DipM is required for peptidoglycan hydrolysis during chloroplast division.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chloroplasts have evolved from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont and their continuity has been maintained over time by chloroplast division, a process which is performed by the constriction of a ring-like division complex at the division site. The division complex has retained certain components of the cyanobacterial division complex, which function inside the chloroplast. It also contains components developed by the host cell, which function outside of the chloroplast and are believed to generate constrictive force from the cytosolic side, at least in red algae and Viridiplantae. In contrast to the chloroplasts in these lineages, those in glaucophyte algae possess a peptidoglycan layer between the two envelope membranes, as do cyanobacteria.

Results

In this study, we

SUBMITTER: Miyagishima SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4015805 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature