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- Title
The Path to Thioredoxin and Redox Regulation Beyond Chloroplasts.
- Authors
Buchanan, Bob B.
- Abstract
Once the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system was established as a mechanism linking light to the post-translational regulation of chloroplast enzymes, I considered that plants might harbor a light-independent mechanism utilizing this same enzyme chemistry based on thiol-disulfide redox transitions. After reflection, it occurred to me that such a mechanism could be fundamental to seeds of cereals that undergo dramatic change following exposure to oxygen during maturation and drying. The pursuit of this idea led to the discovery of a family of extraplastidic thioredoxins, designated the h-type, that resemble animal and bacterial counterparts in undergoing enzymatic reduction with NADPH. Current evidence suggests that h-type thioredoxins function broadly throughout the plant. Here I describe how the thioredoxin h field developed, its current status and potential for contributing material benefits to society.
- Subjects
THIOREDOXIN; OXIDATION-reduction reaction; CHLOROPLASTS; POST-translational modification; PLANT enzyme analysis; NICOTINAMIDE adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- Publication
Plant & Cell Physiology, 2017, Vol 58, Issue 11, p1826
- ISSN
0032-0781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pcp/pcx119