Assembly of two functionally-distinct protein import complexes in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts
Sreedhar Nellaepalli, Domagoj Baretić, Astrid F. Brandner, Sybille E. Kubis, Duorong Xu, Ziad Soufi, Shuyang Cheng, Sireesha Kodru, Jun Fang, Úrsula Flores-Pérez, Vaishnavi Ravikumar, Pablo Pulido, Marjorie L. Fournier, Ivan Ahel, Syma Khalid, Paul Jarvis
The paper characterizes two distinct TOC complexes in chloroplasts and non-photosynthetic plastids, revealing differences in receptor composition and Toc75's central role in assembly.
Nature Communications · Apr 20, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology