T. Nohara et al., CYTOCHROME-F ENCODED BY THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME IS IMPORTED INTO THYLAKOIDS VIA THE SECA-DEPENDENT PATHWAY, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 224(2), 1996, pp. 474-478
In vitro import of the precursor of tobacco cytochrome f, which is is
encoded by the chloroplast genome, into isolated pea thylakoids was an
alyzed. Upon incubation with thylakoids and a stromal fraction, the pr
ecursor of cytochrome f was efficiently imported into thylakoids. The
imported cytochrome f was tightly integrated into the thylakoid membra
ne. Insertion of cytochrome f into the thylakoid membrane was blocked
by nigericin, sodium azide, and antibodies against pea chloroplast Sec
A. These results suggest that cytochrome f utilizes the bacterial-type
SecA-dependent pathway to be imported into thylakoids. (C) 1996 Acade
mic Press, Inc.