Plastid division in an evolutionary context.
Plastids are derived from free-living cyanobacteria that were engulfed by eukaryotic host cells through the process of endosymbiosis and, like their cyanobacterial ancestors, divide by binary fission. Over the last decade the continued identification and functional analysis of plastid division components, coupled with ever-increasing genomic resources, have yielded insights into the origins and evolution of the plastid division mechanism in higher plants. Here we review the current understanding of the evolution of the chloroplast division proteins and present a model of how the machinery has developed to execute plastid division in Arabidopsis.
Tveitaskog
Astrid E
AE
Centre for Organelle Research, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Stavanger, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway.
Maple
Jodi
J
Møller
Simon G
SG
D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000502:physiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018087:Plastids / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology
D010940:Plant Proteins