Plant macroautophagy is carried out by autophagosome-type organelles. Recent evidence suggests that plastids also can carry out macroautophagy. The double membrane at the surface of plastids apparently invaginates, forming an intraplastidial space. This space contains a portion of cytoplasm that apparently becomes degraded. Here we report, in Tillandsia sp. and Aechmaea sp., the presence of almost square or diamond-shaped crystalloids inside what seems the intraplastidial space of autophagous plastids. The same type of crystalloids were observed in chloroplasts and other plastids, but were not found in the cytoplasm or the vacuole. Peroxisomes contained smaller and more irregularly shaped crystalloids compared to the ones observed in ‘autophagous’ plastids. It is hypothesized that plastids are able to sequester chloroplasts and other plastids.
Crystalloids in apparent autophagic plastids: Remnants of plastids or peroxisomes? / Alessio Papini; Wouter van Doorn. - In: JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0176-1617. - STAMPA. - 174:(2015), pp. 36-40. [10.1016/j.jplph.2014.10.010]
Crystalloids in apparent autophagic plastids: Remnants of plastids or peroxisomes?
PAPINI, ALESSIO;
2015
Abstract
Plant macroautophagy is carried out by autophagosome-type organelles. Recent evidence suggests that plastids also can carry out macroautophagy. The double membrane at the surface of plastids apparently invaginates, forming an intraplastidial space. This space contains a portion of cytoplasm that apparently becomes degraded. Here we report, in Tillandsia sp. and Aechmaea sp., the presence of almost square or diamond-shaped crystalloids inside what seems the intraplastidial space of autophagous plastids. The same type of crystalloids were observed in chloroplasts and other plastids, but were not found in the cytoplasm or the vacuole. Peroxisomes contained smaller and more irregularly shaped crystalloids compared to the ones observed in ‘autophagous’ plastids. It is hypothesized that plastids are able to sequester chloroplasts and other plastids.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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