ProteinsStromaArabidopsisPhotosynthesisPlasma membraneIntermembrane spacePlastidsOuter envelope membraneThylakoid membranesLipid bilayer membranesMitochondria and chloroplastTransloconChlorophyllFunction of chloroplastsCyanobacteria and chloroplastsDifference between mitochondriaCytosolCytoplasmMitochondrionHydrophobicMitochondrialEndosymbiotic eventVacuoleNuclear membraneDouble membrane structureEukaryoticPhotosyntheticOrganelleTranslocationEndoplasmic reticulumCyanobacteriumCellularSupercomplexGalactolipidsBiologyOrganelles of the cellProteomePlantProkaryotesInner and an outerSunlightMetabolicPreproteinsMechanismsTransportersPermeabilityMachineryCarbonOxygenFunctional
Proteins32
- The major subunits of the TOC complex (Toc75, Toc90 and Toc34) and TIC complex (Tic214, Tic20, Tic100 and Tic56), three chloroplast translocon-associated proteins (Ctap3, Ctap4 and Ctap5) and three newly identified small inner-membrane proteins (Simp1-3) have been located in the supercomplex. (nature.com)
- As the largest protein, Tic214 traverses the inner membrane, the intermembrane space and the outer membrane, connecting the TOC complex with the TIC proteins. (nature.com)
- In vivo analyses of the roles of essential Omp85-related proteins in the chloroplast outer envelope membrane. (ox.ac.uk)
- We conducted comparative studies on plants silenced for atToc75-III (atToc75-III↓) or AtOEP80 (AtOEP80↓), as well as additional studies on a stable, atToc75-III missense allele (toc75-III-3/modifier of altered response to gravity1), and our results indicated that both proteins are important for chloroplast biogenesis at postembryonic stages of development. (ox.ac.uk)
- Paula's first degree was BSc Biochemistry with Extramural Year from King's College London (1st Class Hons) and her PhD and postdoctoral research was all in Membrane Trafficking (how proteins are delivered to the correct place in cells). (swansea.ac.uk)
- It imports hundreds of nucleus-encoded proteins, and diverse metabolites are continuously exchanged across the two chromatophore envelope membranes. (frontiersin.org)
- We hypothesize that these proteins are involved in modulating membrane permeability. (frontiersin.org)
- The cmt1 mutant is severely suppressed in growth, chloroplast ultrastructure, and PSII activity owing to a decrease in the amounts of pigments and thylakoid membrane proteins. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Chloroplasts can still perform these reactions when removed from plants, but after a few hours, they start to break down because light and oxygen damage the photosynthetic proteins. (science20.com)
- Specific membrane intrinsic proteins of the aquaporin family can facilitate CO 2 diffusion across membranes. (unl.edu)
- Membrane proteins in translational control: characterisation of membrane-bound protein complexes associated with eIF2B, which regulates protein synthesis, and is important in neurological disease. (shu.ac.uk)
- Tail-anchored membrane proteins: investigating the targeting and membrane insertion mechanisms, which is important due to the wide range of core cellular functions performed by these proteins. (shu.ac.uk)
- Many components of the photosynthetic machineries are proteins that need to be imported into chloroplasts, as they are made outside of the chloroplast. (ox.ac.uk)
- The outer membrane TOC machine identifies those proteins that need to be imported, and drives early stages of their import. (ox.ac.uk)
- Plastid-specific ribosomal proteins (PSRPs) have been proposed to play roles in the light-dependent regulation of chloroplast translation. (cipsm.de)
- The trimeric Sec61/SecY complex is a protein-conducting channel (PCC) for secretory and membrane proteins. (cipsm.de)
- The chloroplast fraction can be further extracted to obtain membrane, stroma, or thylakoid proteins as well as chloroplastic DNA and RNA. (microbenotes.com)
- Envelope membranes are the site of transport of metabolites, ions, proteins and information between the plastid and the cytosol. (hal.science)
- Several new proteins were identified including IE16 and IE18, localized in the inner membrane of the chloroplast envelope. (hal.science)
- It is a double membrane structure and its membranes are made up of lipids and proteins. (differencey.com)
- The former are membrane-spanning proteins. (scienceasker.com)
- The peripheral proteins are those that do not pass through the membrane. (scienceasker.com)
- It also contains ribosomes , although most of its proteins are encoded by genes contained in the host cell nucleus, with the protein products transported to the chloroplast. (wikidoc.org)
- Embedded in the thylakoid membrane is the antenna complex, which consists of proteins, and light-absorbing pigments, including chlorophyll and carotenoids . (wikidoc.org)
