期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 112, 期 13, 页码 4152-4157出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413392111
关键词
assembly; ATP synthase; chloroplast; Cpn60
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31130059]
- Major State Basic Research Development Program [2012CB917300]
- Solar Energy Initiative and Cooperative Team Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The chloroplast ATP synthase, a multisubunit complex in the thylakoid membrane, catalyzes the light-driven synthesis of ATP, thereby supplying the energy for carbon fixation during photosynthesis. The chloroplast ATP synthase is composed of both nucleus-and chloroplast-encoded proteins that have required the evolution of novel mechanisms to coordinate the biosynthesis and assembly of chloroplast ATP synthase subunits temporally and spatially. Here we have elucidated the assembly mechanism of the alpha(3)beta(3)gamma core complex of the chloroplast ATP synthase by identification and functional characterization of a key assembly factor, PAB (PROTEIN IN CHLOROPLAST ATPASE BIOGENESIS). PAB directly interacts with the nucleus-encoded gamma subunit and functions downstream of chaperonin 60 (Cpn60)-mediated CF1 gamma subunit folding to promote its assembly into the catalytic core. PAB does not have any recognizable motifs or domains but is conserved in photosynthetic eukaryotes. It is likely that PAB evolved together with the transfer of chloroplast genes into the nucleus to assist nucleus-encoded CF1 gamma assembly into the CF1 core. Such coordination might represent an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for folding and assembly of nucleus-encoded proteins to ensure proper assembly of multiprotein photosynthetic complexes.
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