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Plant Sci."],"abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    Magnesium (Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) is essential for photosynthesis in the chloroplasts of land plants and algae. Being the central ion of chlorophyll, cofactor and activator of many photosynthetic enzymes including RuBisCO, magnesium-deficient plants may suffer from leaf chlorosis symptoms and retarded growth. Therefore, the chloroplast Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    concentration is tightly controlled by magnesium transport proteins. Recently, three different transporters from two distinct families have been identified in the chloroplast inner envelope of the model plant\n                    <jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/jats:italic>\n                    : MGT10, MGR8, and MGR9. Here, we assess the individual roles of these three proteins in maintaining chloroplast Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    homeostasis and regulating photosynthesis, and if their role is conserved in the model green alga\n                    <jats:italic>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Phylogenetic analysis and heterologous expression revealed that the CorC-like MGR8 and MGR9 transport Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    by a different mechanism than the CorA-like MGT10.\n                    <jats:italic>MGR8<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>MGT10<\/jats:italic>\n                    genes are highest expressed in leaves, indicating a function in chloroplast Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    transport. MGR9 is important for chloroplast function and plant adaptation in conditions of deficiency or excess of Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    . Transmission electron microscopy indicated that MGT10 plays a differential role in thylakoid stacking than MGR8 and MGR9. Furthermore, we report that MGR8, MGR9, and MGT10 are involved in building up the pH gradient across the thylakoid membrane and activating photoprotection in conditions of excess light, however the mechanism has not been resolved yet. While there are no chloroplast MGR-like transporters in Chlamydomonas, we show that MRS4 is a homolog of MGT10, that is required for photosynthesis and cell growth. Taken together, our findings reveal that the studied Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    transporters play essential but differential roles in maintaining chloroplast Mg\n                    <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n                    homeostasis.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2023.1221436","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,25]],"date-time":"2023-08-25T00:07:02Z","timestamp":1692922022000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Chloroplast magnesium transporters play essential but differential roles in maintaining magnesium homeostasis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Emilija","family":"Dukic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kim A.","family":"van Maldegem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kashif Mohd","family":"Shaikh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kento","family":"Fukuda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mats","family":"T\u00f6pel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katalin","family":"Solymosi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonna","family":"Hellsten","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas Hesselh\u00f8j","family":"Hansen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00f8ren","family":"Husted","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Higgins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Satoshi","family":"Sano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sumio","family":"Ishijima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cornelia","family":"Spetea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"653","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1086391","article-title":"Genome-wide insertional mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana","volume":"301","author":"Alonso","year":"2003","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2020.00196","article-title":"The effect of light on plastid differentiation, chlorophyll biosynthesis, and essential oil composition in rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaves and cotyledons","volume":"11","author":"B\u00f6sz\u00f6rm\u00e9nyi","year":"2020","journal-title":"Front. 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