- The nuclear genome encodes most of the chloroplast proteins, among which a large percentage of membrane proteins have yet to be functionally characterized. (biomedcentral.com)
- We report here functional characterization of two nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins, Chloroplast protein for Growth and Fertility (CGF1) and CGF2. (biomedcentral.com)
- Proteins they encode are associated with chloroplasts through a N-terminal chloroplast-targeting signal in green tissues but also located at plastids in roots and seeds. (biomedcentral.com)
- This study reports that two nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins, Chloroplast protein for Growth and Fertility (CGF1) and CGF2, play important roles in vegetative growth, in female gametogenesis, and in embryogenesis likely by mediating chloroplast integrity and development. (biomedcentral.com)
- Chloroplast genomes only encode about 80 to 100 proteins, while between 2500 and 3500 nuclear-encoded proteins are predicted to be targeted to chloroplasts [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Chloroplast proteins encoded by the nuclear genome often play critical roles in maintaining chloroplast development and activity. (biomedcentral.com)
- Two of those proteins, hereafter named Chloroplast protein for Growth and Fertility (CGF1) and CGF2, are highly homologous with each other but not with any other proteins encoded in the Arabidopsis genome. (biomedcentral.com)
- Proteins they encode are associated with chloroplasts through a N-terminal chloroplast-targeting signal. (biomedcentral.com)
Stroma9
- Taken together, our results suggest that CMT1 mediates Mn-2(+) uptake into the chloroplast stroma, and that CMT1 and PAM71 function sequentially in Mn delivery to PSII across the chloroplast envelope and the thylakoid membrane. (uni-muenchen.de)
- In plants with C 3 photosynthesis, increasing the diffusion conductance for CO 2 transfer from substomatal cavity to chloroplast stroma ( g m ) could help to improve the efficiencies of CO 2 assimilation and photosynthetic water use in parallel. (unl.edu)
- The diffusion pathway from substomatal cavity to chloroplast traverses cell wall, plasma membrane, cytosol, chloroplast envelope membranes, and chloroplast stroma. (unl.edu)
- It is enclosed by a pair of closely spaced membranes, the double-membrane envelope, consisting of the inner membrane bounding the matrix or stroma and the outer membrane in contact with the cytoplasm. (microbenotes.com)
- It also has two chambers, that is, thylakoid and stroma surrounded by envelope or membranes. (differencey.com)
- The material within the chloroplast is called the stroma, corresponding to the cytosol of the original bacterium, and contains one or more molecules of small circular DNA. (wikidoc.org)
- A toolkit of aequorin chimeras targeted to the chloroplast stroma, the envelope, the thylakoid membrane and thylakoid lumen is now available. (unipd.it)
- Toc12 shares a high degree of sequence similarity with Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) DnaJ-J8, which has been suggested to be a soluble protein of the chloroplast stroma. (ncku.edu.tw)
- Chiu, CC , Chen, LJ & Li, HM 2010, ' Pea chloroplast DnaJ-J8 and Toc12 are encoded by the same gene and localized in the stroma ', Plant Physiology , vol. 154, no. 3, pp. 1172-1182. (ncku.edu.tw)
Arabidopsis6
- Here, we show that the Arabidopsis membrane protein CHLOROPLAST MANGANESE TRANSPORTER1 (CMT1) is involved in chloroplast Mn homeostasis. (uni-muenchen.de)
- Synthesis and transfer of galactolipids in the chloroplast envelope membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana. (mpg.de)
- Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol deficiency in Arabidopsis affects pigment composition in the prolamellar body and impairs thylakoid membrane energization and photoprotection in leaves. (mpg.de)
- We use the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) to study the molecular mechanisms underlying chloroplast protein import. (ox.ac.uk)
- Here, we report that Arabidopsis CGF1 and CGF2 are important for plant development by mediating chloroplast integrity and possibly development. (biomedcentral.com)
- Arabidopsis mutants with T-DNA insertions in the DnaJ-J8 gene show no defect in chloroplast protein import. (ncku.edu.tw)
Photosynthesis19
- In a new paper, MIT researchers report boosting plants' ability to capture light energy by 30 percent by embedding carbon nanotubes in the chloroplast, the plant organelle where photosynthesis takes place. (science20.com)
- Chloroplasts host all of the machinery needed for photosynthesis, which occurs in two stages. (science20.com)
- Chloroplasts are the subcellular structures (organelles) that carry out photosynthesis inside plant cells. (ox.ac.uk)
