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Colocalization of plastid division proteins in the chloroplast stromal compartment establishes a new functional relationship between FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 in higher plants.

Abstract：

:Chloroplast division is driven by a macromolecular complex containing components that are positioned on the cytosolic surface of the outer envelope, the stromal surface of the inner envelope, and in the intermembrane space. The only constituents of the division apparatus identified thus far are the tubulin-like proteins FtsZ1 and FtsZ2, which colocalize to rings at the plastid division site. However, the precise positioning of these rings relative to the envelope membranes and to each other has not been previously defined. Using newly isolated cDNAs with open reading frames longer than those reported previously, we demonstrate here that both FtsZ2 proteins in Arabidopsis, like FtsZ1 proteins, contain cleavable transit peptides that target them across the outer envelope membrane. To determine their topological arrangement, protease protection experiments designed to distinguish between stromal and intermembrane space localization were performed on both in vitro imported and endogenous forms of FtsZ1 and FtsZ2. Both proteins were shown to reside in the stromal compartment of the chloroplast, indicating that the FtsZ1- and FtsZ2-containing rings have similar topologies and may physically interact. Consistent with this hypothesis, double immunofluorescence labeling of various plastid division mutants revealed precise colocalization of FtsZ1 and FtsZ2, even when their levels and assembly patterns were perturbed. Overexpression of FtsZ2 in transgenic Arabidopsis inhibited plastid division in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that the stoichiometry between FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 is an important aspect of their function. These studies raise new questions concerning the functional and evolutionary significance of two distinct but colocalized forms of FtsZ in plants and establish a revised framework within which to understand the molecular architecture of the plastid division apparatus in higher plants.

journal_name

Plant Physiol

journal_title

Plant physiology

authors

McAndrew RS,Froehlich JE,Vitha S,Stokes KD,Osteryoung KW

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1656-66

issue

eissn

0032-0889

issn

1532-2548

journal_volume

127

pub_type

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Colocalization of plastid division proteins in the chloroplast stromal compartment establishes a new functional relationship between FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 in higher plants.