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Commentary

Non-coding RNAs’ partitioning in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms via energy transduction and redox signaling

Pages 101-104 | Received 18 Aug 2014, Accepted 19 Nov 2014, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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Figure 1. Minimalistic sketch of the working hypothesis for a proposed evolutionary mechanism between ncRNAs and bioenergetics in plant biology: Novel (auto)-feeding loops of genetic regulation via endogenous ncRNAs circulation; due to the effective velocity that characterizes their kinetic properties, between different sub-cellular compartments, including chloroplast, mitochondrion, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Light may have a titrative effect on ncRNAs’ generation since energy (ATP) is required for their functionality maintenance. A redox coupling; through accumulation of electrons and protons (e/H+) by those differentially charged RNA bridges, is mediated in the levels of regulation that are depicted in bullets.

Figure 1. Minimalistic sketch of the working hypothesis for a proposed evolutionary mechanism between ncRNAs and bioenergetics in plant biology: Novel (auto)-feeding loops of genetic regulation via endogenous ncRNAs circulation; due to the effective velocity that characterizes their kinetic properties, between different sub-cellular compartments, including chloroplast, mitochondrion, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Light may have a titrative effect on ncRNAs’ generation since energy (ATP) is required for their functionality maintenance. A redox coupling; through accumulation of electrons and protons (e−/H+) by those differentially charged RNA bridges, is mediated in the levels of regulation that are depicted in bullets.

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