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Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2001; 3(3): 223-233
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-15204
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ·New York

Stromules: Mobile Protrusions and Interconnections Between Plastids

J. C. Gray, J. A. Sullivan, J. M. Hibberd, M. R. Hansen
  • Department of Plant Sciences and Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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February 16, 2001

May 7, 2001

Publikationsdatum:
31. Dezember 2001 (online)

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Abstract

Stroma-filled tubules, recently named stromules, extend from the surface of plastids in most cell types and plant species examined. Stromules are highly dynamic structures, continuously and rapidly changing shape. They have been shown to interconnect plastids and permit the exchange of green fluorescent protein (GFP) between plastids. Stromules are enclosed by the inner and outer plastid envelope membranes and are 0.4 - 0.8 μm in diameter and up to 65 μm long. Movement of stromules is dependent on the actin cytoskeleton and the ATPase activity of myosin. Stromules are more abundant in cells containing a relatively small plastid volume and provide a means of enormously increasing the plastid surface area. Many important questions on the structure, function and mobility of stromules remain unanswered.

Abbreviations

CaMV: cauliflower mosaic virus

DiOC6: 3, 3′-dihexyloxacarbocyanine

FCCP: carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxy-phenylhydrazone

GFP: green fluorescent protein

RbcS: small subunit of Rubisco

Rubisco: ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

Key words

Amyloplast - chloroplast - GFP - leucoplast - plastid - stromule

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J. C. Gray

Department of Plant Sciences
University of Cambridge

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