The translocons at the outer (TOC) and the inner (TIC) envelope membranes of chloroplasts
mediate the targeting and import of several thousand nucleus-encoded preproteins that are …

Glyoxalases are known to play a very important role in abiotic stress tolerance. This two-step
pathway detoxifies ubiquitously present cytotoxic metabolite methylglyoxal, which otherwise …

Protein phosphorylation and acetylation are the two most abundant post‐translational
modifications (PTM s) that regulate protein functions in eukaryotes. In plants, these PTM s …

Starch is the most abundant composition in the rice grain, and constitutes approximately
90% of milled rice grain. This chapter summarizes the current advances made in the starch …

Rice proteomics has progressed at a tremendous pace since the year 2000, and that has
resulted in establishing and understanding the proteomes of tissues, organs, and organelles …

During starch metabolism, the phosphorylation of glucosyl residues of starch, to be more
precise of amylopectin, is a repeatedly observed process. This phosphorylation is mediated …

Seed development dedicates to reserve synthesis and accumulation and uncovering its
genetic and biochemical mechanisms has been a major research focus. Although proteomic …

Rice is a staple food for more than half of the worldwide population and is also a model
species for biological studies on monocotyledons. Through a team effort, Chinese scientists …

Background Functional annotations of large plant genome projects mostly provide
information on gene function and gene families based on the presence of protein domains …

To find a way to promote the rate of carbon flux and further improve the photosynthetic rate
in rice, two CO2-transporting and fixing relevant genes, Ictb and FBP/Sbpase, which were …