Table 1.

Chloroplast localized proteins putatively involved in chloroplast vesicle transport.

Protein, AGI No.	Chloroplast localization	Mutant phenotype	Chloroplast phenotype	Domain structures	Reference
CPSAR1, At5g18570	IEM1, stroma, vesicles	Embryo-lethal, non-viable	Absence of thylakoid membranes, presence of stromal vesicles	TP2, coiled-coil domain, GTPase domain	Bang et al. (2009), Chigri et al. (2009), Garcia et al. (2010)
CPRabA5e, At1g05810	Stroma, thylakoid	No visible phenotype	Altered thylakoid development and organization, increased presence of stromal vesicles	TP2, GTPase domain, geranylgeranylation motif, unique YYRGA motif	Karim et al. (2014)
THF1, At2g20890	Envelope, stroma, thylakoid	Variegated leaves, delayed development	Normal green sectors in the chloroplast, but absence of thylakoid membranes and presence of stromal vesicles in white sectors	TP2, coiled-coil domain	Wang et al. (2004), Huang et al. (2006)
VIPP1, At1g65260	IEM1, thylakoid	Pale-green leaves, deficient photosynthesis	Balloon like structure, absence of thylakoid membranes, presence of stromal vesicles	TP2, α-helical domain, plant specific C-terminal domain	Kroll et al. (2001), Aseeva et al. (2007), Zhang et al. (2012), Otters et al. (2013)
FZL, At1g03160	IEM1, thylakoid	Pale-green leaves, delayed development	Fewer and larger chloroplasts, disorganized thylakoid array, fewer stroma thylakoids	TP2, coiled-coil domain, GTPase domain, TM3 domain	Gao et al. (2006)
SCO2/CYO1, At3g19220	Thylakoid	Pale green/albino cotyledon	Vesicles emerged from IEM1 mainly at rounded ends of elongated chloroplasts of embryonic leaves	Zn-finger domain	Shimada et al. (2007), Muranaka et al. (2012), Tanz et al. (2012)
CURT1 (A-D), At4g01150, At2g46820, At1g52220, At4g38100	Thylakoid	No visible phenotype	Flat lobe-like thylakoids with fewer grana margins	TP2, two TM3 domains	Armbruster et al. (2013)

¹Inner envelope membrane.

²Transit peptide.

³Transmembrane.