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Chloroplast NAD kinase is essential for energy transduction through the xanthophyll cycle in photosynthesis.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Dec 2006
Takahashi Hideyuki, Watanabe Ayako, Tanaka Ayumi, Hashida Shin-Nosuke, Kawai-Yamada Maki, Sonoike Kintake, Uchimiya Hirofumi
Abstract excerpt
Photosynthetic parameters of the nadk2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, which is defective in chloroplast NAD kinase, were investigated. In this plant, the effective efficiency of photosynthetic electron transport (PhiII) and the quantum yield of open reaction centers of photosystem II (Fv'/Fm') were decreased. Furthermore, an increase in non-photochemical quenching attributed to energy dissipation from the...
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