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Mitochondrial Alternative Pathway-Associated Photoprotection of Photosystem II is Related to the Photorespiratory Pathway.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Jul 2016
Watanabe Chihiro K A, Yamori Wataru, Takahashi Shunichi, Terashima Ichiro, Noguchi Ko
Abstract excerpt
Respiratory electron transport has two ubiquinol-oxidizing pathways, the cytochrome pathway (CP) and the alternative pathway (AP). The AP, which is catalyzed by the alternative oxidase (AOX), is energetically wasteful but may alleviate PSII photoinhibition under light conditions excessive for photosynthesis. However, its mechanism remains unknown. We used Arabidopsis aox1a mutants lacking AOX activity and studied...
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