Shading-Dependent Greening Process of the Leaves in the Light-Sensitive Albino Tea Plant ‘Huangjinya’: Possible Involvement of the Light-Harvesting Complex II Subunit of Photosystem II in the Phenotypic Characteristic

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 24; no. 12; p. 10314
• Main Authors: Wang, Ying-Qi, Ye, Jing-Jing, Yang, Hong-Zhiyuan, Li, Da, Li, Xiao-Xiang, Wang, Yong-Kang, Zheng, Xin-Qiang, Ye, Jian-Hui, Li, Qing-Sheng, Liang, Yue-Rong, Lu, Jian-Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Abscisic acid; Albinism; Biosynthesis; Camellia sinensis - genetics; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll - metabolism; Chloroplasts; Cultivars; Gene expression; Genotype & phenotype; Light; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II Protein Complex - metabolism; Pigments; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Protein binding; Proteins; Sustainable living; Tea; Thylakoids - metabolism; China; photosystem II; Camellia sinensis; chlorophyll-binding protein; albino phenotype; chloroplast ultrastructure

The light-sensitive albino tea plant can produce pale-yellow shoots with high levels of amino acids which are suitable to process high-quality tea. In order to understand the mechanism of the albino phenotype formation, the changes in the physio-chemical characteristics, chloroplast ultrastructure,...