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NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase and 2-Cys peroxiredoxins are needed for the protection of Mg-protoporphyrin monomethyl ester cyclase

Anne Stenbæk, Andreas Hansson, Ragna Peterson Wulff, Mats Hansson, Karl-Josef Dietz, Poul Erik Jensen

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    Abstract

    Abstract: The chloroplast-localized NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase ( NTRC) has been found to be able to reduce hydrogen peroxide scavenging 2-Cys peroxiredoxins. We show that the Arabidopsis ntrc mutant is perturbed in chlorophyll biosynthesis and accumulate intermediates preceding protochlorophyllide formation. A specific involvement of NTRC during biosynthesis of protochlorophyllide is indicated from in vitro aerobic cyclase assays in which the conversion of Mg-protoporhyrin monomethyl ester into protochlorophyllide is stimulated by addition of the NTRC/2-Cys peroxiredoxin system. These findings support the hypothesis that this NADPH-dependent hydrogen peroxide scavenging system is particularly important during periods with limited reducing power from photosynthesis, e. g. under chloroplast biogenesis. (c) 2008 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalFEBS Letters
    Volume582
    Issue number18
    Pages (from-to)2773-2778
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0014-5793
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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