The role of OEP16 and OEP40 in cold acclimation (B05)

• Subject Area: Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Term: from 2016 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 270050988

We have recently identified two chloroplast outer envelope localized solute channels, namely OEP16.1 and OEP40, which are also involved in cold acclimation in Arabidopsis. Our goal is to understand how OEP16.1 and OEP40 contribute to metabolic networking and signalling during cold acclimation. This will be achieved 1. by obtaining a detailed understanding of their biochemical properties, e.g. substrate specificity, regulation of gating and protein structure, and 2. by analysing the transcriptional, post-translational and metabolic changes, which depend on OEP16.1 and OEP40 in vivo in an organelle and tissue-specific quantitative manner during the acclimation process.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 175: The Green Hub: Central Coordinator of Acclimation in Plants
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jürgen Soll