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Plastid terminal oxidase 2 (PTOX2) is the major oxidase involved in chlororespiration in Chlamydomonas.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Dec 2011
Houille-Vernes Laura, Rappaport Fabrice, Wollman Francis-André, Alric Jean, Johnson Xenie
Abstract excerpt
By homology with the unique plastid terminal oxidase (PTOX) found in plants, two genes encoding oxidases have been found in the Chlamydomonas genome, PTOX1 and PTOX2. Here we report the identification of a knockout mutant of PTOX2. Its molecular and functional characterization demonstrates that it encodes the oxidase most predominantly involved in chlororespiration in this algal species. In this mutant, the...
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