Chloroplast degradation: one organelle, multiple degradation pathways

Qingjun Xie, Simon Michaeli, Nadas Peled-Zehavi, Gad Galili

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Abstract

Degradation of chloroplasts is a hallmark of both natural and stress-induced plant senescence. Autophagy and senescence-associated vacuoles are two established cellular pathways for chloroplast degradation. Recently, a third independent pathway for chloroplast degradation was reported. Here we will discuss this new discovery in relation to the other known pathways.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)264-265
Number of pages2
JournalTrends in Plant Science
Volume20
Issue number5
Early online date9 Apr 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2015

Funding

The research in our laboratory is supported by grants from The Israel Science Foundation; Bi-national Agriculture Research and Development (BARD); Israeli Ministry of Agriculture; Alternative Energy Research Initiation (AERI) Program; and the ICORE Biofuels Program.

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