Abstract
Engulfment of a red or green alga by another eukaryote and subsequent reduction of the symbiont to an organelle, termed a complex plastid, is a process known as secondary endosymbiosis and is shown in a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. Important members are heterokontophytes, haptophytes, cryptophytes, and apicomplexan parasites, all of them with complex plastids of red algal origin surrounded by four membranes. Although the evolutionary relationship between these organisms is still debated, they share common mechanisms for plastid protein import. In this review, we describe recent findings and current models on preprotein import into complex plastids with a special focus on the second outermost plastid membrane. Derived from the plasma membrane of the former endosymbiont, the evolution of protein transport across this so-called periplastidal membrane most likely represented the challenge in the transition from an endosymbiont to a host-dependent organelle. Here, remodeling and relocation of the symbiont endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) machinery gave rise to a translocon complex termed symbiont-specific ERAD-like machinery and provides a fascinating insight into complex cellular evolution.
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- ER:
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Endoplasmic reticulum
- PPC:
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Periplastidal compartment
- PPM:
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Periplastidal membrane
- ERAD:
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ER-associated degradation
- SELMA:
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Symbiont-specific ERAD-like machinery
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We thank Dr. Franziska Hempel and Dr. Stefan Zauner (Philipps-Universität Marburg) for valuable contributions to the manuscript. Support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB593) and the LOEWE program of the state of Hessen (Germany) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Stork, S., Lau, J., Moog, D. et al. Three old and one new: protein import into red algal-derived plastids surrounded by four membranes. Protoplasma 250, 1013–1023 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-013-0498-7
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