Photosynthetic complex stoichiometry dynamics in higher plants: biogenesis, function, and turnover of ATP synthase and the cytochrome b6f complex

MA Schöttler, SZ Tóth, A Boulouis… - Journal of experimental …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
During plant development and in response to fluctuating environmental conditions, large
changes in leaf assimilation capacity and in the metabolic consumption of ATP and NADPH …

An Indexed, Mapped Mutant Library Enables Reverse Genetics Studies of Biological Processes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

X Li, R Zhang, W Patena, SS Gang, SR Blum… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a leading unicellular model for dissecting
biological processes in photosynthetic eukaryotes. However, its usefulness has been limited …

A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle

LCM Mackinder, MT Meyer, T Mettler-Altmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - pnas.org
Biological carbon fixation is a key step in the global carbon cycle that regulates the
atmosphere's composition while producing the food we eat and the fuels we burn …

Algae after dark: mechanisms to cope with anoxic/hypoxic conditions

W Yang, C Catalanotti, TM Wittkopp… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular, soil‐dwelling (and aquatic) green alga that has
significant metabolic flexibility for balancing redox equivalents and generating ATP when it …

Proton gradient regulation 5-mediated cyclic electron flow under atp-or redox-limited conditions: A study of ɗ atpase pgr5 and ɗ rbcl pgr5 mutants in the green alga …

X Johnson, J Steinbeck, RM Dent, H Takahashi… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii proton gradient regulation5 (Crpgr5) mutant shows
phenotypic and functional traits similar to mutants in the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) …

A Rubisco-binding protein is required for normal pyrenoid number and starch sheath morphology in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

AK Itakura, KX Chan, N Atkinson, L Pallesen… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
A phase-separated, liquid-like organelle called the pyrenoid mediates CO2 fixation in the
chloroplasts of nearly all eukaryotic algae. While most algae have 1 pyrenoid per …

De-etiolation-induced protein 1 (DEIP1) mediates assembly of the cytochrome b6f complex in Arabidopsis

O Sandoval-Ibáñez, D Rolo, R Ghandour… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The conversion of light energy to chemical energy by photosynthesis requires the concerted
action of large protein complexes in the thylakoid membrane. Recent work has provided …

APX2 Is an Ascorbate Peroxidase–Related Protein that Regulates the Levels of Plastocyanin in Chlamydomonas

A Caccamo, F Vega de Luna, AE Misztak… - Plant and Cell …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The function of ascorbate peroxidase–related (APX-R) proteins, present in all green
photosynthetic eukaryotes, remains unclear. This study focuses on APX-R from …

Large‐scale insertional mutagenesis of Chlamydomonas supports phylogenomic functional prediction of photosynthetic genes and analysis of classical acetate …

RM Dent, MN Sharifi, A Malnoë, C Haglund… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a unicellular green alga that is a key model organism in the
study of photosynthesis and oxidative stress. Here we describe the large‐scale generation …

Critical role of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ferredoxin-5 in maintaining membrane structure and dark metabolism

W Yang, TM Wittkopp, X Li, J Warakanont… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Photosynthetic microorganisms typically have multiple isoforms of the electron transfer
protein ferredoxin, although we know little about their exact functions. Surprisingly, a …