- Complete solution: The above option which is not common in chloroplasts and mitochondria is that both are present in animal cells .As everyone knows that chloroplast helps in photosynthesis and photosynthesis always takes place in the plant cells only. (microblife.in)
- Chloroplasts are organelles within a plant cell acting as the site for photosynthesis. (microblife.in)
- In both organelles the innermost membranes - cristae or infoldings of the inner membrane … Both organelles are involved in energy transformation mitochondria in cellular respiration & chloroplasts in photosynthesis. (microblife.in)
- Both organelles are involved in energy transformation mitochondria in cellular respiration and chloroplasts in photosynthesis . (microblife.in)
- Chloroplast is a type of plastid specialised for the process of photosynthesis. (microblife.in)
- The chloroplast is an important organelle found in plant cells that conduct photosynthesis. (microbenotes.com)
- Mitochondria are present in all eukaryotic cells, while the chloroplast is present only in the cells of autotrophic or photosynthetic organisms, eg plants , etc. that produce their food through photosynthesis. (differencey.com)
- Mitochondria are involved in cellular respiration and energy metabolism, while the chloroplast participates in photosynthesis. (differencey.com)
- The organelle of the cell that participates in photosynthesis is known as the chloroplast. (differencey.com)
- Chloroplast is present in plant and algal cells, etc. that participate in photosynthesis. (differencey.com)
- The powerhouse of the cell that participates in cellular respiration is known as the mitochondria, while the organelle of the cell that participates in photosynthesis is known as the chloroplast. (differencey.com)
- Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae that conduct photosynthesis . (wikidoc.org)
- Chloroplasts capture light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP and reduce NADP to NADPH through a complex set of processes called photosynthesis. (wikidoc.org)
- Chloroplast calcium signalling is a recent field of investigation of up-to-date importance, in view of the role attributed to calcium in the regulation of photosynthesis. (unipd.it)
- A chloroplasts is a type of plastid that performs photosynthesis, the process that allows plants to convert sunlight into energy. (sciencenotes.org)
- Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll and perform photosynthesis. (sciencenotes.org)
Plasma membrane7
- The Sec translocase, an example for "conservative sorting" in the course of evolution, is found in the plasma membrane of all prokaryotes, in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and in both these membrane types of cyanobacteria. (biomedcentral.com)
- GFP-tagged PTR5 localizes to the plasma membrane. (or.jp)
- It is made up of the cytoplasm, delimited by a membrane called the plasma membrane and containing at least one DNA molecule (where the genetic information is found) and the enzymes necessary for its growth and multiplication. (scienceasker.com)
- The most important function of the plasma membrane, as well as in eukaryotic cells, is to control the composition of intracellular fluids through the transport of ions and molecules from outside the cell and vice versa. (scienceasker.com)
- The nucleoid DNA is connected to the plasma membrane through the mesosomes. (scienceasker.com)
- The eukaryotic cell is made up of a plasma membrane that surrounds the cell and is made up of phospholipids and is organized in two layers. (scienceasker.com)
- Unlike animal cells , plant cells have a rigid cell wall outside the plasma membrane. (sciencenotes.org)
Intermembrane space4
- For double-membrane organelles, the membrane term refers to either of the lipid bilayers, but excludes the intermembrane space. (geneontology.org)
- The chloroplast is limited by the envelope composed of two membranes and an intermembrane space. (hal.science)
- It was shown to be an integral outer membrane protein localizing in the intermembrane space of the chloroplast envelope. (ncku.edu.tw)
- Furthermore, Toc12 was shown to associate with an intermembrane space Hsp70, suggesting that Toc12 is important for protein translocation across the chloroplast envelope. (ncku.edu.tw)
Plastids8
- With his team, he characterized the lipid and protein components of the envelope of the plastids. (wikipedia.org)
- Cyanelles, the peptidoglycan-armored plastids of glaucocystophytes, occupy a unique bridge position in between free-living cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. (biomedcentral.com)
- Chloroplasts are members of a class of organelles known as plastids . (wikidoc.org)
- The vesicle inducing protein in plastids 1 (Vipp1) is an essential factor for the development and maintenance of the thylakoid membrane. (uni-muenchen.de)
