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tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

Known as: tetrapyrrole synthesis, tetrapyrrole formation, tetrapyrrole biosynthesis 
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of tetrapyrroles, natural pigments containing four pyrrole rings joined by one-carbon… Expand
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Posttranslational Influence of NADPH-Dependent Thioredoxin Reductase C on Enzymes in Tetrapyrrole Synthesis[W][OA]
A thioredoxin reductase influences chlorophyll biosynthesis by reducing target cysteines in its biosynthesis enzymes. The NADPH… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Thioredoxin Redox Regulates ATPase Activity of Magnesium Chelatase CHLI Subunit and Modulates Redox-Mediated Signaling in Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis and Homeostasis of Reactive Oxygen Species in Pea…
The chloroplast thioredoxins (TRXs) function as messengers of redox signals from ferredoxin to target enzymes. In this work, we… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The Arabidopsis Multistress Regulator TSPO Is a Heme Binding Membrane Protein and a Potential Scavenger of Porphyrins via an Autophagy-Dependent Degradation Mechanism[W][OA]
This study establishes that plant TSPO, an enigmatic stress-induced membrane protein, binds porphyrins, including heme in vitro… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Tetrapyrrole profiling in Arabidopsis seedlings reveals that retrograde plastid nuclear signaling is not due to Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation
Chloroplast biogenesis involves careful coordination of both plastid and nuclear gene expression, which is achieved in part by… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Proteome Dynamics during Plastid Differentiation in Rice1[W]
We have analyzed proteome dynamics during light-induced development of rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplasts from etioplasts using… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Concurrent interactions of heme and FLU with Glu tRNA reductase (HEMA1), the target of metabolic feedback inhibition of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, in dark- and light-grown Arabidopsis plants.
The regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in higher plants has been attributed to metabolic feedback inhibition of Glu tRNA… Expand
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Green or red: what stops the traffic in the tetrapyrrole pathway?
Regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis is crucial to plant metabolism. The two pivotal control points are formation of the… Expand
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Complex evolution of photosynthesis.
The origin of photosynthesis is a fundamental biological question that has eluded researchers for decades. The complexity of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
FLU: A negative regulator of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Tetrapyrroles such as chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls play a fundamental role in the energy absorption and transduction… Expand
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Inhibition of plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase by the herbicide acifluorfen-methyl.
The effect of acifluorfen-methyl on tetrapyrrole synthesis in greening chloroplasts of Cucumis sativus was examined. Formation of… Expand
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