Plastids are unique organelles that can alter their structure and function in response to
environmental and developmental stimuli. Chloroplasts are one type of plastid and are the …

Chloroplasts originated from the endosymbiosis of ancestral cyanobacteria and maintain
transcription and translation machineries for around 100 proteins. Most endosymbiont …

Chloroplasts have a dynamic protein environment and, although proteases are presumably
major contributors, the identities of these crucial regulatory proteins have only recently been …

Plastids undergo drastic morphological and physiological changes under different
developmental stages and in response to environmental conditions. A key to accomplishing …

A concise overview on the current knowledge of the proteolytic activities in chloroplasts is
presented, with an emphasis on the proteolytic events associated with thylakoid …

Several protein homeostasis (proteostasis) pathways safeguard the integrity of thousands of
proteins that localize in plant chloroplasts, the indispensable organelles that perform …

Chloroplasts are the defining plant organelles with responsibility for photosynthesis and
other vital functions. To deliver these functions, they possess a complex proteome …

Plastids (including chloroplasts) are subcellular sites for a plethora of proteolytic reactions,
required in functions ranging from protein biogenesis to quality control. Here we show that …

A wide range of proteolytic processes in the chloroplast are well recognized. These include
processing of precursor proteins, removal of oxidatively damaged proteins, degradation of …

Most assimilated nutrients in the leaves of land plants are stored in chloroplasts as
photosynthetic proteins, where they mediate CO2 assimilation during growth. During …