Biogenesis and homeostasis of chloroplasts and other plastids

P Jarvis, E López-Juez - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2013 - nature.com
Chloroplasts are the organelles that define plants, and they are responsible for
photosynthesis as well as numerous other functions. They are the ancestral members of a …

The molecular machinery of chloroplast division

C Chen, JS MacCready, DC Ducat… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
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Cowpea NAC1/NAC2 transcription factors improve growth and tolerance to drought and heat in transgenic cowpea through combined activation of photosynthetic and …

R Srivastava, Y Kobayashi, H Koyama… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT NAC (NAM/ATAF1/2/CUC2) transcription factors are central switches of growth
and stress responses in plants. However, unpredictable interspecies conservation of …

Origin and evolution of plastids and photosynthesis in eukaryotes

GI McFadden - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Recent progress in understanding the origins of plastids from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria
is reviewed. Establishing when during geological time the endosymbiosis occurred remains …

Envelope K+/H+ Antiporters AtKEA1 and AtKEA2 Function in Plastid Development

MN Aranda-Sicilia, A Aboukila, U Armbruster… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It is well established that thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts convert light energy into
chemical energy, yet the development of chloroplast and thylakoid membranes is poorly …

Nitric oxide, ethylene, and auxin cross talk mediates greening and plastid development in deetiolating tomato seedlings

NKG Melo, RE Bianchetti, BS Lira… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The transition from etiolated to green seedlings involves the conversion of etioplasts into
mature chloroplasts via a multifaceted, light-driven process comprising multiple, tightly …

Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate negatively regulates chloroplast division in Arabidopsis

K Okazaki, S Miyagishima, H Wada - The Plant Cell, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Chloroplast division is performed by the constriction of envelope membranes at the division
site. Although constriction of a ring-like protein complex has been shown to be involved in …

Evolution of the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway in secondary algae: conservation, redundancy and replacement

J Cihlář, Z Füssy, A Horák, M Oborník - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Tetrapyrroles such as chlorophyll and heme are indispensable for life because they are
involved in energy fixation and consumption, ie photosynthesis and oxidative …

Complex endosymbioses I: from primary to complex plastids, multiple independent events

Z Füssy, M Oborník - Plastids: methods and protocols, 2018 - Springer
A substantial portion of eukaryote diversity consists of algae with complex plastids, ie,
plastids originating from eukaryote-to-eukaryote endosymbioses. These plastids are …

DipM is required for peptidoglycan hydrolysis during chloroplast division

S Miyagishima, Y Kabeya, C Sugita, M Sugita… - BMC plant biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Chloroplasts have evolved from a cyanobacterial endosymbiont and their
continuity has been maintained over time by chloroplast division, a process which is …