Rubisco activase is a key regulator of non-steady-state photosynthesis at any leaf temperature and, to a lesser extent, of steady-state photosynthesis at high temperature

Plant Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 871-880

  Yamori, Wataru ^a   Masumoto, Chisato ^b   Fukayama, Hiroshi ^c   Makino, Amane ^a,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 assimilation; light activation; photosynthesis; Rubisco activase; Rubisco activation; temperature response

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION STATE; ANTISENSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KEY REGULATORS; LEAF TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ACTIVATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW LIGHT; ORYZA SATIVA; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; RUBISCO; RUBISCO ACTIVASE; STEADY STATE; STIMULATORY EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TRANSGENIC RICE; WILD TYPES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; RCA PROTEIN, PLANT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RICE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TEMPERATURE;

ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866106982     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05041.x     Document Type: Article

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