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ArticleNature communications2025

Chloroplast precursor protein preClpD overaccumulation triggers multilevel reprogramming of gene expression and a heat shock-like response.

Zheng-Hui Hong, Liyu Zhu, Lin-Lin Gao, Zhe Zhu, Tong Su, Leonard Krall, Xu-Na Wu, Ralph Bock, Guo-Zhang Wu

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 authors.

Zheng-Hui HongShanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6131-090X
Liyu ZhuShanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Lin-Lin GaoShanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Zhe ZhuSchool of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
Tong SuShanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Leonard KrallSchool of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
Xu-Na WuSchool of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1288-1349
Ralph BockMax-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-6940
Guo-Zhang WuShanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. gzwu@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-9920

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32070299National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270285National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32470290State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, China) B23033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thousands of nucleus-encoded chloroplast proteins are synthesized as precursors on cytosolic ribosomes and posttranslationally imported into chloroplasts. Cytosolic accumulation of unfolded chloroplast precursor proteins (e.g., under stress conditions) is hazardous to the cell. The global cellular responses and regulatory pathways involved in triggering appropriate responses are largely unknown. Here, by inducible and constitutive overexpression of ClpD-GFP to result in precursor protein overaccumulation, we present a comprehensive picture of multilevel reprogramming of gene expression in response to chloroplast precursor overaccumulation stress (cPOS), reveal a critical role of translational activation in the expression of cytosolic chaperones (heat-shock proteins, HSPs), and demonstrate that chloroplast-derived reactive oxygen species act as retrograde signal for the transcriptional activation of small HSPs. Furthermore, we reveal an important role of the chaperone ClpB1/HOT1 in maintaining cellular proteostasis upon cPOS. Together, our observations uncover a cytosolic heat shock-like response to cPOS and provide insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChloroplast ProteinsChloroplastsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHeat-Shock ResponseCytosolEndopeptidase ClpHeat-Shock ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedProteostasisReactive Oxygen SpeciesArabidopsis ProteinsChloroplast ProteinsEndopeptidase ClpHeat-Shock ProteinsReactive Oxygen Species

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PMID40263324
PMCPMC12015282

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