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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

MFP1 defines the subchloroplast location of starch granule initiation.

Mayank Sharma, Melanie R Abt, Simona Eicke, Theresa E Ilse, Chun Liu, Miriam S Lucas, Barbara Pfister, Samuel C Zeeman

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Mayank SharmaInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6476-6262
Melanie R AbtInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3347-3969
Simona EickeInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4180-2440
Theresa E IlseInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0006-4847-1225
Chun LiuInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6266-6233
Miriam S LucasScientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9998-6372
Barbara PfisterInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4183-9625
Samuel C ZeemanInstitute of Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2791-0915

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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF) 31003A_182570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Starch is one of the major carbohydrate storage compounds in plants. The biogenesis of starch granules starts with the formation of initials, which subsequently expand into granules. Several coiled-coil domain-containing proteins have been previously implicated with the initiation process, but the mechanisms by which they act remain largely elusive. Here, we demonstrate that one of these proteins, the thylakoid-associated MAR-BINDING FILAMENT-LIKE PROTEIN 1 (MFP1), specifically determines the subchloroplast location of initial formation. The expression of MFP1 variants "mis"-targeted to specific locations within chloroplasts in Arabidopsis results in distinctive shifts in not only how many but also where starch granules are formed. Importantly, "re" localizing MFP1 to the stromal face of the chloroplast's inner envelope is sufficient to generate starch granules in this aberrant position. These findings provide compelling evidence that a single protein MFP1 possesses the capacity to direct the initiation and biosynthesis machinery of starch granules.

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ArabidopsisCarbohydrate MetabolismChloroplastsStarchThylakoidsStarchchloroplastcoiled-coil proteinplant metabolismstarch biosynthesisstarch granule initiation

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PMID38190535
PMCPMC10801857

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