Chloroplast development is usually regarded as proceeding from proplastids. However,
direct or indirect conversion pathways have been described in the literature, the latter …

This Current Topic focuses on light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR,
EC 1.3. 1.33). POR catalyzes the penultimate reaction of chlorophyll biosynthesis, ie, the …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Chloroplast biogenesis is a complex process that is integrated with plant development,
leading to fully differentiated and functionally mature plastids. In this work, we used electron …

Unbound tetrapyrroles, ie protochlorophyllide (Pchlide), chlorophyllide and chlorophylls,
bring the risk of reactive oxygen species (ROS) being generated in the initial stages of …

An increasing number of soils of poor quality with unbalanced metal concentrations are
used worldwide for crop cultivation. Even though plants are able to develop strategies to …

Chloroplast biogenesis is a multistage process leading to fully differentiated and functionally
mature plastids. Complex analysis of chloroplast biogenesis was performed on the structural …

An intricate network of internal plastid membrane is formed in chloroplasts during plant
ontogenesis. The network develops directly from a simple membrane system in proplastids …

Chlorophyll (Chl) is essential for photosynthesis and needs to be produced throughout the
whole plant life, especially under changing light intensity and stress conditions which may …

Somogyi B., Felföldi T., Solymosi K., Makk J., Homonnay ZG, Horváth G., Turcsi E., Böddi B.,
Márialigeti K. and Vörös L. 2011. Chloroparva pannonica gen. et sp. nov.(Trebouxiophyceae …