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NADK2, an Arabidopsis chloroplastic NAD kinase, plays a vital role in both chlorophyll synthesis and chloroplast protection.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Nov 2005
Chai Mao-Feng, Chen Qi-Jun, An Rui, Chen Ye-Miao, Chen Jia, Wang Xue-Chen
Abstract excerpt
As one of terminal electron acceptors in photosynthetic electron transport chain, NADP receives electron and H(+) to synthesize NADPH, an important reducing energy in chlorophyll synthesis and Calvin cycle. NAD kinase (NADK), the catalyzing enzyme for the de novo synthesis of NADP from substrates NAD and ATP, may play an important role in the synthesis of NADPH. NADK activity has been observed in different...
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