Hee-Jong Koh

TL;DR: It is proposed that in senescing leaves, Sgr regulates Chl degradation by inducing LHCPII disassembly through direct interaction, leading to the degradation of Chls and Chl-free LH CPII by catabolic enzymes and proteases, respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, the bran of rice seeds from twenty one pigmented and one non-pigmented rice cultivars were evaluated for antioxidative activities using the following tests: inhibition of peroxidation of linoleic acid, inhibition of rabbit lipid erythrocyte membranes, reduction of potassium ferricyanide, and scavenging of superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals.

TL;DR: In the seedlings fed with aminolevulinate-dipyridyl in darkness, MgProto levels in the chl1 and chl9 mutants decreased up to 25% and 31% of that in wild-type, respectively, indicating that the Mg-chelatase activity is significantly reduced, causing the eventual decrease in chlorophyll synthesis.

TL;DR: It is proposed that upon insufficient activity of RNR, plastid DNA synthesis is preferentially arrested to allow nuclear genome replication in developing leaves, leading to continuous plant growth.

TL;DR: A high-throughput method to simultaneously obtain complete cp and nR sequences using Illumina platform whole-genome sequence is introduced, clarifying three ambiguous but important issues in the evolution of wild Oryza species.