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SCIENCE
Volume 329, Issue 5994, Pages 949-953Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190791
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- [22247007]
- [22657061]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22370024] Funding Source: KAKEN
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In chloroplast division, the plastid-dividing (PD) ring is a main structure of the PD machinery and is a universal structure in the plant kingdom. However, the components and formation of the PD ring have been enigmatic. By proteomic analysis of PD machineries isolated from Cyanidioschyzon merolae, we identified the glycosyltransferase protein plastid-dividing ring 1 (PDR1), which constructs the PD ring and is widely conserved from red alga to land plants. Electron microscopy showed that the PDR1 protein forms a ring with carbohydrates at the chloroplast-division site. Fluorometric saccharide ingredient analysis of purified PD ring filaments showed that only glucose was included, and down-regulation of PDR1 impaired chloroplast division. Thus, the chloroplasts are divided by the PD ring, which is a bundle of PDR1-mediated polyglucan filaments.
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