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BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 388, Issue 9, Pages 899-906Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.119
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protein targeting; secondary endosymbiosis; secondary plastids
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Many algal groups evolved by engulfment and intracellular reduction of a eukaryotic phototroph within a heterotrophic cell. Via this process, so-called secondary plastids evolved, surrounded by three or four membranes. In these organisms most of the genetic material encoding plastid functions is localized in the cell nucleus, with the result that many proteins have to pass three, four, or even five membranes to reach their final destination within the plastid. In this article, we review recent models and findings that help to explain important cellular mechanisms involved in the complex process of protein transport into secondary plastids.
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