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. 2016 Jan 20;6:1253. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01253

Table 2.

Some proteins that show multiple localizations.

Localization Organism/cell type Protein FP Key features References
Dual Chl
ER
C. reinhardtii RB60 G Protein disulfide isomerase; part of redox regulatory protein complex involved in translation in chloroplasts; exists as soluble form in stroma or tightly bound to thylakoid membrane; also retained in the ER Levitan et al., 2005
Chl
ER
N. benthamiana BnCLIP1 G Lipase; MCS between plastids and ER. Putative plastid inner membrane of envelope localized Tan et al., 2011
Chl
P
A. thaliana DRP5B (ARC5) G Chloroplast and peroxisome fission; cytosolic, recruited to a discontinuous ring around membrane fission sites Zhang and Hu, 2010
Chl
Cyt
P. patens FtsZ G Part of division ring; cytosolic assembles into a ring in chloroplasts Kiessling et al., 2004
Chl
M
A. thaliana AtDEF1 G Peptide deformylase; catalyzes N-formyl group removal from methionine residues of nascent polypeptides; AtDEF1.2 and AtDEF2 found in stroma and thylakoid; AtDEF1.1 localizes to mitochondria Dinkins et al., 2003
Chl
M
A. thaliana MST1 G Mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase Nakamura et al., 2000
Chl
M
N. tabacum AtHRS1 G Histidyl-tRNA synthetase Akashi et al., 1998
Chl
M
O. sativa Virescent2 (V2) G Plastid and mitochondrial guanylate kinase (pt/mtGK) Sugimoto et al., 2007
Chl
M
Z. mays ZmSig2B G Nucleus-encoded sigma factor; accumulates in chloroplasts and mitochondria Beardslee et al., 2002
Pl
M
G. max glutathione reductase G Component of ascorbate-glutathione cycle Chew et al., 2003
Pl
M
Z. mays Myosin XI Ab* Myosin motor protein Wang and Pesacreta, 2004
Pl Oryza spp. OsNIN1 (M) G Alkaline/neutral invertase; transported into both mitochondria and plastids Murayama and Handa, 2007
M OsNIN3 (Pl) G
Pl A. thaliana AtGLR3.4 Y Glutamate receptor Teardo et al., 2011
Pm N. tabacum
Pl
Vac
A. thaliana ATG8 G ATG-dependent autophagy; co-localizes with stroma-targeted DsRed in RCBs in vacuoles Ishida et al., 2008
Triple Chl
Cyt
M
A. thaliaa tRNA nucleotidyl transferase G Adds 3'-terminal cytidine–cytidine–adenosine to tRNAs von Braun et al., 2007
Chl/Pl A. thaliana FIS1A Y Tail anchored membrane protein; implicated in mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission YFP: Ruberti et al., 2014
P E mEosFP: Jaipargas, 2015
M
Chl/Pl
ER-
Go
A. cea Amyl-1 G α-amylase isoform; localized in amyloplasts degrades starch Kitajima et al., 2009

Chl, chloroplasts; Pl, plastids; Pm, plasma membrane; P, peroxisomes; M, mitochondria; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; N, nucleus; Go, Golgi bodies; Vac, vacuole; Ly, Lysosomes; E, mEosFP; G, GFP; Y, YFP; *Ab, antibodies were used, not FP.