Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01217 Dresden, Germany.
Structure. 2017 Sep 5;25(9):1321-1322. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2017.08.003.
Direct membrane fusion in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria is triggered by IM30 protein oligomers, but so far the exact mechanism of membrane binding has remained obscure. In this issue of Structure, Saur et al. (2017) describe the detailed structure of Janus-faced IM30 rings crucial for thylakoid membrane fusion and membrane layer architecture.
叶绿体和蓝藻中的直接膜融合是由 IM30 蛋白寡聚物触发的,但到目前为止,膜结合的确切机制仍不清楚。在本期《结构》杂志中,Saur 等人(2017)描述了至关重要的具有两面性的 IM30 环的详细结构,该结构对于类囊体膜融合和膜层结构至关重要。