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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014

Thioredoxin-dependent regulatory networks in chloroplasts under fluctuating light conditions.

Lauri Nikkanen, Eevi Rintamäki

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lauri NikkanenMolecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, , Turku 20014, Finland.
Eevi Rintamäki
University of Gothenburg · SEUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have adopted a number of mechanisms to restore redox homeostasis in the chloroplast under fluctuating light conditions in nature. Chloroplast thioredoxin systems are crucial components of this redox network, mediating environmental signals to chloroplast proteins. In the reduced state, thioredoxins control the structure and function of proteins by reducing disulfide bridges in the redox active site of a protein. Subsequently, an oxidized thioredoxin is reduced by a thioredoxin reductase, the two enzymes together forming a thioredoxin system. Plant chloroplasts have versatile thioredoxin systems, including two reductases dependent on ferredoxin and NADPH as reducing power, respectively, several types of thioredoxins, and the system to deliver thiol redox signals to the thylakoid membrane and lumen. Light controls the activity of chloroplast thioredoxin systems in two ways. First, light reactions activate the thioredoxin systems via donation of electrons to oxidized ferredoxin and NADP(+), and second, light induces production of reactive oxygen species in chloroplasts which deactivate the components of the thiol redox network. The diversity and partial redundancy of chloroplast thioredoxin systems enable chloroplast metabolism to rapidly respond to ever-changing environmental conditions and to raise plant fitness in natural growth conditions.

Indexed as

LightModels, BiologicalPlant Physiological PhenomenaAcclimatizationChloroplastsFerredoxinsGene Regulatory NetworksLight Signal TransductionNADPOxidation-ReductionReactive Oxygen SpeciesThioredoxinsFerredoxinsNADPReactive Oxygen SpeciesThioredoxinschloroplastenvironmental signalsfluctuating lightreactive oxygen speciesredox networkthioredoxin

Identifiers

PMID24591711
PMCPMC3949389
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