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Revision as of 02:20, 8 March 2009
The triose phosphate translocator is an integral membrane protein found in the outer membrane of chloroplasts. It exports triose phosphate (Dihydroxyacetone phosphate) in exhange for inorganic phosphate and is therefore classified as an antiporter. This protein is responsible for exporting all the carbohydrate produced in photosynthesis by plants and therefore most of the carbon in food that we eat has been transported by the triose phosphate translocator.[1]
References
- ^ [A Mutant of Arabidopsis Lacking the Triose-Phosphate/Phosphate Translocator Reveals Metabolic Regulation of Starch Breakdown in the Light http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/reprint/135/2/891]