Plant type ferredoxins and ferredoxin‐dependent metabolism

GUY Hanke, P Mulo - Plant, cell & environment, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ferredoxin (Fd) is a small [2Fe‐2S] cluster‐containing protein found in all organisms
performing oxygenic photosynthesis. Fd is the first soluble acceptor of electrons on the …

Light-harvesting complexes in oxygenic photosynthesis: diversity, control, and evolution

AR Grossman, D Bhaya, KE Apt… - Annual review of genetics, 1995 - go.gale.com
The light-harvesting complexes form the photosynthetic apparatus found in most
photosynthetic organisms including cyanobacteria, red algae, diatoms and dinoflagellates …

Evolution of light-regulated plant promoters

G Argüello-Astorga… - Annual review of plant …, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract In this review, we address the phylogenetic and structural relationships between
light-responsive promoter regions from a range of plant genes, that could explain both their …

Identification of UV/blue light-response elements in the Arabidopsis thaliana chalcone synthase promoter using a homologous protoplast transient expression system

U Hartmann, WJ Valentine, JM Christie, J Hays… - Plant Molecular …, 1998 - Springer
To identify DNA sequences of the Arabidopsis thaliana chalcone synthase gene (CHS)
concerned with induction by UV-B and UV-A/blue light, AtCHS promoter constructions were …

[HTML][HTML] Chloroplast-targeted ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR): Structure, function and location

P Mulo - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2011 - Elsevier
Ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase (FNR) is a ubiquitous flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-
binding enzyme encoded by a small nuclear gene family in higher plants. The chloroplast …

Expression of xanthophyll biosynthetic genes during light-dependent chloroplast differentiation

S Woitsch, S Römer - Plant Physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
In higher plants, etioplast to chloroplast differentiation is characterized by dramatic
ultrastructural changes of the plastid and a concomitant increase in chlorophylls and …

Ancestral multipartite units in light-responsive plant promoters have structural features correlating with specific phototransduction pathways

GR Arguello-Astorga, LR Herrera-Estrella - Plant physiology, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Regulation of plant gene transcription by light is mediated by multipartite cis-regulatory units.
Previous attempts to identify structural features that are common to all light-responsive …

Eukaryotism, towards a new interpretation

RG Herrmann - Eukaryotism and Symbiosis: Intertaxonic Combination …, 1997 - Springer
The phylogenetic-comparative molecular approach has caused a fundamental conceptual
change in the way we view living matter. The new approach is based on the consequent …

Light regulation of nuclear photosynthetic genes in higher plants

AK Tyagi, T Gaur - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Light can modulate development and differentiation of the vital photosynthetic organelle,
chloroplast, by photomorphogenetic mechanisms involved in regulating transcription of …

Photosensory perception and signal transduction in higher plants—molecular genetic analysis

JP Khurana, A Kochhar, AK Tyagi - Critical reviews in plant …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
Light plays a crucial role throughout the life cycle of higher plants modulating various
aspects of their growth and development, such as seed germination, leaf differentiation …