ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018
Insights into the Mechanisms of Chloroplast Division.
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- Binary division of plastids involves endoplasmic reticulum mediation.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
- Evolution and Functional Differentiation of the C-terminal Motifs of FtsZs During Plant Evolution.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Characterization of thylakoid division using chloroplast dividing mutants in Arabidopsis.Photosynthesis research · 2023Article
- A glossary of plant cell structures: Current insights and future questions.The Plant cell · 2022Review
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- Are Cyanobacteria an Ancestor of Chloroplasts or Just One of the Gene Donors for Plants and Algae?Genes · 2021Article
- A multifaceted analysis reveals two distinct phases of chloroplast biogenesis during de-etiolation ineLife · 2021Article
- Establishment of a Live-Imaging Analysis for Polarized Growth of Conchocelis in the Multicellular Red AlgaFrontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- The Ringleaders: Understanding the Apicomplexan Basal Complex Through Comparison to Established Contractile Ring Systems.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Review
- Protein Amphipathic Helix Insertion: A Mechanism to Induce Membrane Fission.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2019Review
- Evolution and Function of the Chloroplast. Current Investigations and Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
- The cellular machineries responsible for the division of endosymbiotic organelles.Journal of plant research · 2018Review
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Abstract
The endosymbiosis of a free-living cyanobacterium into an ancestral eukaryote led to the evolution of the chloroplast (plastid) more than one billion years ago. Given their independent origins, plastid proliferation is restricted to the binary fission of pre-existing plastids within a cell. In the last 25 years, the structure of the supramolecular machinery regulating plastid division has been discovered, and some of its component proteins identified. More recently, isolated plastid-division machineries have been examined to elucidate their structural and mechanistic details. Furthermore, complex studies have revealed how the plastid-division machinery morphologically transforms during plastid division, and which of its component proteins play a critical role in generating the contractile force. Identifying the three-dimensional structures and putative functional domains of the component proteins has given us hints about the mechanisms driving the machinery. Surprisingly, the mechanisms driving plastid division resemble those of mitochondrial division, indicating that these division machineries likely developed from the same evolutionary origin, providing a key insight into how endosymbiotic organelles were established. These findings have opened new avenues of research into organelle proliferation mechanisms and the evolution of organelles.
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