Gene Details:

• Gene ID: AT2G28800
• Gene Symbol: ALB3
• Gene Name: ALBINO 3
• Description: 63 kDa inner membrane family protein;(source:Araport11)
• TAIR Accession: locus:2053230
• Genome: Araport11_genome_release
• Species: Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcripts:

• AT2G28800.1     AT2G28800.2     AT2G28800.3     AT2G28800.4

Plant Ontology Annotations:

• PO:0000037  — shoot axis apex — ápice del epiblasto (epiblastema) (Spanish, exact), シュート頂、茎頂 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0008019  — leaf lamina base — base de la lámina de la hoja (Spanish, exact), 葉身基部 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0009005  — root — raíz (Spanish, exact), radices (exact, plural), radix (exact), 根 (Japanese, exact), aerial root (narrow), climbing root (narrow)
• PO:0009006  — shoot system — sistema de epiblasto (epiblastema) (Spanish, exact), シュート系、苗条系 (Japanese, exact), Poaceae crown (related), shoot (related), thalli (related), thallus (related), tree crown (narrow)
• PO:0009009  — plant embryo — embrión (Spanish, exact), 植物胚 (Japanese, exact), germ (related), embryo (broad)
• PO:0009025  — vascular leaf — foliage leaf (exact), hoja vascular (Spanish, exact), leaf, vascular (exact), vascular leaves (exact, plural), 維管束のある葉, または維管束植物の葉 (Japanese, exact), crozier (related), macrophyll (related), megaphyll (related), ascidia (narrow), ascidium (narrow), fiddlehead (narrow), frond (narrow), needle-like leaf (narrow), pitcher (narrow), pitcher blade (narrow), pitcher-blade (narrow), scale-like leaf (narrow), sterile frond (narrow), trophophyll (narrow)
• PO:0009029  — stamen — estambre (Spanish, exact), 雄蕊 (Japanese, exact), Poaceae stamen (narrow), Zea stamen (narrow)
• PO:0009031  — sepal — sépalo (Spanish, exact), がく片 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0009046  — flower — flor (Spanish, exact), 花 (Japanese, exact), floret (related), Asteraceae floret (narrow), basal flower (narrow), double flower (narrow), hermaphrodite flower (narrow), monoclinous flower (narrow), perfect flower (narrow)
• PO:0009052  — inflorescence flower pedicel — 小花柄 (Japanese, related), pedicelo (Spanish, broad)
• PO:0020030  — cotyledon — cotiledón (Spanish, exact), seed leaf (exact), 子葉 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0020038  — petiole — pecíolo (Spanish, exact), 葉柄 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0020100  — hypocotyl — hipocótile (Spanish, exact), 胚軸 (Japanese, exact)
• PO:0020137  — leaf apex — ápice de la hoja (Spanish, exact), 葉先 (Japanese, exact), leaf lamina apex (narrow), phyllid apex (narrow)
• PO:0025022  — collective leaf structure — estructura colectiva de hoja (Spanish, exact), leaf series (exact), 葉が集まった構造 (Japanese, exact), leaf whorl (narrow), rosette (narrow), cycle (broad), verticil (broad)
• PO:0025281  — pollen — polen (Spanish, exact), pollen grain (exact), 花粉 (Japanese, exact)

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0009535  — located in — chloroplast thylakoid membrane
• GO:0009534  — located in — chloroplast thylakoid
• GO:0005515  — enables — protein binding
• GO:0045038  — acts upstream of or within — protein import into chloroplast thylakoid membrane
• GO:0009535  — is active in — chloroplast thylakoid membrane
• GO:0051205  — involved in — protein insertion into membrane
• GO:0009507  — located in — chloroplast
• GO:0005777  — located in — peroxisome
• GO:0015450  — enables — protein-transporting ATPase activity
• GO:0032977  — enables — membrane insertase activity

Germplasm Phenotype:

• CS16  — albino

Function-related keywords:

• shoot axis apex ,  leaf lamina base ,  root ,  shoot system ,  plant embryo ,  vascular leaf ,  stamen ,  sepal ,  flower ,  inflorescence flower pedicel ,  cotyledon ,  petiole ,  hypocotyl ,  leaf apex ,  collective leaf structure ,  pollen ,  pollen

Literature:

