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@ARTICLE{Klimenko:642754,
author = {Klimenko, Victoria and Reiners, Jens and Applegate,
Violetta and Reimann, Katharina and Popowicz, Grzegorz and
Port, Astrid and Papadopoulos, Athanasios and Smits, Sander
and Nowack, Eva C M},
title = {{T}he {P}aulinella chromatophore transit peptide part2
adopts a structural fold similar to the
γ-glutamyl-cyclotransferase fold},
journal = {Plant physiology},
volume = {199},
number = {2},
issn = {0032-0889},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford University Press},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-05603},
pages = {kiaf504},
year = {2025},
abstract = {The chromatophores of the cercozoan amoeba Paulinella are
photosynthetic organelles that evolved from a cyanobacterial
endosymbiont. Many nucleus-encoded chromatophore-targeted
proteins carry unusual N-terminal targeting signals termed
crTPs, which are bipartite. crTPpart1 likely mediates
trafficking through the secretory pathway and is cleaved off
during import, but crTPpart2 remains attached to its cargo
protein and its function is unknown. To unravel the
functional role of crTPpart2, here we elucidated the
structures of crTPpart2 from two different
chromatophore-targeted proteins by X-ray crystallography at
∼2.3 Å resolution. Interestingly, the crTPpart2 of both
proteins adopts a structural fold. Both structures share a
conserved structured core and a flexible N-terminal arm. The
structured core resembles proteins of the γ-glutamyl
cyclotransferase superfamily within which crTPpart2
structures form a protein (sub)-family. The proposed
catalytic center typical for proteins with cyclotransferase
activity is not conserved in crTPpart2. A Cys pair that is
conserved in crTPpart2 of many chromatophore-targeted
proteins has been captured as a disulfide bridge. Together,
our data suggest that chromatophore-targeted proteins are
imported in their folded state and that the fold adopted by
crTPpart2 plays a functional role during import. The
characterization of its structure and flexibility provides
important steps toward elucidating this protein
translocation mechanism.},
cin = {EMBL-User},
ddc = {580},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)EMBL-User-20120814},
pnm = {6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P12-20150101 / EXP:(DE-H253)P-P13-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1093/plphys/kiaf504},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/642754},
}