Chloroplasts are the organelles that define plants, and they are responsible for
photosynthesis as well as numerous other functions. They are the ancestral members of a …

Most chloroplast proteins are encoded in the nucleus and synthesized on free, cytosolic
ribosomes in precursor form. Each precursor has an amino‐terminal extension called a …

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a prime model for deciphering
processes occurring in the intracellular compartments of the photosynthetic cell. Organelle …

Transit peptides mediate protein targeting into plastids and are only poorly understood. We
extracted amino acid features from transit peptides that target proteins to the relict plastid …

Chloroplasts are organelles of endosymbiotic origin, and they transferred most of their
genetic information to the host nucleus during this process. They therefore have to import …

Mitochondria and chloroplasts import the vast majority of their proteins across two
membranes, and use translocases of the outer membrane as an entry gate. These …

We have isolated and characterized a second [Fe]‐hydrogenase gene from the green alga,
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The HydA2 gene encodes a protein of 505 amino acids that is …

Chloroplasts are essential organelles in the cells of plants and algae. The functions of these
specialized plastids are largely dependent on the~ 3000 proteins residing in the organelle …

Most of the mitochondrial and chloroplastic proteins are nuclear encoded and synthesized in
the cytosol as precursor proteins with N-terminal extensions called targeting peptides …

Plastid-targeted proteins pass through the cytosol as unfolded precursors. If proteins
accumulate in the cytosol, they can form nonspecific aggregates that cause severe cellular …