• Chloroplast Oxa1p homolog albino3 is required for post-translational integration of the light harvesting chlorophyll-binding protein into thylakoid membranes.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.275.3.1529 ;  PMID:  10636840
• ALBINO3, an Arabidopsis nuclear gene essential for chloroplast differentiation, encodes a chloroplast protein that shows homology to proteins present in bacterial membranes and yeast mitochondria.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.9.5.717 ;  PMID:  9165749
• The maize transposable element system Ac/Ds as a mutagen in Arabidopsis: identification of an albino mutation induced by Ds insertion.   DOI:  10.1073/pnas.90.21.10370 ;  PMID:  8234300
• The thylakoid membrane protein ALB3 associates with the cpSecY-translocase in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1042/BJ20021291 ;  PMID:  12217076
• Efficient assembly of photosystem II in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii requires Alb3.1p, a homolog of Arabidopsis ALBINO3.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.023226 ;  PMID:  15208384
• New functions of the thylakoid membrane proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana revealed by a simple, fast, and versatile fractionation strategy.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M406763200 ;  PMID:  15322131
• Functional interaction of chloroplast SRP/FtsY with the ALB3 translocase in thylakoids: substrate not required.   DOI:  10.1083/jcb.200307067 ;  PMID:  14517205
• Chloroplast YidC homolog Albino3 can functionally complement the bacterial YidC depletion strain and promote membrane insertion of both bacterial and chloroplast thylakoid proteins.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M110857200 ;  PMID:  11891220
• The yeast split-ubiquitin system to study chloroplast membrane protein interactions.   DOI:  10.1007/s00253-005-0029-3 ;  PMID:  15988575
• A second thylakoid membrane-localized Alb3/OxaI/YidC homologue is involved in proper chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M513623200 ;  PMID:  16595657
• LPA2 is required for efficient assembly of photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.107.050526 ;  PMID:  17601825
• Global analysis of Arabidopsis gene expression uncovers a complex array of changes impacting pathogen response and cell cycle during geminivirus infection.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.108.121038 ;  PMID:  18650403
• Non-identical contributions of two membrane-bound cpSRP components, cpFtsY and Alb3, to thylakoid biogenesis.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03659.x ;  PMID:  18764927
• Localization and integration of thylakoid protein translocase subunit cpTatC.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03816.x ;  PMID:  19207210
• PPF1 may suppress plant senescence via activating TFL1 in transgenic Arabidopsis plants.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00643.x ;  PMID:  18713382
• Alb4 of Arabidopsis promotes assembly and stabilization of a non chlorophyll-binding photosynthetic complex, the CF1CF0-ATP synthase.   DOI:  10.1093/mp/ssp095 ;  PMID:  19995738
• Cooperation of LPA3 and LPA2 is essential for photosystem II assembly in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.110.159558 ;  PMID:  20605914
• Interplay between the cpSRP pathway components, the substrate LHCP and the translocase Alb3: an in vivo and in vitro study.   DOI:  10.1016/j.febslet.2010.08.053 ;  PMID:  20828566
• Identification of nuclear genes encoding chloroplast-localized proteins required for embryo development in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.110.168120 ;  PMID:  21139083
• Interaction studies between the chloroplast signal recognition particle subunit cpSRP43 and the full-length translocase Alb3 reveal a membrane-embedded binding region in Alb3 protein.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M111.250746 ;  PMID:  21832051
• Phosphoproteomics of Arabidopsis chloroplasts reveals involvement of the STN7 kinase in phosphorylation of nucleoid protein pTAC16.   DOI:  10.1016/j.febslet.2012.03.061 ;  PMID:  22616989
• Arabidopsis thaliana Oxa proteins locate to mitochondria and fulfill essential roles during embryo development.   DOI:  10.1007/s00425-012-1793-9 ;  PMID:  23179441
• The chloroplast min system functions differentially in two specific nongreen plastids in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0071190 ;  PMID:  23936263
• The Arabidopsis Tellurite resistance C protein together with ALB3 is involved in photosystem II protein synthesis.   DOI:  10.1111/tpj.12474 ;  PMID:  24612058
• The peptide microarray "ChloroPhos1.0" identifies new phosphorylation targets of plastid casein kinase II (pCKII) in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pone.0108344 ;  PMID:  25295873
• The extreme Albino3 (Alb3) C terminus is required for Alb3 stability and function in Arabidopsis thaliana.   DOI:  10.1007/s00425-015-2352-y ;  PMID:  26105652
• Genetic and Physical Interaction Studies Reveal Functional Similarities between ALBINO3 and ALBINO4 in Arabidopsis.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.15.00376 ;  PMID:  26265777
• Functional Update of the Auxiliary Proteins PsbW, PsbY, HCF136, PsbN, TerC and ALB3 in Maintenance and Assembly of PSII.   DOI:  10.3389/fpls.2016.00423 ;  PMID:  27092151
• The role of the strictly conserved positively charged residue differs among the Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and chloroplast YidC homologs.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M114.595082 ;  PMID:  25359772
• In vitro reconstitution of co-translational D1 insertion reveals a role of the cpSec-Alb3 translocase and Vipp1 in photosystem II biogenesis.   DOI:  10.1042/BJ20141425 ;  PMID:  25803492
• RETRACTION.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.16.00881 ;  PMID:  27895223
• Identification of Putative Substrates of SEC2, a Chloroplast Inner Envelope Translocase.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.17.00012 ;  PMID:  28213560
• Suppressors of the Chloroplast Protein Import Mutant tic40 Reveal a Genetic Link between Protein Import and Thylakoid Biogenesis.   DOI:  10.1105/tpc.16.00962 ;  PMID:  28684427
• Molecular mechanism of SRP-dependent light-harvesting protein transport to the thylakoid membrane in plants.   DOI:  10.1007/s11120-018-0544-6 ;  PMID:  29956039
• Chloroplast Oxa1p homolog albino3 is required for post-translational integration of the light harvesting chlorophyll-binding protein into thylakoid membranes.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.275.3.1529 ;  PMID:  10636840
• New functions of the thylakoid membrane proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana revealed by a simple, fast, and versatile fractionation strategy.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M406763200 ;  PMID:  15322131
• New functions of the thylakoid membrane proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana revealed by a simple, fast, and versatile fractionation strategy.   DOI:  10.1074/jbc.M406763200 ;  PMID:  15322131

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