title: Holding it all together? Candidate proteins for the plant Golgi matrix.
abstract: A combination of electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy has provided us with a global picture of the structure of the plant Golgi apparatus. However, the components that shape this structure remain elusive. In other organisms, members of the golgin family of coiled-coil proteins are essential for Golgi structure and organisation. Putative Arabidopsis and rice homologues of some golgin family members can be identified using database searches. Likewise, the heterogeneous group of multi-subunit-tethering complexes is responsible for crucial transport steps that affect Golgi structure and cisternal organisation in animals and yeasts. The Arabidopsis genome harbours possible homologues for the majority of the subunits of these complexes, suggesting that they also operate in the plant kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Cell-to-Cell Communication programme, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK. Maita.Latijnhouwers@scri.ac.uk
authors.forename: Maita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Latijnhouwers
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hawes
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D059828:Plant Cells; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D010940:Plant Proteins