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A voltage-dependent chloride channel fine-tunes photosynthesis in plants.
Nature communications - 24 May 2016
Herdean Andrei, Teardo Enrico, Nilsson Anders K, Pfeil Bernard E, Johansson Oskar N, Ünnep Renáta, Nagy Gergely, Zsiros Ottó, Dana Somnath, Solymosi Katalin, Garab Győző, Szabó Ildikó, Spetea Cornelia, Lundin Björn
Abstract excerpt
In natural habitats, plants frequently experience rapid changes in the intensity of sunlight. To cope with these changes and maximize growth, plants adjust photosynthetic light utilization in electron transport and photoprotective mechanisms. This involves a proton motive force (PMF) across the thylakoid membrane, postulated to be affected by unknown anion (Cl(-)) channels. Here we report that a bestrophin-like...
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