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Modification of plastoquinone side-chain length as a method to increase photosynthetic eficciency of plants

2015/19/B/NZ9/00422

Keywords:

plastoquinone photosynthesis abiotic stress Arabidopsis prenyl synthese transgenic plants

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_1: Agronomy
  • NZ9_13: Other related subjects

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biochemii, Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Jerzy Kruk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 145 800 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-10-03

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-10-02

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Note - project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Transiluminator (4 600 PLN)
  2. Wytrząsarka (3 200 PLN)
  3. Komory hodowlane z kontrolowanym, zmiennym światłem (do 1500 uE/m2/s) i regulacją temperatury (7-55 C) (2 szt.) (32 000 PLN)
  4. Termoblok (2 900 PLN)
  5. Wyparka próżniowa z manometrem (15 000 PLN)
  6. Diodowy panel oświetleniowy - o intenywności światła do 2000 uE/m2/s z białym światłem zimnym i ciepłym (2 szt.) (30 000 PLN)
  7. Rotator do mieszania i inkubowania próbek (4 000 PLN)
  8. Eksykator próżniowy (2 500 PLN)
  9. Homogenizator do małych objętości (21 000 PLN)
  10. Miernik natężenia światła (1 000 PLN)
  11. System HPLC z termostatowanym autosamplerem, pompą gradientową, termostatowaną kolumną, detekorem absorpcyjnym i fluorescencyjnym, komputerem i oprogramowaniem (205 000 PLN)
  12. Vortex do mieszania próbek.
  13. Zestaw do elektroforezy z zasilaczem (11 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (7)
  1. Phytohormones as targets for improving plant productivity and stress tolerance
    Authors:
    Ciura J, Kruk J
    Academic press:
    Journal of Plant Physiology (rok: 2018, tom: 229, strony: 32-40), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jplph.2018.06.013 - link to the publication
  2. Chemical quenching of singlet oxygen by plastoquinols and their oxidation products in Arabidopsis
    Authors:
    Ferretti U, Ciura J, Ksas B, Rác M, Sedlářová M, Kruk J, Havauxn M, Pospíšil P.
    Academic press:
    Plant Journal (rok: 2018, tom: 95, strony: 848-861), Wydawca: Wiley Online Library
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/tpj.13993 - link to the publication
  3. Improving photosynthesis, plant productivity and abiotic stress tolerance – current trends and future perspectives.
    Authors:
    Nowicka B, Ciura J, Szymańska R, Kruk J
    Academic press:
    Journal of Plant Physiology (rok: 2018, tom: 231, strony: 415-433), Wydawca: Elevier
    Status:
    Published
  4. Physiological and biochemical responses to high light and temperature stress in plants
    Authors:
    Szymańska Renata,Ślesak Ireneusz, Orzechowska Aleksandra, Kruk Jerzy
    Academic press:
    Environmental and Experimental Botany (rok: 2017, tom: 139, strony: 165-177), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.05.002 - link to the publication
  5. Singlet oxygen oxidation products of carotenoids, fatty acids and phenolic prenyllipids
    Authors:
    Kruk Jerzy, Szymańska Renata
    Academic press:
    Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (rok: 2021, tom: 216, strony: 112148), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112148 - link to the publication
  6. Perspektywy wykorzystania inżynierii genetycznej do zwiększenia wydajności fotosyntezy
    Authors:
    Nowicka B, Kruk J
    Academic press:
    Postępy Biochemii (rok: 2018, tom: 64, strony: 45299), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
    Status:
    Published
  7. RubisCO Early Oxygenase Activity: A Kinetic and Evolutionary Perspective
    Authors:
    Ślesak Ireneusz, Ślesak Halina, Kruk Jerzy
    Academic press:
    BioEssays (rok: 2017, tom: 39, strony: 1700071), Wydawca: Wiley Online Library
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/bies.201700071 - link to the publication