High light-induced changes in whole-cell proteomic profile and its correlation with the organization of thylakoid super-complex in cyclic electron transport mutants of Chlamydomona... by Ranay Mohan Yadav, Sureshbabu Marriboina, Mohammad Yusuf Zamal, Jayendra Pandey, Rajagopal Subramanyam

“…The increased Cyt b6 function in pgr5 could be due to the compromised function of chloroplast (cp) ATP synthase subunits for energy generation and photoprotection under high light. …”
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Molecular evidence of bidirectional introgression between Quercus suber and Quercus ilex by López De Heredia U, Sánchez H, Soto A

“…Previous research has reported that F1 hybrids are produced with holm oak acting as pollen recipient, therefore carrying holm oak chloroplast. Additionally, F1 hybrids have been assumed to be pollinated mostly by cork oak. …”
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Physiological and genetic responses of lentil (Lens culinaris) under flood stress by Bhiolina Bharadwaj, Avetis Mishegyan, Sanjeevi Nagalingam, Alex Guenther, Nirmal Joshee, Samantha H. Sherman, Chhandak Basu

“…On the other hand, chloroplast copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SD) and PBA flash photosystem II D1 precursor (psbA) constituted two downregulated genes among most of the plants. …”
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Comprehensive Expression Analyses of Plastidial Thioredoxins of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> Indicate a Main Role of Thioredoxin <i>m2</i> in Roots by Mariam Sahrawy, Juan Fernández-Trijueque, Paola Vargas, Antonio J. Serrato

“…Thioredoxins (TRXs) <i>f</i> and <i>m</i> are redox proteins that regulate key chloroplast processes. The existence of several isoforms of TRXs <i>f</i> and <i>m</i> indicates that these redox players have followed a specialization process throughout evolution. …”
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Multilocus marker-based delimitation of Salicornia persica and its population discrimination assisted by supervised machine learning approach. by Rahul Jamdade, Khawla Al-Shaer, Mariam Al-Sallani, Eman Al-Harthi, Tamer Mahmoud, Sanjay Gairola, Hatem A Shabana

“…The present study aimed to initially perform species identification using multilocus DNA barcode markers from chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA), followed by the genetic divergence between two populations (RAK and UAQ) belonging to two different coastal localities in the UAE. …”
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Extracellular Compounds from Pathogenic Bacterium <i>Pseudoalteromonas piscicida</i> X-8 Cause Bleaching Disease, Triggering Active Defense Responses in Commercially Farmed <i>Sacc... by Yao Chen, Xiaoyang Zhang, Mingyu Ma, Yingrui Zhuang, Lirong Chang, Luyang Xiao, Gaoge Wang

“…Using TEM, we observed typical morphological characteristics of PCD after inoculation with extracellular compounds, including chloroplast shrinkage, cytoplasmic vacuolation, and intact mitochondrial structures. …”
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Review on the impact of elevated CO2concentrations on fruit species in the face of climate change by Gerhard Fischer, Luz Marina Melgarejo, Helber Enrique Balaguera-López

“…Ideally, they must have a high sink strength to avoid the accumulation of carbohydrates in the chloroplast. The authors conclude that there is undoubtedly a “fertilization effect of CO2” on fruit species that increases with the advance of climate change. …”
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Disparate Dynamics of Gene Body and <i>cis</i>-Regulatory Element Evolution Illustrated for the Senescence-Associated Cysteine Protease Gene <i>SAG12</i> of Plants by Emil Vatov, Uwe Ludewig, Ulrike Zentgraf

“…The <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> senescence-associated gene 12 <i>(AtSAG12)</i> encodes a cysteine protease that is (i) involved in the degradation of chloroplast proteins and (ii) almost exclusively expressed during senescence. …”
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Plastome Rearrangements in the “Adenocalymma-Neojobertia” Clade (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) and Its Phylogenetic Implications by Luiz H. M. Fonseca, Lúcia G. Lohmann

“…The chloroplast is one of the most important organelles of plants. …”
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Morphological Characterization and DNA Barcoding of Duckweed Species in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Al-Dakhil, Salem Alghamdi, Hussein Migdadi, Muhammad Afzal, Ahmed Abdelrahim Ali

“…Based on the morphological characterization and phylogenetic analysis of intergenic spacer sequences of chloroplast DNA using six barcoding markers, the clones were classified into three genera, represented by seven species: <i>Lemna gibba</i> L., <i>Lemna minor</i> L., <i>Lemna japonica</i> Landolt, <i>Lemna aequinoctialis</i> Welw., <i>Lemna perpusilla</i> Torr., <i>Spirodela polyryiza</i> (L.) …”
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<i>Rahnella aquatilis</i> JZ-GX1 Alleviate Salt Stress in <i>Cinnamomum camphora</i> by Regulating Oxidative Metabolism and Ion Homeostasis by Pu-Sheng Li, Wei-Liang Kong, Xiao-Qin Wu

