期刊
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 81, 期 1-2, 页码 13-25出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-012-9977-z
关键词
Plastid transformation; Plastoglobule; Molecular farming; HIVp24; HCV core protein; Nicotiana tabacum
资金
- NRP59
- University of Neuchatel
- NCCR Plant Survival (National Center of Competence in Research)
- SystemsX PGCE
- Swiss National Foundation
- UniNe
- Max Planck Society
- European Union [EU-FP7 METAPRO 244348]
Plastoglobules (PG) are lipid droplets in chloroplasts and other plastid types having important functions in lipid metabolism. Plastoglobulins (PGL) also known as fibrillins (FBN) are evolutionary conserved proteins present at the PG surface but also to various extents at the thylakoid membrane. PGLs are thought to have structural functions in PG formation and maintenance. The targeting of an Arabidopsis PGL (PGL34) to PG required the full protein sequence with the exception of a short C-terminal stretch. This indicated that PGL targeting relies on correct folding rather than a discrete sequence. PGLs lack strongly hydrophic regions and may therefore extrinsically associate with PG and thylakoid membranes via interaction with hydrophilic headgroups of surface lipids. Here, we report on the expression of the Arabidopsis plastoglobulin of 35kD (PGL35 or FBN1a) expressed as a mature protein fused to HIVp24 (human immunodeficiency virus capsid particle p24) or HCV (hepatitis C virus core protein) in transplastomic tobacco. A PGL35-HIVp24 fusion targeted in part to plastoglobules but a larger proportion was recovered in the thylakoid fraction. The findings indicate that transplastomic PGL35-HIVp24 folded correctly after its synthesis inside the chloroplast and then dually targeted to plastoglobules as well as thylakoid membranes.
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