title: CURT1,CAAD-containing aaRSs, thylakoid curvature and gene translation.
abstract: CURT1 proteins induce membrane curvature to grana margins in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) thylakoids. A domain sharing sequence and structural features with CURT1 is found in some cyanobacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) that show an unusual localization to the thylakoid membranes. Evolutionary scenarios and functional implications are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. Electronic address: ignacio.luque@ibvf.csic.es.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luque
authors.affiliation: Grupo Hortofruenol, CICYTEX-INTAEX, Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesús A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ochoa de Alda
mesh_terms: D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases
keywords: aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases; membrane curvature; protein sorting; thylakoids