Plastid peptidoglycan

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1800; no. 2; pp. 144 - 151
• Main Authors: Takano, Hiroyoshi, Takechi, Katsuaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2010
• Subjects: Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis - enzymology; Arabidopsis - genetics; Bryopsida - genetics; Chlamydia; Evolution; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes, Plant; Moss; Peptidoglycan; Peptidoglycan - biosynthesis; Plastid division; Plastids - genetics; Plastids - metabolism; Peptidoglycan; Evolution; Chlamydia; Arabidopsis; Moss; Plastid division

It is now widely accepted that an endosymbiotic cyanobacterium evolved into the plastid of the primary photosynthetic eukaryotes: glaucocystophytes, red algae, and green plants. It has been thought that during the evolution of plants, the peptidoglycan wall (or murein) was lost from the endosymbiont...