- In this context, our research aims to unravel the precise mechanisms of Ca2+ handling by chloroplasts as well as non-green plastids, also by using genetic tools represented by mutant plants defective in putative organellar Ca2+-permeable channels. (unipd.it)
- Vesicle-Inducing Protein in Plastids 1 (VIPP1) is critical for the maintenance of chloroplast envelope and thus chloroplast development [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- While most people know plants cells contain chloroplasts, they may not realize there are other types of plastids in cells. (sciencenotes.org)
- Like mitochondria, plastids have a double-membrane envelope and their own DNA and ribosomes. (sciencenotes.org)
Outer envelope membrane3
- Toc, translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts. (rupress.org)
- OEP40, a regulated glucose-permeable β-barrel solute channel in the chloroplast outer envelope membrane. (mpg.de)
- Our recent work demonstrated that the TOC machine is selectively targeted for a type of modification called ubiquitination, by a protein named SP1 (a RING-type ubiquitin E3 ligase) that is also located in the chloroplast outer envelope membrane. (ox.ac.uk)
Thylakoid membranes3
- During the first stage, pigments such as chlorophyll absorb light, which excites electrons that flow through the thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast. (science20.com)
- With carbon nanotubes appearing to act as a "prosthetic photoabsorber," photosynthetic activity - measured by the rate of electron flow through the thylakoid membranes - was 49 percent greater than that in isolated chloroplasts without embedded nanotubes. (science20.com)
- Indeed, a dual localization of SecY protein in both cytoplasmic and thylakoid membranes from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC7942 was reported [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Lipid bilayer membranes2
- Each chloroplast is bounded by a pair of closely spaced lipid bilayer membranes called the envelope. (ox.ac.uk)
- In green plants, chloroplasts are surrounded by two lipid-bilayer membranes . (wikidoc.org)
Mitochondria and chloroplast3
- What is not common between mitochondria and chloroplast? (microblife.in)
- Mitochondria and chloroplast both are bounded by double membrane envelope. (microblife.in)
- Both mitochondria and chloroplast are semi autonomous organelles. (microblife.in)
Translocon2
- Uncovering the protein translocon at the chloroplast inner envelope membrane. (nature.com)
- In this paper we present evidence for a dual location of the Sec translocon in the thylakoid as well as inner envelope membranes of the cyanelles from Cyanophora paradoxa , i. e. conservative sorting sensu stricto . (biomedcentral.com)
Chlorophyll5
- What is the difference between chloroplast and chlorophyll? (microblife.in)
- Chloroplasts convert the sunlight (absorbed by the chlorophyll) into food and then mitochondria make/ produce energy out of the food in the form of ATP . (microblife.in)
- Chlorophyll is a light-absorbing plant molecule while chloroplasts are plant organelles . (microblife.in)
- Photosynthetic pigments like chlorophyll and carotenoids etc. are present in the chloroplast. (differencey.com)
- Chloroplasts contain a green pigment called chlorophyll, which captures light energy. (sciencenotes.org)
Function of chloroplasts3
- It's hard to imagine how plants, one of nature's greatest successes, could be improved, but nanobionic plants which enhance the photosynthetic function of chloroplasts isolated from plants for possible use in solar cells may get a boost. (science20.com)
- The function of chloroplasts and mitochondria is to generate energy for the cells in which they live . (microblife.in)
- Although the main function of chloroplasts is oxygenic photobiosynthesis, it also produces various compounds, such as phytohormones, fatty acids, vitamins, as well as secondary metabolites that are indispensable for plant physiology and development [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Cyanobacteria and chloroplasts1
- Aseeva, Elena (2005): Vipp1 structure and function in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. (uni-muenchen.de)
Difference between mitochondria1
- What is the difference between mitochondria and chloroplasts quizlet? (microblife.in)
Cytosol1
- The Sec translocase which provides a major pathway of protein translocation from the cytosol across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria is best investigated in Escherichia coli . (biomedcentral.com)
Cytoplasm1
- The nuclear membrane is a double-membrane structure with nuclear pores that encloses the nucleus and regulates transport and communication with the cytoplasm. (sciencenotes.org)
Mitochondrion1
- Both the chloroplast and the mitochondrion are organelles found in the cells of plants but only mitochondria are found in animal cells. (microblife.in)
Hydrophobic2
