Rostock Biologists Unveal Mechanism for Light Protection of Plants

Plants, such as the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), which is know as a popular model plant in plant science, accumulate large amounts of pigments, so-called anthocyanins (right) in their leaf tissues as they adapt to higher light intensities (Photo: Andreas Richter/University of Rostock).

Changing environmental conditions, such as those caused by climate change, require plants to adapt accordingly. A research group from the Institute of Biosciences at the University of Rostock, with the participation of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, has now been able to decipher how plants form protective pigments to protect themselves from high light intensity. The work was published in the journal Plant Communications.

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Publication:
Max-Emanuel Zirngibl, Galileo Estopare Araguirang, Anastasia Kitashova, Kathrin Jahnke, Tobias Rolka, Christine Kühn, Thomas Nägele, Andreas S. Richter (2022): Triosephosphate export from chloroplasts and cellular sugar content regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis during high light acclimation. Plant Communications 3, 100423, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100423

Contact Information:
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Richter
University pf Rostock
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Institute for Biosciences/Plant Metabolic Physiology
phone: +49 381 498 6113
E-mail: andreas.richter@uni-rostock.de

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