Update on the biochemistry of chlorophyll breakdown

STAY-GREEN and Chlorophyll Catabolic Enzymes Interact at Light-Harvesting Complex II for Chlorophyll Detoxification during Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

(2012) Y. Sakuraba et al.   PLANT CELL

JUNGBRUNNEN1, a Reactive Oxygen Species-Responsive NAC Transcription Factor, Regulates Longevity in Arabidopsis

(2012) A. Wu et al.   PLANT CELL

The Functional Network of the Arabidopsis Plastoglobule Proteome Based on Quantitative Proteomics and Genome-Wide Coexpression Analysis

(2012) P. K. Lundquist et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Dioxobilane as Product of a Divergent Path of Chlorophyll Breakdown in Norway Maple

(2011) Thomas Müller et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Correlation of leaf senescence and gene expression/activities of chlorophyll degradation enzymes in harvested Chinese flowering cabbage (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis)

(2011) Xuelian Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Identification of the 7-Hydroxymethyl ChlorophyllaReductase of the Chlorophyll Cycle inArabidopsis

(2011) Miki Meguro et al.   PLANT CELL

High-Resolution Temporal Profiling of Transcripts during Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence Reveals a Distinct Chronology of Processes and Regulation

(2011) E. Breeze et al.   PLANT CELL

ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 2 suppresses mitochondrial oxidative bursts and modulates cell death in Arabidopsis

(2011) Gopal K. Pattanayak et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

MES16, a Member of the Methylesterase Protein Family, Specifically Demethylates Fluorescent Chlorophyll Catabolites during Chlorophyll Breakdown in Arabidopsis

(2011) B. Christ et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

From Model to Crop: Functional Analysis of a STAY-GREEN Gene in the Model Legume Medicago truncatula and Effective Use of the Gene for Alfalfa Improvement

(2011) C. Zhou et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Critical Role of STAYGREEN/Mendel's I Locus in Controlling Disease Symptom Development during Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato Infection of Arabidopsis

(2011) C. Mecey et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Hypermodified Fluorescent Chlorophyll Catabolites: Source of Blue Luminescence in Senescent Leaves

(2010) Srinivas Banala et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Chlorophyll breakdown in higher plants

(2010) Stefan Hörtensteiner et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

A novel blue fluorescent chlorophyll catabolite accumulates in senescent leaves of the peace lily and indicates a split path of chlorophyll breakdown

(2010) Bernhard Kräutler et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Crystal Structures of the Substrate-Bound Forms of Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase: Implications for Site-Specific and Stereospecific Reaction

(2010) Masakazu Sugishima et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Chlorophyllase versus pheophytinase as candidates for chlorophyll dephytilation during senescence of broccoli

(2010) Agustin M. Büchert et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Accumulation of chlorophyll catabolites photosensitizes the hypersensitive response elicited by Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis

(2010) Luis A. J. Mur et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: a life and death struggle

(2010) Nobuyoshi Mochizuki et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Evolution of plant senescence

(2009) Howard Thomas et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Impact of UV-B irradiation on chlorophyll degradation and chlorophyll-degrading enzyme activities in stored broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. Italica Group) florets

(2009) Sukanya Aiamla-or et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Participation of ChlorophyllbReductase in the Initial Step of the Degradation of Light-harvesting Chlorophylla/b-Protein Complexes inArabidopsis

(2009) Yukiko Horie et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal Structure of Red Chlorophyll Catabolite Reductase: Enlargement of the Ferredoxin-Dependent Bilin Reductase Family

(2009) Masakazu Sugishima et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Light-Independent Cell Death Induced by Accumulation of Pheophorbide a in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) M. Hirashima et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Pheophytin Pheophorbide Hydrolase (Pheophytinase) Is Involved in Chlorophyll Breakdown during Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

(2009) S. Schelbert et al.   PLANT CELL

Defect in non-yellow coloring 3, an α/β hydrolase-fold family protein, causes a stay-green phenotype during leaf senescence in rice

(2009) Ryouhei Morita et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites in bananas light up blue halos of cell death

(2009) S. Moser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stay-green regulates chlorophyll and chlorophyll-binding protein degradation during senescence

(2009) Stefan Hörtensteiner   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Blue Luminescence of Ripening Bananas

(2008) Simone Moser et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanistic Studies of the Phytochromobilin Synthase HY2 fromArabidopsis

(2008) Shih-Long Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ATTED-II provides coexpressed gene networks for Arabidopsis

(2008) T. Obayashi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A yellow chlorophyll catabolite is a pigment of the fall colours

(2008) Simone Moser et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Chlorophyll breakdown and chlorophyll catabolites in leaves and fruit

(2008) Bernhard Kräutler   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative Mutant Analysis of Arabidopsis ABCC-Type ABC Transporters: AtMRP2 Contributes to Detoxification, Vacuolar Organic Anion Transport and Chlorophyll Degradation

(2008) Annie Frelet-Barrand et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Transcription factors regulating leaf senescence inArabidopsis thaliana

(2008) S. Balazadeh et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll band light-harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in rice

(2008) Yutaka Sato et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Stay-green protein, defective in Mendel’s green cotyledon mutant, acts independent and upstream of pheophorbide a oxygenase in the chlorophyll catabolic pathway

(2008) Sylvain Aubry et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Citrus Chlorophyllase Dynamics at Ethylene-Induced Fruit Color-Break: A Study of Chlorophyllase Expression, Posttranslational Processing Kinetics, and in Situ Intracellular Localization

(2008) T. Azoulay Shemer et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Transgenic broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) with antisense chlorophyllase (BoCLH1) delays postharvest yellowing

(2007) Long-Fang O. Chen et al.   PLANT SCIENCE