Species	Reference gene ID	Possible function	Papers / DOI
Arabidopsis	At5g42480	Component of the plastid division machinery consisting in a binary fission accomplished by the simultaneous constriction of the FtsZ ring on the stromal side of the inner envelope membrane, and the ARC5 ring on the cytosolic side of the outer envelope membrane.	The distinctive roles of five different ARC genes in the chloroplast division process in Arabidopsis.; 1999; DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00500.x; PMID: 10417716; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10417716/ | Reduced gravitropism in inflorescence stems and hypocotyls, but not roots, of Arabidopsis mutants with large plastids.; 2002; DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1140417.x; PMID: 11975738; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11975738/ | arc6, A Fertile Arabidopsis Mutant with Only Two Mesophyll Cell Chloroplasts.; 1994; DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.3.1169; PMID: 12232400; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12232400/ | ARC6 is a J-domain plastid division protein and an evolutionary descendant of the cyanobacterial cell division protein Ftn2.; 2003; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.013292; PMID: 12897262; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12897262/ | Effects of arc3, arc5 and arc6 mutations on plastid morphology and stromule formation in green and nongreen tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana.; 2008; DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00437.x; PMID: 18764889; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18764889/ | Arabidopsis ARC6 coordinates the division machineries of the inner and outer chloroplast membranes through interaction with PDV2 in the intermembrane space.; 2008; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.061440; PMID: 18812496; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18812496/ | The Arabidopsis arc5 and arc6 mutations differentially affect plastid morphology in pavement and guard cells in the leaf epidermis.; 2018; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192380; PMID: 29466386; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29466386/ | MCD1 Associates with FtsZ Filaments via the Membrane-Tethering Protein ARC6 to Guide Chloroplast Division.; 2018; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00189; PMID: 29967285; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29967285/ | arc6, an extreme chloroplast division mutant of Arabidopsis also alters proplastid proliferation and morphology in shoot and root apices.; 1995; DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108.9.2937; PMID: 8537433; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8537433/ | Plastid ontogeny during petal development in Arabidopsis.; 1998; DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.2.797; PMID: 9489024; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9489024/