Transport Across Chloroplast Membranes: Optimizing Photosynthesis for Adverse Environmental Conditions

• Published in: Molecular plant Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 356 - 370
• Main Authors: Pottosin, Igor, Shabala, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 07.03.2016
• Subjects: active transport; Biological Transport - radiation effects; calcium; cations; Chloroplasts - metabolism; Chloroplasts - radiation effects; cytosol; electron transfer; energy transfer; envelope; Environment; environmental factors; functional properties; homeostasis; Intracellular Membranes - metabolism; Intracellular Membranes - radiation effects; Light; metabolites; p.m.f; photosynthesis; Photosynthesis - radiation effects; programmed cell death; proton-motive force; reactive oxygen species; solar radiation; solutes; stroma; thylakoid; thylakoids; transporters; envelope; thylakoid; programmed cell death; stroma; p.m.f; reactive oxygen species

Chloroplasts are central to solar light harvesting and photosynthesis. Optimal chloroplast functioning is vitally dependent on a very intensive traffic of metabolites and ions between the cytosol and stroma, and should be attuned for adverse environmental conditions. This is achieved by an orchestra...