Photorespiration on Plant Metabolism

Dear Colleagues,

Photorespiration has been experiencing a strong revival of interest for the last ten years, and for good reason, as it is a metabolic pathway inherent to photosynthesis, strongly influenced by climate change and which in turn can greatly affect photosynthesis. Photorespiration is a complex cycle involving eight enzymes distributed in four cellular compartments: chloroplast, peroxisome, mitochondrion, and cytosol. Photorespiration is not limited to the recycling function of 2-phosphoglycolate since it is involved in various processes such as resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. It can affect the functioning of the Krebs cycle, amino acid metabolism, nitrogen assimilation, C1 metabolism, and photosynthetic electron transfer. Thus, this Special Issue is devoted to the study of the impact of photorespiration on plant metabolism under stress- and non-stress conditions in order to understand the interconnections of photorespiration with the rest of the plant metabolism.

Dr. Mathieu Jossier
Guest Editor

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