{"entity": "researcher", "timestamp": "2026-09-08T10:21:16.497Z", "family": "Murcha", "given": "Monika W", "initials": "MW", "orcid": "0000-0002-3689-6158", "affiliations": ["ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia."], "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/acc08168222e4e46bf6b0ac65778f0f1.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/acc08168222e4e46bf6b0ac65778f0f1"}}, "publications": [{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "30e74a9a778443db9b8ecbcf8b90d1ae", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/30e74a9a778443db9b8ecbcf8b90d1ae.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/30e74a9a778443db9b8ecbcf8b90d1ae"}}, "title": "A multi-step peptidolytic cascade for amino acid recovery in chloroplasts.", "authors": [{"family": "Teixeira", "given": "Pedro F", "initials": "PF", "orcid": "0000-0001-8638-7477", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/4871060b8d264551a22656ec6c9111c4.json"}}, {"family": "Kmiec", "given": "Beata", "initials": "B"}, {"family": "Branca", "given": "Rui M M", "initials": "RM"}, {"family": "Murcha", "given": "Monika W", "initials": "MW", "orcid": "0000-0002-3689-6158", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/acc08168222e4e46bf6b0ac65778f0f1.json"}}, {"family": "Byzia", "given": "Anna", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Ivanova", "given": "Aneta", "initials": "A"}, {"family": "Whelan", "given": "James", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Drag", "given": "Marcin", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Lehti\u00f6", "given": "Janne", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Glaser", "given": "Elzbieta", "initials": "E"}], "type": "journal article", "published": "2017-01-00", "journal": {"title": "Nat. Chem. Biol.", "issn": "1552-4469", "volume": "13", "issue": "1", "pages": "15-17", "issn-l": "1552-4450"}, "abstract": "Plastids (including chloroplasts) are subcellular sites for a plethora of proteolytic reactions, required in functions ranging from protein biogenesis to quality control. Here we show that peptides generated from pre-protein maturation within chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana are degraded to amino acids by a multi-step peptidolytic cascade consisting of oligopeptidases and aminopeptidases, effectively allowing the recovery of single amino acids within these organelles.", "doi": "10.1038/nchembio.2227", "pmid": "27820795", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pii", "key": "nchembio.2227"}], "notes": [], "created": "2018-12-05T11:59:24.902Z", "modified": "2026-08-21T11:40:10.224Z"}]}