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Translational control of photosynthetic gene expression in phototrophic eukaryotes
Author(s) -
Wobbe Lutz,
Schwarz Christian,
Nickelsen Jörg,
Kruse Olaf
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01091.x
Subject(s) - plastid , chloroplast , photosynthesis , biology , translation (biology) , nuclear gene , gene , gene expression , microbiology and biotechnology , phototroph , translational regulation , regulation of gene expression , nucleus , genetics , botany , messenger rna , genome
It is getting more and more evident that photosynthetic gene expression is fine‐tuned by translation regulation factors encoded in the nucleus of photosynthetic cells. The research of the past decades led to the identification of several nucleus‐encoded protein factors that recognize cis ‐acting elements in plastid transcripts, thereby modulating the stoichiometry and abundance of photosynthetic multisubunit complexes. Despite of its importance for photoacclimatory processes, the investigation of pathways that regulate translation of nuclear‐encoded photosynthetic genes is still in its infancy. This review summarizes the yet known paradigms of translation control in chloroplast and cytosol of photosynthetic eukaryotes.