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Vipp1 is required for basic thylakoid membrane formation but not for the assembly of thylakoid protein complexes.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Feb 2007
Aseeva Elena, Ossenbühl Friederich, Sippel Claudia, Cho Won K, Stein Bernhard, Eichacker Lutz A, Meurer Jörg, Wanner Gerhard, Westhoff Peter, Soll Jürgen, Vothknecht Ute C
Abstract excerpt
Vipp1 (vesicle inducing protein in plastids 1) is found in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts where it is essential for thylakoid formation. Arabidopsis thaliana mutant plants with a reduction of Vipp1 to about 20% of wild type content become albinotic at an early stage. We propose that this drastic phenotype results from an inability of the remaining Vipp1 protein to assemble into a homo-oligomeric complex,...
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