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Targeting of proteins into chloroplasts
Author(s) -
Keegstra Kenneth,
Bauerle Cynthia
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950090105
Subject(s) - chloroplast , thylakoid , biochemistry , transit peptide , protein targeting , lumen (anatomy) , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , membrane protein , plastid , gene , membrane
Cytoplasmically synthesized proteins are directed into chloroplasts by amino terminal transit sequences of the precursor proteins. For proteins of the thylakoid lumen, transit sequences are also important in directing proteins to the lumen.