Recent advances in understanding the molecular mechanism of chloroplast photorelocation movement |
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Authors: | Sam-Geun Kong Masamitsu Wada |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan |
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Abstract: | Plants are photosynthetic organisms that have evolved unique systems to adapt fluctuating environmental light conditions. In addition to well-known movement responses such as phototropism, stomatal opening, and nastic leaf movements, chloroplast photorelocation movement is one of the essential cellular responses to optimize photosynthetic ability and avoid photodamage. For these adaptations, chloroplasts accumulate at the areas of cells illuminated with low light (called accumulation response), while they scatter from the area illuminated with strong light (called avoidance response). Plant-specific photoreceptors (phototropin, phytochrome, and/or neochrome) mediate these dynamic directional movements in response to incident light position and intensity. Several factors involved in the mechanisms underlying the processes from light perception to actin-based movements have also been identified through molecular genetic approach. This review aims to discuss recent findings in the field relating to how chloroplasts move at molecular levels. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Dynamic and ultrastructure of bioenergetic membranes and their components. |
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Keywords: | BDM, 2,3-butanedione monoxime BFA, Brefeldin A cp-actin, chloroplast actin GFP, green fluorescent protein FMN, flavin mononucleotide LOV, light, oxygen or voltage P2C, C-terminal 534&ndash 915 amino acid fragment of Arabidopsis phototropin 2 P2N, N-terminal 1&ndash 533 amino acid fragment of Arabidopsis phototropin 2 phot1, phototropin 1 phot2, phototropin 2 TIRF, total internal reflection fluorescence |
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