Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

De-etiolation-induced protein 1 (DEIP1) mediates assembly of the cytochrome b 6 f complex in Arabidopsis

  • Omar Sandoval-Ibáñez,
  • David Rolo,
  • Rabea Ghandour,
  • Alexander P. Hertle,
  • Tegan Armarego-Marriott,
  • Arun Sampathkumar,
  • Reimo Zoschke,
  • Ralph Bock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31758-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The Cytb6f complex is a multi-subunit enzyme that couples the two photosystems during the light reactions of photosynthesis. Here the authors show that the thylakoid-localized DEIP1 protein interacts with the PetA and PetB subunits, and is essential for Cytb6f complex assembly in Arabidopsis.