title: Roles of Tetratricopeptide Repeat Proteins in Biogenesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus.
abstract: Biosynthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus is a complex operation, which includes the concerted synthesis and assembly of lipids, pigments and metal cofactors, and dozens of proteins. Research conducted in recent years has shown that these processes, as well as the stabilization and repair of this molecular machinery, are facilitated by transiently acting regulatory proteins, many of which belong to the superfamily of helical repeat proteins. Here, we focus on one of its families in photoautotrophic model organisms, the tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) proteins, which participate in almost all of these steps and are crucial for biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Plant Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: A-V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bohne
authors.affiliation: Botany, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwenkert
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology/Plant Physiology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.affiliation: Molecular Plant Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: joerg.nickelsen@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nickelsen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008954:Models, Biological; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072417:Protein Domains; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D020524:Thylakoids
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: HAT; TPR; chlorophyll synthesis; chloroplast; gene expression; helical repeat proteins; photosystems; protein import