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PMID:17337631
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Duy, D, Wanner, G, Meda, AR, von Wirén, N, Soll, J and Philippar, K (2007) PIC1, an ancient permease in Arabidopsis chloroplasts, mediates iron transport. Plant Cell 19:986-1006 |
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| Abstract |
In chloroplasts, the transition metals iron and copper play an essential role in photosynthetic electron transport and act as cofactors for superoxide dismutases. Iron is essential for chlorophyll biosynthesis, and ferritin clusters in plastids store iron during germination, development, and iron stress. Thus, plastidic homeostasis of transition metals, in particular of iron, is crucial for chloroplast as well as plant development. However, very little is known about iron uptake by chloroplasts. Arabidopsis thaliana PERMEASE IN CHLOROPLASTS1 (PIC1), identified in a screen for metal transporters in plastids, contains four predicted alpha-helices, is targeted to the inner envelope, and displays homology with cyanobacterial permease-like proteins. Knockout mutants of PIC1 grew only heterotrophically and were characterized by a chlorotic and dwarfish phenotype reminiscent of iron-deficient plants. Ultrastructural analysis of plastids revealed severely impaired chloroplast development and a striking increase in ferritin clusters. Besides upregulation of ferritin, pic1 mutants showed differential regulation of genes and proteins related to iron stress or transport, photosynthesis, and Fe-S cluster biogenesis. Furthermore, PIC1 and its cyanobacterial homolog mediated iron accumulation in an iron uptake-defective yeast mutant. These observations suggest that PIC1 functions in iron transport across the inner envelope of chloroplasts and hence in cellular metal homeostasis. |
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PubMed PMC1867359 Online version:10.1105/tpc.106.047407 |
| Keywords |
Alleles; Amino Acid Sequence; Arabidopsis/genetics; Arabidopsis/growth & development; Arabidopsis/metabolism; Arabidopsis/ultrastructure; Arabidopsis Proteins/chemistry; Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Cation Transport Proteins/chemistry; Cation Transport Proteins/genetics; Cation Transport Proteins/metabolism; Chloroplasts/metabolism; Chloroplasts/ultrastructure; Cytosol/metabolism; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Homeostasis; Iron/metabolism; Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Photosynthesis; Plant Leaves/cytology; Plant Leaves/metabolism; Plant Leaves/ultrastructure; Protein Transport; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Synechocystis; Yeasts/metabolism |
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