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. 2024 Aug 27;43(20):4699–4719. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00211-4

Figure 7. Chloroplast ribosome interactors during D1 synthesis.

Figure 7

Summary of the interactors of D1 RNCs identified in this work, whose relation to D1 biosynthesis is discussed in the main text. The functional categories (gray box) and the interaction sites with RNCs (blue box) are indicated. The interaction of cpSRP54 with the ribosomal 50S subunit uL4c and nascent D1 peptides were described previously (Hristou et al, 2019, Nilsson et al, 1999, Nilsson and van Wijk, 2002). The ribosomal interaction sites of marked (*) factors of nascent chain maturation and chaperones are indicated according to the interaction sites for prokaryotic protein biosynthesis (see main text). The cooperative function of the two biogenesis factors, STIC2 and cpSRP54, is required for efficient D1 biogenesis. In this context, the interaction of STIC2 with the thylakoid membrane proteins, Alb3 and/or Alb4, might be important to ensure efficient coupling of translation and insertion of the nascent chain into the membrane by the insertase machinery, likely formed by a cpSec1/Alb3/4 complex.