- Wrapping the particles in polyacrylic acid, a highly charged molecule, allows the particles to penetrate the fatty, hydrophobic membranes that surrounds chloroplasts. (science20.com)
- The hydrophobic part is located towards the inside, while the hydrophilic regions are located towards the outside of the membrane, which is why they are called glycoproteins. (scienceasker.com)
Mitochondrial2
- The first contribution of Roland Douce was the characterization of cardiolipin, the major lipid of the mitochondrial membrane of plants and animals, as phosphatidyl ethanolamine. (wikipedia.org)
- as in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, it involves the coupling of cross-membrane fluxes with biosynthesis via the dissipation of a proton electrochemical gradient. (wikidoc.org)
Endosymbiotic event3
- Chloroplasts originated from an endosymbiotic event where a Gram-negative cyanobacterium was engulfed by an ancestral eukaryotic cell. (uwaterloo.ca)
- [2] All eukaryote chloroplasts are thought to derive directly or indirectly from a single endosymbiotic event (in the Archaeplastida ), except for Paulinella chromatophora , which has recently acquired a photosynthetic cyanobacterial endosymbiont which is not closely related to chloroplasts of other eukaryotes. (wikidoc.org)
- [3] In that they derive from an endosymbiotic event, chloroplasts are similar to mitochondria but chloroplasts are found only in plants and protista . (wikidoc.org)
Vacuole1
- Distinguishing characteristics of a plant cell are its cell wall, chloroplasts, and large vacuole. (sciencenotes.org)
Nuclear membrane3
- b) Nuclear membrane is present in Monera. (recruitmenttopper.com)
- c) They lack nuclear membrane. (recruitmenttopper.com)
- 24. Nuclear membrane is absent in (Prelims 2012) (a) Penicillium (b) Agaricus (c) Volvox (d) Nostoc. (recruitmenttopper.com)
Double membrane structure2
- Mitochondria are a delimited double membrane structure. (differencey.com)
- The chloroplast is also a delimited double membrane structure. (differencey.com)
Eukaryotic1
- In some algae (such as the heterokonts and other protists such as Euglenozoa and Cercozoa ), chloroplasts seem to have evolved through a secondary event of endosymbiosis, in which a eukaryotic cell engulfed a second eukaryotic cell containing chloroplasts, forming chloroplasts with three or four membrane layers. (wikidoc.org)
Photosynthetic2
- In these plants, the nanotubes moved into the chloroplast and boosted photosynthetic electron flow by about 30 percent. (science20.com)
- The activity of the TOC machine may be finely tuned to regulate the amount of photosynthetic machinery components imported into chloroplasts. (ox.ac.uk)
Organelle5
- Either of the lipid bilayers that enclose the organelle and form the organelle envelope. (geneontology.org)
- The inner, i.e. lumen-facing, lipid bilayer of the organelle envelope. (geneontology.org)
- The region between the inner and outer lipid bilayers of the organelle envelope. (geneontology.org)
- The structure of both organelle types includes an inner and an outer membrane. (microblife.in)
- The chloroplast is an organelle totally integrated in the metabolism of the plant cell. (hal.science)
Translocation2
- Multiple potential pathways found in the TOC-TIC supercomplex may support translocation of different substrate preproteins into chloroplasts. (nature.com)
- Such "protein import" is mediated by translocation machines in the outer and inner envelope membranes called TOC and TIC, respectively. (ox.ac.uk)
Endoplasmic reticulum1
- Their chloroplasts lack external endoplasmic reticulum. (agcommercialloan.com)
Cyanobacterium1
- The inner membrane is now believed to correspond to the outer membrane of the ancestral cyanobacterium. (wikidoc.org)
Cellular1
- In chloroplast isolation method, first the cell wall is broken mechanically using a blender or homogenizer and then subjected to filtration to remove the unbroken leaf tissue and the cellular debris. (microbenotes.com)
Supercomplex2
- Coexpressed subunits of dual genetic origin define a conserved supercomplex mediating essential protein import into chloroplasts. (nature.com)
- Structure of a TOC-TIC supercomplex spanning two chloroplast envelope membranes. (nih.gov)
Galactolipids1
- He was the first to show that the chloroplast shell is the site of biosynthesis of galactolipids and in particular MGDG, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol. (wikipedia.org)
Biology1
- Roland Douce (18 May 1939, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val de Marne - 4 November 2018, in La Tronche, Isère) was a plant biologist and professor who, along with his students, created a world-renowned plant biology centre in Grenoble, France, focusing on the biology of chloroplasts and mitochondria and their roles in plant metabolism under normal or stressed physiological conditions. (wikipedia.org)
Organelles of the cell1
- The mitochondria and the chloroplast are also two organelles of the cell. (differencey.com)
Proteome1
- Defining the core proteome of the chloroplast envelope membranes. (uni-frankfurt.de)
Plant9
- Cell and whole plant physiology, specialising in chloroplasts and mitochondria, cell metabolism, especially energy metabolism, amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis. (wikipedia.org)
- Her PhD was in chloroplast protein import from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. (swansea.ac.uk)
- Viroid trafficking in plant cells: determining the mechanisms of RNA import into the chloroplast, which is a crucial step in the lifecycle of viroids. (shu.ac.uk)
- The envelope translocase can be envisaged as a prokaryotic feature missing in higher plant chloroplasts but retained in cyanelles, likely for protein transport to the periplasm. (biomedcentral.com)
- What are the different functions of chloroplast and mitochondria in plant cells? (microblife.in)
- Plant cells with visible chloroplasts. (wikidoc.org)
- Chloroplasts are one of the many unique organelles in the plant cell. (wikidoc.org)
- Chloroplasts are essential organelles of plant cells for not only being the energy factory but also making plant cells adaptable to different environmental stimuli. (biomedcentral.com)
- Chloroplasts are light-harvesting organelles essential for plant survival. (biomedcentral.com)
Prokaryotes2
- In prokaryotes, such as bacteria, the DNA is not enclosed in a membranous envelope, although it's located in a specialized cell region called the nucleoid . (khanacademy.org)
- Cyanobacteria, the ancestors of chloroplasts are prokaryotes with an endomembrane system in addition to the envelope membrane(s). (biomedcentral.com)
Inner and an outer1
- The chloroplast is contained by an envelope that consists of an inner and an outer phospholipid membrane. (wikidoc.org)
Sunlight1
- Plants typically make use of only about 10 percent of the sunlight available to them, but carbon nanotubes could act as artificial antennae that allow chloroplasts to capture wavelengths of light not in their normal range, such as ultraviolet, green, and near-infrared. (science20.com)
Metabolic1
- Chloroplasts are the best starting material for studies of chloroplastic processes such as carbon assimilation, electron flow and phosphorylation, metabolic transport, or protein targeting. (microbenotes.com)
Preproteins2
- 403:203-207) and has been shown to covalently cross-link to bound preproteins at the chloroplast surface (Ma, Y., A. Kouranov, S. LaSala, and D.J. Schnell. (rupress.org)
- These reports led to the hypothesis that Toc159 functions as a selective import receptor for preproteins that are required for chloroplast development. (rupress.org)
Mechanisms1
- Implications of these results in the energetics and mechanisms of chloroplast protein import are discussed. (ncku.edu.tw)
Transporters3
- Here we show by mass spectrometric analyses of enriched insoluble protein fractions that, unexpectedly, nucleus-encoded transporters are not inserted into the chromatophore inner envelope membrane. (frontiersin.org)
- Thus, despite the apparent maintenance of its barrier function, canonical metabolite transporters are missing in this membrane. (frontiersin.org)
- carried out a reverse genetics screen of genes that had been identified as encoding chloroplast membrane transporters. (plantae.org)
Permeability1
- The lipid double layer is the basic structural unit of all membranes and serves as a permeability barrier for most water-soluble substances. (scienceasker.com)
Machinery1
- Rochaix, J.-D. Chloroplast protein import machinery and quality control. (nature.com)
Carbon4
- Using the same delivery technique, the researchers also embedded semiconducting carbon nanotubes, coated in negatively charged DNA, into the chloroplasts. (science20.com)
- When nanoceria and carbon nanotubes were delivered together, the chloroplasts remained active for a few extra hours. (science20.com)
- In the chloroplast, carbon dioxide is used to make sugar. (differencey.com)
- Chloroplasts absorb light and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide to produce sugars, the raw material for energy and biomass production in all green plants and the animals that depend on them, directly or indirectly, for food. (wikidoc.org)
Oxygen2
- These particles are very strong antioxidants that scavenge oxygen radicals and other highly reactive molecules produced by light and oxygen, protecting the chloroplasts from damage. (science20.com)
- The chloroplast releases oxygen. (differencey.com)
Functional1
- Functional loss of Thylakoid Formation1 ( THF1 ) resulted in slow and uneven chloroplast development due to defective etioplast development in the dark [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)