title: Chloroplast targeting, distribution and transcriptional fluctuation of AtMinD1, a Eubacteria-type factor critical for chloroplast division.
abstract: In Arabidopsis thaliana, a mature mesophyll cell contains approximately 100 chloroplasts. Although 12 arc mutants (accumulation and replication of chloroplasts) and two chloroplast division genes homologous to eubacterial ftsZ have been isolated from A. thaliana, the molecular mechanism underlying the chloroplast division is still unclear. We characterized AtMinD1, a eubacterial minD homolog, for chloroplast division in A. thaliana. AtMinD1-green fluorescent protein targeted to the chloroplasts and possibly associated with the envelope membranes in vivo. During the seed germination, the AtMinD1 transcripts were accumulated twice, just after release from cold treatment and at the beginning of rapid greening, in similar fashion to AtFtsZs. Furthermore the transcript level in a severest chloroplast division mutant, arc6, was 3-5-fold higher than that in wild-type.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanamaru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakazato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018525:Germination; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018087:Plastids / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C413326:MinD protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger