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Melanie R. Abt

ETH ZurichORCID 0000-0002-3347-3969Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1

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Mayank SharmaiD· 2 shared Samuel C. ZeemaniD· 2 shared Adam P. GicgieriD· 1 shared Andrea FontanaiD· 1 shared Barbara PfisteriD· 1 shared Chun LiuiD· 1 shared Eleonora TraversoiD· 1 shared Irem YilmazeriD· 1 shared

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Plant BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedMar 23, 2026

Maturase K forms a plastidial splicing complex with a neofunctionalized branching enzyme

Yuanyuan Liang, Yang Gao, Andrea Fontana…·Barbara Pfister

The paper identifies MKIP1 as a plastid-localized protein that interacts with MatK to facilitate chloroplast intron splicing, showing functional divergence from canonical branching enzymes.

1 citation

Arabidopsisproteomics

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 10, 2023

A conserved ESCRT-II-like protein participates in the biogenesis and maintenance of thylakoid membranes

Irem Yilmazer, Pamela Vetrano, Simona Eicke…·Mayank Sharma

The paper identifies VIA1, a conserved protein interacting with VIPP1, and shows it is essential for thylakoid membrane biogenesis and maintenance in two photosynthetic organisms.

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plant (other)proteomics

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