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. 2017 Mar 9;19(2):504–518. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12533

Table 2.

List of representative chloroplast‐ and photosynthesis‐related genes affected by virus infection.

Virus–host Gene Reference
Cucumber mosaic virus–tobacco Chlorophyll synthesis enzymes Mochizuki et al. ( 2014b)
Glutamyl tRNA reductase (hemA gene)
Protoporphyrin IX oxidase
Mg protoporphyrin IX chelatase (ChlH)
Mg protoporphyrin chelatase subunit (ChlI)
S‐Adenosyl‐l‐methionine Mg‐protoporphyrin IX methyltranserase (ChlM)
NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase
Chlorophyll synthase (ChlG)
Antenna proteins
Photosystem I (PSI) light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b‐binding protein
Chloroplast pigment‐binding protein
Light‐harvesting chlorophyll a/b‐binding protein precursor
PSI‐related proteins
Photosystem I reaction centre subunit X psaK
Photosystem I psaH protein precursor
Photosystem I reaction centre subunit IV A
Photosystem I subunit XI
PSII‐related proteins
Chloroplast photosystem II PsbR
Photosystem II P680 chlorophyll A apoprotein
Photosystem II 23‐kDa polypeptide
Photosystem II 44‐kDa reaction centre protein
Oxygen‐evolving complex 33‐kDa photosystem II protein (PsbO)
Chloroplast oxygen‐evolving protein 16‐kDa subunit
Electron transport chain
Plastid quinol oxidase
Cytochrome b6
RuBisCO proteins
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large‐chain precursor
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain
Ribulose‐1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase
Chlorophyll catabolism
Chlorophyllase mRNA
Red chlorophyll catabolite reductase
Chloroplast differentiation
Plastid division regulator MinD mRNA
FtsZ‐like chloroplast protein
Antioxidant defence
Superoxide dismutase [Fe]
Stromal ascorbate peroxidase
Thylakoid‐bound ascorbate peroxidase
Glutathione reductase
Radish leaf curl betasatelliteNicotiana benthamiana Chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosystem Bhattacharyya et al. ( 2015)
Chlorophyll synthase (ChlG)
Mg protoporphyrin IX chelatase (ChlH)
Mg protoporphyrin chelatase subunit (ChlI)
Glutamyl tRNA reductase (hemA gene)
Ferrochelatase
Photosystem II protein T
33‐kDa protein of oxygen‐evolving complex (PsbO)
23‐kDa protein of oxygen‐evolving complex (PsbP)
RuBisCO
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large subunit
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit
Plastid development and chloroplast defence
ATP‐dependent ClpP1 protease
Maturase K
Allene oxide cyclase 3, chloroplast precursor
Tobamoviruses–Nicotiana benthamiana 33‐kDa protein of oxygen‐evolving complex (PsbO) Pérez‐Bueno et al. ( 2004)
23‐kDa protein of oxygen‐evolving complex (PsbP)
Pepper mild mottle virusNicotiana benthamiana Photosystem I PsaD protein Pineda et al. ( 2010)
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large subunit
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit
Ribulose 1,5‐bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase activase
Cytochrome f
Ferredoxin‐NADP+ reductase
Glutamine synthetase
Phosphoribulokinase
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Sedoheptulose‐1,7‐bisphosphatase