A new plant-specific member of the dynamin superfamily; defines a new protein class within the dynamin superfamily of membrane remodeling GTPases that regulates organization of the thylakoid network in plants. Targeted to chloroplasts and associated with thylakoid and envelope membranes as punctate structures. Knockout mutants have abnormalities in chloroplast and thylakoid morphology, including disorganized grana stacks and alterations in the relative proportions of grana and stroma thylakoids. Overexpression of FZL-GFP also conferred defects in thylakoid organization.
A new plant-specific member of the dynamin superfamily; defines a new protein class within the dynamin superfamily of membrane remodeling GTPases that regulates organization of the thylakoid network in plants. Targeted to chloroplasts and associated with thylakoid and envelope membranes as punctate structures. Knockout mutants have abnormalities in chloroplast and thylakoid morphology, including disorganized grana stacks and alterations in the relative proportions of grana and stroma thylakoids. Overexpression of FZL-GFP also conferred defects in thylakoid organization.