Clp protease controls chlorophyll b synthesis by regulating the level of chlorophyllide a oxygenase

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 800-809

  Nakagawara, Eiki ^a   Sakuraba, Yasuhito ^a   Yamasato, Akihiro ^a,c   Tanaka, Ryouichi ^a,b   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chlorophyll; Plastid; Protease

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MUTAGENESIS; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GREEN PLANTS; LASER-SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PIGMENTS; PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION;

PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; COTYLEDON; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDES; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTYLEDON; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS;

CHLOROPHYLLS; FLUORESCEINS; MUTAGENS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 33847101300     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02996.x     Document Type: Article

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