The state of etiolation is generally defined by the presence of non-green plastids (etioplasts)
in plant tissues that would normally contain chloroplasts. In the commonly used dark-grown …

Plant productivity is determined by the conversion of solar energy into biomass through
oxygenic photosynthesis, a process performed by protein-cofactor complexes including …

Chlorophyll biosynthesis, crucial to life on Earth, is tightly regulated because its precursors
are phototoxic. In flowering plants, the enzyme light-dependent protochlorophyllide …

The term “de-etiolation” refers to the light-dependent differentiation of etioplasts to
chloroplasts in angiosperms. The underlying process involves reorganization of prolamellar …

Etioplasts are photosynthetically inactive plastids that accumulate when light levels are too
low for chloroplast maturation. The etioplast inner membrane consists of a paracrystalline …

Enzymatic photocatalysis is seldom used in biology. Photocatalysis by light-dependent
protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR)—one of only a few natural light-dependent …

During seed aging, there is a critical node (CN) where the population viability drops sharply.
Exploring the specific locations of the CN in different species of plants is crucial for …

A unique feature of chloroplasts is their high content of the galactolipids
monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), which …

Dark-germinated angiosperm seedlings develop chloroplast precursors called etioplasts in
cotyledon cells. Etioplasts develop lattice membrane structures called prolamellar bodies …

The reduction of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to chlorophyllide (Chlide) is the penultimate
step of chlorophyll biosynthesis. In oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, algae, and plants, this …