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Making the connections – The crucial role of metabolite transporters at the interface between chloroplast and cytosol
Author(s) -
Weber Andreas P.M.,
Fischer Karsten
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.010
Subject(s) - plastid , chloroplast , organelle , cytosol , metabolite , biology , chloroplast membrane , transporter , cellular compartment , photosynthesis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , cell , gene , thylakoid , enzyme
Eukaryotic cells are most fascinating because of their high degree of compartmentation. This is particularly true for plant cells, due to the presence of chloroplasts, photosynthetic organelles of endosymbiotic origin that can be traced back to a single cyanobacterial ancestor. Plastids are major hubs in the metabolic network of plant cells, their metabolism being heavily intertwined with that of the cytosol and of other organelles. Solute transport across the plastid envelope by metabolite transporters is key to integrating plastid metabolism with that of other cellular compartments. Here, we review the advances in understanding metabolite transport across the plastid envelope membrane.