroplast protein sorting. Here, we overview the recent advances of both nuclear- and chloroplast-encoded protein trafficking to their final destination within chloroplasts, and discuss the novel components and regulatory mechanisms of intrachloroplast sorting. Furthermore, we propose that LLPT may be a universal and conserved mechanism for driving organelle protein trafficking and organelle biogenesis.
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- Xiumei Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Avenue, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Avenue, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Avenue, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Jinming Avenue, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Anderson SA, Singhal R, Fernandez DE. Membrane-Specific Targeting of Tail-Anchored Proteins SECE1 and SECE2 Within Chloroplasts. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1401. [PMID: 31781139 PMCID: PMC6857650 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Membrane proteins that are imported into chloroplasts must be accurately targeted in order to maintain the identity and function of the highly differentiated internal membranes. Relatively little is known about the targeting information or pathways that direct proteins with transmembrane domains to either the inner envelope or thylakoids. In this study, we focused on a structurally simple class of membrane proteins, the tail-anchored proteins, which have stroma-exposed amino-terminal domains and a single transmembrane domain within 30 amino acids of the carboxy-terminus. SECE1 and SECE2 are essential tail-anchored proteins that function as components of the dual SEC translocases in chloroplasts. SECE1 localizes to the thylakoids, while SECE2 localizes to the inner envelope. We have used transient expression in Arabidopsis leaf protoplasts and confocal microscopy in combination with a domain-swapping strategy to identify regions that contain important targeting determinants. We show that membrane-specific targeting depends on features of the transmembrane domains and the short C-terminal tails. We probed the contributions of these regions to targeting processes further through site-directed mutagenesis. We show that thylakoid targeting still occurs when changes are made to the tail of SECE1, but changing residues in the tail of SECE2 abolishes inner envelope targeting. Finally, we discuss possible parallels between sorting of tail-anchored proteins in the stroma and in the cytosol.
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Day PM, Theg SM. Evolution of protein transport to the chloroplast envelope membranes. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 138:315-326. [PMID: 30291507 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0540-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Chloroplasts are descendants of an ancient endosymbiotic cyanobacterium that lived inside a eukaryotic cell. They inherited the prokaryotic double membrane envelope from cyanobacteria. This envelope contains prokaryotic protein sorting machineries including a Sec translocase and relatives of the central component of the bacterial outer membrane β-barrel assembly module. As the endosymbiont was integrated with the rest of the cell, the synthesis of most of its proteins shifted from the stroma to the host cytosol. This included nearly all the envelope proteins identified so far. Consequently, the overall biogenesis of the chloroplast envelope must be distinct from cyanobacteria. Envelope proteins initially approach their functional locations from the exterior rather than the interior. In many cases, they have been shown to use components of the general import pathway that also serves the stroma and thylakoids. If the ancient prokaryotic protein sorting machineries are still used for chloroplast envelope proteins, their activities must have been modified or combined with the general import pathway. In this review, we analyze the current knowledge pertaining to chloroplast envelope biogenesis and compare this to bacteria.
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- Philip M Day
- Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA.
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Fernandez DE. Two paths diverged in the stroma: targeting to dual SEC translocase systems in chloroplasts. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 138:277-287. [PMID: 29951837 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0541-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Chloroplasts inherited systems and strategies for protein targeting, translocation, and integration from their cyanobacterial ancestor. Unlike cyanobacteria however, chloroplasts in green algae and plants contain two distinct SEC translocase/integrase systems: the SEC1 system in the thylakoid membrane and the SEC2 system in the inner envelope membrane. This review summarizes the mode of action of SEC translocases, identification of components of the SEC2 system, evolutionary history of SCY and SECA genes, and previous work on the co- and post-translational targeting of lumenal and thylakoid membrane proteins to the SEC1 system. Recent work identifying substrates for the SEC2 system and potential features that may contribute to inner envelope targeting are also discussed.
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- Donna E Fernandez
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Rolland V, Rae BD, Long BM. Setting sub-organellar sights: accurate targeting of multi-transmembrane-domain proteins to specific chloroplast membranes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:5013-5016. [PMID: 29106623 PMCID: PMC5853405 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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This article comments on: Singhal R, Fernandez DE. 2017. Sorting of SEC translocase SCY components to different membranes in chloroplasts. Journal of Experimental Botany 68, 5029–5043.
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Affiliation(s)
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton ACT, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton ACT, Australia
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