The Path to Thioredoxin and Redox Regulation in Chloroplasts

After a brief discussion of my graduate work at Duke University, I describe a series of investigations on redox proteins at the University of California, Berkeley. Starting with ferredoxin from fermentative bacteria, the Berkeley research fostered experiments that uncovered a pathway for fixing CO 2...

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Published in:Annual review of plant biology 2016-04, Vol.67 (1), p.1-24
Main Author: Buchanan, Bob B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiography
Bacteria
Carbon - metabolism
Carbon dioxide
Carbon Dioxide - metabolism
Chlorobium
Chlorobium - metabolism
Chlorobium - physiology
Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts - metabolism
Citric Acid Cycle
Daniel Arnon
Experiments
ferredoxin
Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase - metabolism
Ferredoxins - metabolism
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxygen - metabolism
Photosynthesis
Proteins
pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase
reverse citric acid cycle
Thioredoxin-Disulfide Reductase - metabolism
Thioredoxins - metabolism
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Summary:After a brief discussion of my graduate work at Duke University, I describe a series of investigations on redox proteins at the University of California, Berkeley. Starting with ferredoxin from fermentative bacteria, the Berkeley research fostered experiments that uncovered a pathway for fixing CO 2 in bacterial photosynthesis. The carbon work, in turn, opened new vistas, including the discovery that thioredoxin functions universally in regulating the Calvin-Benson cycle in oxygenic photosynthesis. These experiments, which took place over a 50-year period, led to the formulation of a set of biological principles and set the stage for research demonstrating a role for redox in the regulation of previously unrecognized processes extending far beyond photosynthesis.
ISSN:1543-5008
1545-2123
DOI:10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-111949