The plastid terminal oxidase: Its elusive function points to multiple contributions to plastid physiology

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-74

  Nawrocki, Wojciech J ^a   Tourasse, Nicolas J ^a   Taly, Antoine ^b   Rappaport, Fabrice ^a   Wollman, Francis André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b France   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Chloroplast; Chlororespiration; Electron transfer; PTOX; Redox poise; Retrograde signaling; Structural model

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EID: 84928920418     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043014-114744     Document Type: Article

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