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18824400

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Plastid endosymbiosis was accompanied by the appearance of a novel type of semi-cristalline storage polysaccharide (starch). Interestingly, starch is found in the cytoplasm of Rhodophyceae and Glaucophyta but is localized to the chloroplast stroma of Chloroplastida. The pathway is presumed to have been cytosolic in the common ancestor of the three Archaeplastida lineages. The means by which in green plants and algae an entire suite of nuclear-encoded starch-metabolism genes could have had their protein products rewired simultaneously to plastids are unclear. This opinion article reviews the timing and the possible reasons underlying this rewiring and proposes a hypothesis that explains its mechanism. The consequences of this mechanism on the complexity of starch metabolism in Chloroplastida are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1360-1385
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
574-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The relocation of starch metabolism to chloroplasts: when, why and how.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, Université des Sciences et technologies de Lille, CNRS, UMR8576, Cité Scientifique, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't