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IMMUTANS does not act as a stress-induced safety valve in the protection of the photosynthetic apparatus of Arabidopsis during steady-state photosynthesis.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2006
Rosso Dominic, Ivanov Alexander G, Fu Aigen, Geisler-Lee Jane, Hendrickson Luke, Geisler Matt, Stewart Gregory, Krol Marianna, Hurry Vaughan, Rodermel Steven R, Maxwell Denis P, Hüner Norman P A
Abstract excerpt
IMMUTANS (IM) encodes a thylakoid membrane protein that has been hypothesized to act as a terminal oxidase that couples the reduction of O(2) to the oxidation of the plastoquinone (PQ) pool of the photosynthetic electron transport chain. Because IM shares sequence similarity to the stress-induced mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX), it has been suggested that the protein encoded by IM acts as a safety valve...
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