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Mol Plant ; 6(3): 817-29, 2013 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23204504

ABSTRACT

Preprotein import into chloroplasts depends on macromolecular machineries in the outer and inner chloroplast envelope membrane (TOC and TIC). It was suggested that both machineries are interconnected by components of the intermembrane space (IMS). That is, amongst others, Tic22, of which two closely related isoforms exist in Arabidopsis thaliana, namely atTic22-III and atTic22-IV. We investigated the function of Tic22 in vivo by analyzing T-DNA insertion lines of the corresponding genes. While the T-DNA insertion in the individual genes caused only slight defects, a double mutant of both isoforms showed retarded growth, a pale phenotype under high-light conditions, a reduced import rate, and a reduction in the photosynthetic performance of the plants. The latter is supported by changes in the metabolite content of mutant plants when compared to wild-type. Thus, our results support the notion that Tic22 is directly involved in chloroplast preprotein import and might point to a particular importance of Tic22 in chloroplast biogenesis at times of high import rates.


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Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Intracellular Membranes/metabolism , Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/genetics , Arabidopsis/growth & development , Arabidopsis/radiation effects , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Chlorophyll/metabolism , Chloroplasts/radiation effects , Chloroplasts/ultrastructure , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Gene Deletion , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/radiation effects , Gene Knockout Techniques , Genes, Plant/genetics , Genotype , Intracellular Membranes/radiation effects , Intracellular Membranes/ultrastructure , Light , Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics , Metabolome/radiation effects , Mutagenesis, Insertional/genetics , Phenotype , Photosynthesis/radiation effects , Plant Development/genetics , Plant Development/radiation effects , Protein Transport/radiation effects
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Plant Mol Biol ; 77(4-5): 381-90, 2011 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21874592

ABSTRACT

Tic20 is a central, membrane-embedded component of the precursor protein translocon of the inner envelope of chloroplasts (TIC). In Arabidopsis thaliana, four different isoforms of Tic20 exist. They are annotated as atTic20-I, -II, -IV and -V and form two distinct phylogenetic subfamilies in embryophyta. Consistent with atTic20-I being the only essential isoform for chloroplast development, we show that the protein is exclusively targeted to the chloroplasts inner envelope. The same result is observed for atTic20-II. In contrast, atTic20-V is localized in thylakoids and atTic20-IV dually localizes to chloroplasts and mitochondria. These results together with the previously established expression profiles explain the recently described phenotypes of Tic20 knockout plants and point towards a functional diversification of these proteins within the family. For all Tic20 proteins a 4-helix topology is proposed irrespective of the targeted membrane, which in part could be confirmed in vivo by application of a self-assembling GFP-based topology approach. By the same approach we show that the inner envelope localized Tic20 proteins expose their C-termini to the chloroplast stroma. This localization would be consistent with the positive inside rule considering a stromal translocation intermediate as discussed.


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Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Intracellular Membranes/metabolism , Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Arabidopsis/ultrastructure , Arabidopsis Proteins/analysis , Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry , Cell Fractionation , Chloroplasts/ultrastructure , Membrane Transport Proteins/analysis , Membrane Transport Proteins/chemistry , Molecular Sequence Data , Protein Isoforms/analysis , Protein Isoforms/chemistry , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , Sequence Alignment
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Front Plant Sci ; 2: 118, 2011.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22639631

ABSTRACT

Organelles are surrounded by membranes with a distinct lipid and protein composition. While it is well established that lipids affect protein functioning and vice versa, it has been only recently suggested that elevated membrane protein concentrations may affect the shape and organization of membranes. We therefore analyzed the effects of high chloroplast envelope protein concentrations on membrane structures using an in vivo approach with protoplasts. Transient expression of outer envelope proteins or protein domains such as CHUP1-TM-GFP, outer envelope protein of 7 kDa-GFP, or outer envelope protein of 24 kDa-GFP at high levels led to the formation of punctate, circular, and tubular membrane protrusions. Expression of inner membrane proteins such as translocase of inner chloroplast membrane 20, isoform II (Tic20-II)-GFP led to membrane protrusions including invaginations. Using increasing amounts of DNA for transfection, we could show that the frequency, size, and intensity of these protrusions increased with protein concentration. The membrane deformations were absent after cycloheximide treatment. Co-expression of CHUP1-TM-Cherry and Tic20-II-GFP led to membrane protrusions of various shapes and sizes including some stromule-like structures, for which several functions have been proposed. Interestingly, some structures seemed to contain both proteins, while others seem to contain one protein exclusively, indicating that outer and inner envelope dynamics might be regulated independently. While it was more difficult to investigate the effects of high expression levels of membrane proteins on mitochondrial membrane shapes using confocal imaging, it was striking that the expression of the outer membrane protein Tom20 led to more elongate mitochondria. We discuss that the effect of protein concentrations on membrane structure is possibly caused by an imbalance in the lipid to protein ratio and may be involved in a signaling pathway regulating membrane biogenesis. Finally, the observed phenomenon provides a valuable experimental approach to investigate the relationship between lipid synthesis and membrane protein expression in future studies.

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