Loss of α-tocopherol in tobacco plants with decreased geranylgeranyl reductase activity does not modify photosynthesis in optimal growth conditions but increases sensitivity to high-light stress

Planta

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 620-628

  Graßes, Thomas ^a   Grimm, Bernhard ^b   Koroleva, Olga ^a   Jahns, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Carotenoid; Energy dissipation; Nicotiana (photo oxidative stress) Photo oxidative stress; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC REDUCTION; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL REDUCTASE; LIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTYL DIPHOSPHATE; SENSITIVITY; THYLAKOID;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

PHOTOINHIBITORY QUENCHING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 17444450667     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100532     Document Type: Article

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