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doi: 10.1242/10.1242/jcs.00092
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1 Martek Biosciences Corp, 6480 Dobbin Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, USA
2 Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach M611, 78457
Konstanz, Germany
3 School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052,
Australia
4 Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, 260 Panama
Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
* Authors for correspondence (e-mail: kirkapt{at}martekbio.com; peter.kroth{at}uni-konstanz.de)
Accepted 23 July 2002
Plastids of diatoms and related algae are delineated by four membranes: the outermost membrane (CER) is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum while the inner two membranes are homologous to plastid envelope membranes of vascular plants and green algae. Proteins are transported into these plastids by pre-sequences that have two recognizable domains. To characterize targeting of polypeptides within diatom cells, we generated constructs encoding green fluorecent protein (GFP) fused to leader sequences. A fusion of GFP to the pre-sequence of BiP [an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized chaperone] resulted in accumulation of GFP within the ER; a construct encoding the pre-sequence of a plastid protein fused to GFP was directed into the plastids. Additional constructs demonstrated that the N-terminal region of the bipartite plastid targeting pre-sequence was necessary for transport of polypeptides to the lumen of the ER, while the C-terminal region was shown to enable the proteins to traverse the plastid double envelope membrane. Our data strongly support the hypothesis of a multi-step plastid targeting process in chromophytic algae and raises questions about the continuity of the ER and CER and the function of the latter in polypeptide trafficking.
Key words: Complex plastids, Bipartite pre-sequence, Diatom, Green fluorescent protein, Plastid import
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