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Loss-of-function mutation of rice SLAC7 decreases chloroplast stability and induces a photoprotection mechanism in rice.
Journal of integrative plant biology - 1 Dec 2015
Fan Xiaolei, Wu Jiemin, Chen Taiyu, Tie Weiwei, Chen Hao, Zhou Fei, Lin Yongjun
Abstract excerpt
Plants absorb sunlight to power the photochemical reactions of photosynthesis, which can potentially damage the photosynthetic machinery. However, the mechanism that protects chloroplasts from the damage remains unclear. In this work, we demonstrated that rice (Oryza sativa L.) SLAC7 is a generally expressed membrane protein. Loss-of-function of SLAC7 caused continuous damage to the chloroplasts of mutant leaves...
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