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TOC159 translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

Gene ID: 827934, updated on 18-Sep-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
TOC159
Official Full Name
translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159
Primary source
TAIR:AT4G02510
Locus tag
AT4G02510
See related
Araport:AT4G02510
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage
Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as
ATTOC159; PLASTID PROTEIN IMPORT 2; PPI2; T10P11.19; TOC160; TOC86; translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159; TRANSLOCON AT THE OUTER ENVELOPE MEMBRANE OF CHLOROPLASTS 160; TRANSLOCON AT THE OUTER ENVELOPE MEMBRANE OF CHLOROPLASTS 86
Summary
An integral membrane GTPase that functions as a transit-sequence receptor required for the import of proteins necessary for chloroplast biogenesis. Located in the outer chloroplast membrane. Phosphorylation of the G-domains regulate translocon assembly.
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Genomic context

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Location:
chromosome: 4
Exon count:
7
Sequence:
Chromosome: 4; NC_003075.7 (1104429..1111784)

Chromosome 4 - NC_003075.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene pseudo Neighboring gene UDP-xylosyltransferase 2 Neighboring gene glutathione S-transferase PHI 2 Neighboring gene chloroplast thylakoid lumen protein Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_003075.7

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. SUMOylation contributes to proteostasis of the chloroplast protein import receptor TOC159 during early development. Accossato S, et al. Elife, 2020 Dec 22. PMID 33350382, Free PMC Article
  2. Tandem duplications of a degenerated GTP-binding domain at the origin of GTPase receptors Toc159 and thylakoidal SRP. Hernández Torres J, et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2007 Dec 14. PMID 17950698
  3. The role of GTP binding and hydrolysis at the atToc159 preprotein receptor during protein import into chloroplasts. Wang F, et al. J Cell Biol, 2008 Oct 6. PMID 18824565, Free PMC Article
  4. Multiple sequence motifs in the rubisco small subunit transit peptide independently contribute to Toc159-dependent import of proteins into chloroplasts. Lee DW, et al. Plant Physiol, 2009 Sep. PMID 19571307, Free PMC Article
  5. The acidic domains of the Toc159 chloroplast preprotein receptor family are intrinsically disordered protein domains. Richardson LG, et al. BMC Biochem, 2009 Dec 30. PMID 20042108, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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  1. SUMOylation contributes to proteostasis of the chloroplast protein import receptor TOC159 during early development.
    Title: SUMOylation contributes to proteostasis of the chloroplast protein import receptor TOC159 during early development.
  2. AtToc159, a chloroplast import receptor contributes to determining chloroplast import specificity
    Title: Molecular Mechanism of the Specificity of Protein Import into Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Plant Cells.
  3. DELLA negatively regulates TOC159 protein abundance under low gibberellic acid. The direct DELLA-TOC159 interaction promotes TOC159 degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome system.
    Title: Chloroplast Biogenesis Controlled by DELLA-TOC159 Interaction in Early Plant Development.
  4. atToc132 can serve as a receptor by directly binding to chloroplast preproteins but also proposes the existence of subsets of preproteins with different but overlapping affinities for more than one member of the Toc159 receptor family.
    Title: A split-ubiquitin yeast two-hybrid screen to examine the substrate specificity of atToc159 and atToc132, two Arabidopsis chloroplast preprotein import receptors.
  5. these data suggest that the Toc159 receptor is required in the import of stearoyl-ACP desaturase and MGD1 synthase into the chloroplasts.
    Title: A mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana TOC159 gene accumulates reduced levels of linolenic acid and monogalactosyldiacylglycerol.
  6. the contribution of the import receptor Toc159 to the assembly of the chloroplast proteome
    Title: Plastid proteome assembly without Toc159: photosynthetic protein import and accumulation of N-acetylated plastid precursor proteins.
  7. The Toc159 A-domain participates in preprotein selectivity, has typical features of intrinsically unfolded proteins, is highly phosphorylated and possibly released from the rest of the protein by a proteolytic event.
    Title: Modifications at the A-domain of the chloroplast import receptor Toc159.
  8. This review discusses TOC33 and TOC159, the major protein components of the translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts (TOC) complex.
    Title: Dimerization of TOC receptor GTPases and its implementation for the control of protein import into chloroplasts.
  9. Study show that the overexpression of Toc90 partially complements the albino knockout of Toc159 and restores photoautotrophic growth.
    Title: The chloroplast import receptor Toc90 partially restores the accumulation of Toc159 client proteins in the Arabidopsis thaliana ppi2 mutant.
  10. The A-domain is not simply degraded but it accumulates as a soluble, phosphorylated protein separated from Toc159.
    Title: The acidic A-domain of Arabidopsis TOC159 occurs as a hyperphosphorylated protein.
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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

NM_001340383.1
NM_001340384.1
NM_001340385.1
NM_116485.4

Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables G protein-coupled receptor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables GTPase activity TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
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enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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enables transmembrane signaling receptor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within protein import into chloroplast stroma IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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acts_upstream_of_or_within protein targeting to chloroplast IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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acts_upstream_of_or_within protein targeting to chloroplast IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of TOC-TIC supercomplex I IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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located_in chloroplast HDA PubMed 
located_in chloroplast envelope HDA PubMed 
located_in chloroplast outer membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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located_in cytosol HDA PubMed 
located_in nucleus ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
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located_in plastid HDA PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159
NP_001319848.1
  • translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 (TOC159); FUNCTIONS IN: transmembrane receptor activity, GTPase activity; INVOLVED IN: protein targeting to chloroplast; LOCATED IN: chloroplast outer membrane, cytosol, chloroplast, membrane, chloroplast envelope; EXPRESSED IN: 26 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Chloroplast protein import component Toc86/159 (InterPro:IPR005690), AIG1 (InterPro:IPR006703); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: multimeric translocon complex in the outer envelope membrane 132 (TAIR:AT2G16640.1); Has 20720 Blast hits to 13966 proteins in 1613 species: Archae - 439; Bacteria - 5942; Metazoa - 6041; Fungi - 2379; Plants - 1534; Viruses - 151; Other Eukaryotes - 4234 (source: NCBI BLink).

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_003075.7 Reference assembly

    Range
    1104429..1111784
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001340383.1 → NP_001319848.1  translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    O22774, O81283, Q56W83, Q945M4
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A178V752

  2. NM_001340384.1 → NP_001328636.1  translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    O22774, O81283, Q56W83, Q945M4
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A178V752

  3. NM_116485.4 → NP_567242.2  translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_567242.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    O22774, O81283, Q56W83, Q945M4
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A178V752
    Conserved Domains (3) summary
    cd01853
    Location:825 → 1078
    Toc34_like; Translocon at the Outer-envelope membrane of Chloroplasts 34-like (Toc34-like)
    TIGR00993
    Location:739 → 1503
    3a0901s04IAP86; chloroplast protein import component Toc86/159, G and M domains
    pfam11886
    Location:1225 → 1490
    TOC159_MAD; Translocase of chloroplast 159/132, membrane anchor domain

  4. NM_001340385.1 → NP_001328635.1  translocon at the outer envelope membrane of chloroplasts 159 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    O22774, O81283, Q56W83, Q945M4
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A178V752
Nucleotide Protein
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Protein Accession Links
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O81283.1

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