ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Systematic mapping of the chloroplast protein import system
Protein import into a membrane-bound organelle in eukaryotes has been intensively studied, leading to the discovery of the central intracellular import machineries. Yet, this field has undergone a fundamental paradigm shift following recent discoveries of non-canonical import pathways in the mitochondria and ER. While the chloroplast is still thought to have but one import machinery (TIC/TOC), accumulating evidence indicate it, too, has non-canonical pathways. Technological constraints have so far barred the systematic search for alternative import pathways, as well as the exploration of central aspects relating to this import system: Are there additional import pathways other than the…
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