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Received September 15, 2006
Returned for revision December 29, 2006
Accepted February 2, 2007

PIC1, an Ancient Permease in Arabidopsis Chloroplasts, Mediates Iron Transport

Daniela Duy 1, Gerhard Wanner 1, Anderson R. Meda 2, Nicolaus von Wirén 2, Jürgen Soll 1, and Katrin Philippar 1*

1 Department für Biologie 1, Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-80638 Munich, Germany
2 Molecular Plant Nutrition, Institute for Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: philippar{at}lrz.uni-muenchen.de.

In chloroplasts, the transition metals iron and copper play an essential role in photosynthetic electron transport and act as cofactors for superoxide dismutases. Iron is essential for chlorophyll biosynthesis, and ferritin clusters in plastids store iron during germination, development, and iron stress. Thus, plastidic homeostasis of transition metals, in particular of iron, is crucial for chloroplast as well as plant development. However, very little is known about iron uptake by chloroplasts. Arabidopsis thaliana PERMEASE IN CHLOROPLASTS1 (PIC1), identified in a screen for metal transporters in plastids, contains four predicted {alpha}-helices, is targeted to the inner envelope, and displays homology with cyanobacterial permease-like proteins. Knockout mutants of PIC1 grew only heterotrophically and were characterized by a chlorotic and dwarfish phenotype reminiscent of iron-deficient plants. Ultrastructural analysis of plastids revealed severely impaired chloroplast development and a striking increase in ferritin clusters. Besides upregulation of ferritin, pic1 mutants showed differential regulation of genes and proteins related to iron stress or transport, photosynthesis, and Fe-S cluster biogenesis. Furthermore, PIC1 and its cyanobacterial homolog mediated iron accumulation in an iron uptake-defective yeast mutant. These observations suggest that PIC1 functions in iron transport across the inner envelope of chloroplasts and hence in cellular metal homeostasis.




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