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Inactivation of genes, encoding tocopherol biosynthetic pathway enzymes, results in oxidative stress in outdoor grown Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 May 2009
Semchuk Nadia M, Lushchak Oleh V, Falk Jon, Krupinska Karin, Lushchak Volodymyr I
Abstract excerpt
Tocopherols (alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherols) represent a group of lipophilic antioxidants which are synthesized only by photosynthetic organisms. It is widely believed that protection of pigments and proteins of photosynthetic system and polyunsaturated fatty acids from oxidative damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) is the main function of tocopherols. The wild type Columbia and two mutants...
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