Plastoquinone-9 (PQ-9) is an essential component of photosynthesis that carries electrons
in the linear and alternative electron transport chains, and is also a redox sensor that …

Plastids have retained from their cyanobacterial ancestor a fragment of the respiratory
electron chain comprising an NADPH dehydrogenase and a diiron oxidase, which sustain …

Vitamin A deficiency remains prevalent in parts of Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan
Africa where maize (Zea mays) is a food staple. Extensive natural variation exists for …

Redox regulation, antioxidant defence, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) signalling are
critical in performing and tuning metabolic activities. However, our concepts have mostly …

Key message Even a point mutation in the psaA gene mediates chlorophyll deficiency. The
role of the plastid signal may perform the redox state of the compounds on the acceptor-side …

A plastid-localized terminal oxidase, PTox, was first described due to its role in chloroplast
development, with plants lacking PTox producing white sectors on their leaves. This …

By concentrating CO 2, C 4 photosynthesis can suppress photorespiration and achieve high
photosynthetic efficiency, especially under conditions of high light, high temperature, and …

Different pigments often occur together and affect photosynthetic characteristics of the
respective leaf portions. In this study, photosynthetic activity in variegated leaves of five …

Plants contain various factors that transiently interact with subunits or intermediates of the
thylakoid multiprotein complexes, promoting their stable association and integration. Hence …

The immutans (im) variegation mutant of Arabidopsis defines the gene for PTOX (plastid
terminal oxidase), a versatile plastoquinol oxidase in chloroplast membranes. In this report …