title: On the translocation of proteins across the chloroplast envelope.
abstract: Most of the chloroplast proteins are coded for in the nucleus and are synthesized in the cytosol from where they are subsequently transported into the different chloroplast compartments. The structural properties of the N-terminal extensions (transit peptides) of these nuclear-coded precursor proteins are discussed as well as the energy requirements for their translocation and the involvement of receptor proteins and that of other (ATP-dependent) factors.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie mit Botanischem Garten Universität Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: U I
authors.initials: UI
authors.lastname: Flügge
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate