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Birgit Agne

Researcher at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Publications -  27
Citations -  1399

Birgit Agne is an academic researcher from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Translocon & Chloroplast. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1238 citations. Previous affiliations of Birgit Agne include Ruhr University Bochum & University of Neuchâtel.

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Pheophytin Pheophorbide Hydrolase (Pheophytinase) Is Involved in Chlorophyll Breakdown during Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

TL;DR: Pheophytinase (PPH), a chloroplast-located and senescence-induced hydrolase widely distributed in algae and land plants, is identified and proposed that the sequence of early chlorophyll catabolic reactions be revised.
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Pex8p: an intraperoxisomal organizer of the peroxisomal import machinery.

TL;DR: It is concluded that Pex8p organizes the formation of the larger import complex from the trans side of the peroxisomal membrane and thus might enable functional communication between both sides of the membrane.
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The TOC complex: preprotein gateway to the chloroplast.

TL;DR: The current state of knowledge regarding the composition and function of the TOC complex is described, which consists of three types of components belonging to a small family: Toc34, Toc75 and Toc159.
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A toc159 import receptor mutant, defective in hydrolysis of GTP, supports preprotein import into chloroplasts.

TL;DR: It is shown that atToc159 K868R can support protein import into isolated chloroplasts, albeit at lower preprotein binding and import efficiencies compared with the wild-type receptor, and it is concluded that GTP hydrolysis at atTOC159 is not strictly required for preprotein translocation.
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The Acidic A-Domain of Arabidopsis Toc159 Occurs as a Hyperphosphorylated Protein

TL;DR: In Arabidopsis, the A-domain is not simply degraded but that it accumulates as a soluble, phosphorylated protein separated from Toc159, which is a casein kinase 2-like activity.