During protein import into chloroplasts, one of the Hsp70 proteins in pea (Hsp70-IAP), previously reported to localize in the intermembrane space of chloroplasts, was found to interact with the translocating precursor protein but the gene for Hsp70-IAP has not been identified yet. In an attempt to identify the Arabidopsis homolog of Hsp70-IAP, we employed an in vitro protein import assay to determine the localization of three Arabidopsis Hsp70 homologs (AtHsp70-6 through 8), predicted for chloroplast targeting. AtHsp70-6 and AtHsp70-7 were imported into chloroplasts and processed into similar-sized mature forms. In addition, a smaller-sized processed form of AtHsp70-6 was observed. All the processed forms of both AtHsp70 proteins were localized in the stroma. Organelle-free processing assays revealed that the larger processed forms of both AtHsp70-6 and AtHsp70-7 were cleaved by stromal processing peptidase, whereas the smaller processed form of AtHsp70-6 was produced by an unspecified peptidase.
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