Kunhua Chen

The major protein import receptor of plastids is essential for chloroplast biogenesis (2006)

Bauer, Jörg, Chen, Kunhua, Hiltbunner, Andreas, Wehrli, Ernst, Eugster, Monika, Schnell, Danny, ...

Light triggers the developmental programme in plants that leads to the production of photosynthetically active chloroplasts from non-photosynthetic proplastids1. During this chloroplast biogenesis,...

The major protein import receptor of plastids is essential for chloroplast biogenesis (2006)

Bauer, Jörg, Chen, Kunhua, Hiltbunner, Andreas, Wehrli, Ernst, Eugster, Monika, Schnell, Danny, ...

Light triggers the developmental programme in plants that leads to the production of photosynthetically active chloroplasts from non-photosynthetic proplastids1. During this chloroplast biogenesis,...

Initial Binding of Preproteins Involving the Toc159 Receptor Can Be Bypassed during Protein Import into Chloroplasts1

Chen, Kunhua, Chen, Xuejun, Schnell, Danny J.

Two integral outer envelope GTPases, Toc34 and Toc86, are proposed to regulate the recognition and translocation of nuclear-encoded preproteins during the early stages of protein import into...

Members of the Toc159 Import Receptor Family Represent Distinct Pathways for Protein Targeting to Plastids

Ivanova, Yordanka, Smith, Matthew D., Chen, Kunhua, Schnell, Danny J.

Plastids represent a diverse group of organelles that perform essential metabolic and signaling functions within all plant cells. The differentiation of specific plastid types relies on the import of...

Phytochrome Control of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome Anticipates Seedling Exposure to LightW⃞

Mazzella, María Agustina, Arana, María Verónica, Staneloni, Roberto J., Perelman, Susana, Rodriguez Batiller, María J., Muschietti, Jorge, ...

Phytochromes mediate a profound developmental shift when dark-grown seedlings are exposed to light. Here, we show that a subset of genes is upregulated in phytochrome B (phyB) mutants even before...

Initial Binding of Preproteins Involving the Toc159 Receptor Can Be Bypassed during Protein Import into Chloroplasts1

Chen, Kunhua, Chen, Xuejun, Schnell, Danny J.

Two integral outer envelope GTPases, Toc34 and Toc86, are proposed to regulate the recognition and translocation of nuclear-encoded preproteins during the early stages of protein import into...

Members of the Toc159 Import Receptor Family Represent Distinct Pathways for Protein Targeting to Plastids

Ivanova, Yordanka, Smith, Matthew D., Chen, Kunhua, Schnell, Danny J.

Plastids represent a diverse group of organelles that perform essential metabolic and signaling functions within all plant cells. The differentiation of specific plastid types relies on the import of...

Phytochrome Control of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome Anticipates Seedling Exposure to LightW⃞

Mazzella, María Agustina, Arana, María Verónica, Staneloni, Roberto J., Perelman, Susana, Rodriguez Batiller, María J., Muschietti, Jorge, ...

Phytochromes mediate a profound developmental shift when dark-grown seedlings are exposed to light. Here, we show that a subset of genes is upregulated in phytochrome B (phyB) mutants even before...

atToc159 is a selective transit peptide receptor for the import of nucleus-encoded chloroplast proteins

Smith, Matthew D., Rounds, Caleb M., Wang, Fei, Chen, Kunhua, Afitlhile, Meshack, Schnell, Danny J.

The members of the Toc159 family of GTPases act as the primary receptors for the import of nucleus-encoded preproteins into plastids. Toc159, the most abundant member of this family in chloroplasts,...