title: Expression of NADPH-Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase gene in fully green leaves of cucumber.
abstract: Photoreduction of protochlorophyllide a to chlorophyllide a that is catalyzed by NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (NPR) is only a light-dependent step in overall processes of biosynthesis of Chl in angiosperms. Unlike many other plants, in fully green leaves of cucumber the expression of only a single NPR gene of cucumber was positively regulated by light and developmental age of leaf, and also by diurnal and circadian rhythms. The single NPR gene was shown to be involved in Chl synthesis throughout of the vegetative growth of cucumber (in cotyledons and fully green leaves).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fusada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takamiya
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D010088:Oxidoreductases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C023886:protochlorophyllide reductase