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Regulation and expression of the multigene family coding light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins of photosystem II

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Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis

Abstract

The current state of knowledge concerning the expression of the nuclear genes that code the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding polypeptides of photosystem II is presented. This review covers the structure of these genes, the complex multistep pathway involved in their expression, and the environmental and other factors which regulate their expression. Some of the effects of these factors are mediated, at least in part, at the level of transcription, but other effects can be explained only by the existence of multiple posttranscriptional regulatory steps.

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Abbreviations

bp:

base (nucleotide) pairs

BSC:

bundle sheath cells of maize leaves

CAT:

amphenicol acetyl transferase

cDNA:

complementary DNA

kb:

kilobases

LF:

low fluence illumination

LHC:

mature light-harvesting complex

LHC-II:

mature light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II

LHCP-II:

light-harvesting Chl a/b-binding protein of Photosystem II

MC:

mesophyll cells of maize leaves

mRNA:

messenger RNA

NPT II:

neomycin phosphotransferase II

PS I:

photosystem I

PS II:

photosystem II

Rubisco:

ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

VLF:

very low fluence illumination

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