“…It was observed by transmission electron microscopy that under 100 mM salt concentration conditions, the inoculated <i>C. camphora</i> leaf cells showed a significant reduction in plasma membrane–cell wall separation and intact chloroplast structures, with tightly packed thylakoids. …”
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Identification of Chlorophyll Metabolism- and Photosynthesis-Related Genes Regulating Green Flower Color in Chrysanthemum by Integrative Transcriptome and Weighted Correlation Netw... by Hansen Fu, Tuo Zeng, Yangyang Zhao, Tingting Luo, Huijie Deng, Chenwei Meng, Jing Luo, Caiyun Wang

“…The chlorophyll content was higher and chloroplast degradation was slower in green pools than in white pools at each developmental stage. …”
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De Novo Assembly and Species-Specific Marker Development as a Useful Tool for the Identification of <i>Scutellaria</i> L. Species by Hakjoon Choi, Wan Seok Kang, Jin Seok Kim, Chang-Su Na, Sunoh Kim

“…By selecting the 279 similar nucleotide sequences and nine chloroplast DNA barcode genes, primers were prepared so that the size of the PCR product was 100 to 1000 bp. …”
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Plastid Phylogenomic Analyses Reveal a Cryptic Species of <i>Ligusticopsis</i> (Apiaceae, Angiosperms) by Rongming Tian, Xueyimu Aou, Boni Song, Zixuan Li, Xingjin He, Songdong Zhou

“…Notably, both phylogenetic analyses based on ITS sequences and the complete chloroplast genome robustly supported that three accessions of <i>L. litangensis</i> are monophyletic clade and then nested in <i>Ligusticopsis</i> genus. …”
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Analysis of the Alternative Splicing Events of Exogenous δ-Aminolevulinic Acid under NaCl Stress in Wild Jujube Seedlings by Chunmei Zhu, Zhiyu Liu, Xinyi Chang, Zhijun Zhang, Wenchao Shi, Zhongrong Zhang, Baolong Zhao, Junli Sun

“…Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses revealed that the CK and ALA + NaCl comparison groups were primarily enriched in porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism, chloroplast, and energy metabolism pathways. It is hypothesized that ALA treatment can alleviate the effects of salt stress on chlorophyll by altering the alternative splicing of genes related to photosynthesis, chlorophyll metabolism, and energy metabolism in wild jujube. …”
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Membrane-Associated Ubiquitin Ligase SAUL1 Suppresses Temperature- and Humidity-Dependent Autoimmunity in Arabidopsis by Eva-Maria Disch, Meixuezi Tong, Tanja Kotur, Gerald Koch, Carl-Asmus Wolf, Xin Li, Stefan Hoth

“…Transmission electron microscopy revealed alterations in saul1-1 chloroplast ultrastructure and cell-wall depositions. …”
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Mechanisms for leaf color changes in Osmanthus fragrans ‘Ziyan Gongzhu’ using physiology, transcriptomics and metabolomics by Peng Guo, Ziqi Huang, Wei Zhao, Nan Lin, Yihan Wang, Fude Shang

“…In contrast, the content of chlorophyll a + b is high and the content of anthocyanin is low in T3 and T4 leaves, along with high expression of chlorophyll synthesis genes and low expression of anthocyanin synthesis genes, resulting yellow green and dark green in T3 and T4 leaves, respectively. And abnormal chloroplast development affects chlorophyll content in T1, T2, and T3 leaves. …”
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Identification and Molecular Characterization of Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase (GPPS) Genes in Wintersweet Flower by Hafiz Muhammad Kamran, Syed Bilal Hussain, Shang Junzhong, Lin Xiang, Long-Qing Chen

“…Additionally, the subcellular localization assay identified the chloroplast localization of SSUs and GGPPSs proteins, and the yeast two-hybrid assay showed that both <i>Cp</i>GPPS.SSU1 and <i>Cp</i>GPPS.SSU2 can interact with the GGPPS proteins. …”
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Seed Total Protein Profiling in Discrimination of Closely Related Pines: Evidence from the <i>Pinus mugo</i> Complex by Konrad Celiński, Joanna Sokołowska, Agata Zemleduch-Barylska, Roman Kuna, Hanna Kijak, Aleksandra Maria Staszak, Aleksandra Wojnicka-Półtorak, Ewa Chudzińska

“…STP profiling enabled the discrimination of closely-related pine taxa, even of those previously indistinguishable by chloroplast DNA barcodes. The results obtained in this study indicate that STP profiling can be very useful for solving complex taxonomic puzzles.…”
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A multiple comparative study of putative endosymbionts in three coexisting apple snail species by Federico A. Dellagnola, Cristian Rodriguez, Alfredo Castro-Vazquez, Israel A. Vega

“…However, both C and K corpuscles in the three studied species hybridised with generalised cyanobacterial/chloroplast probes for 16S rRNA. Also, both corpuscle types (isolated from gland homogenates) were sensitive to lysozyme digestion, which indicates that bacterial peptidoglycans are an integral part of their covers. …”
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