Jean-David Rochaix

portrait Prof. Jean-David Rochaix

Département de Biologie moléculaire
Université de Genève
30, Quai Ernest Ansermet
CH-1211 Genève 4
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0)77 458 4100
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 755 2357
Fax: +41 (0) 22 379 68 68
E-mail: jean-david.rochaix(at)unige.ch
URL Institution: www.unige.ch
Personal URL: link
 Phone: +41 (0)77 458 4100
Phone2: +41 (0) 22 755 2357
Fax: +41 (0) 22 379 68 68
E-mail: jean-david.rochaix(at)unige.ch
URL Institution: www.unige.ch
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
Professor emeritus


Key Publications of Jean-David Rochaix (up to ten) :
1. Depège, N., Bellafiore, S. and Rochaix, J.D. (2003) Role of chloroplast protein kinase Stt7 in LHCII phosphorylation and state transition in Chlamydomonas. Science, 299, 1572- 1575.
2. Falciatore, A., Merendino, L., Barneche, F., Ceol, M., Meskauskiene, R., Apel, K. and Rochaix, J.D. (2005) The FLP proteins act as regulators of chlorophyll synthesis in response to light and plastid signals in Chlamydomonas. Genes and Development, 19, 176-187.
3. Bellafiore, S., Barneche, F., Peltier, G. and Rochaix, J.D. (2005) State transitions and light adaptation require chloroplast thylakoid protein kinase STN7. Nature, 433, 892-895.
4. Barneche, F., Winter, V., Crèvecœur, M. and Rochaix, J.D. (2006) ATAB2 is a novel factor in the signalling pathway of light-controlled synthesis of photosystem proteins. EMBO J. 25, 5907-5918.
5. Surzycki, R., Cournac, L., Peltier, G. and Rochaix J.D. (2007) Potential for hydrogen production with inducible chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 104, 17548-17553.
6. Ramundo S, Rahire M, Schaad, O. and Rochaix JD (2013) Conditional repression of essential chloroplast genes reveals new signaling pathways and regulatory feedback loops in Chlamydomonas. Plant Cell 25, 167-186.
7. Ramundo, S., Casero, D., Muhlhaus, T., Hemme, D., Sommer, F., Crevecoeur, M., Rahire, M., Schroda, M., Rusch, J., Goodenough, U., et al. (2014) Conditional Depletion of the Chlamydomonas Chloroplast ClpP Protease Activates Nuclear Genes Involved in Autophagy and Plastid Protein Quality Control. Plant Cell 26: 2201-2222.
8. Ramundo, S., and Rochaix, J. D. (2014) Loss of chloroplast ClpP elicits an autophagy-like response in Chlamydomonas. Autophagy 10: 1685-1686.
9. Ramundo S, Asakura Y, Salomé PA, Strenkert D, Boone M, Mackinder LCM, Takafuji K, Dinc E, Rahire M, Crèvecoeur M, Magneschi L, Schaad O, Hippler M, Jonikas MC, Merchant S, Nakai M, Rochaix JD, Walter P. (2020) Coexpressed subunits of dual genetic origin define a conserved supercomplex mediating essential protein import into chloroplasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117: 32739-32749. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2014294117
10. 257. Wu J, Rong L, Lin W, Kong L, Wei D, Zhang L, Rochaix JD, Xu X. (2021) Functional redox links between Lumen Thiol Oxidoreductase1 and Serine/Threonine-protein kinase STN7. Plant Physiol. 186: 964-976. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab091. PMID: 33620491.


Specialties of Jean-David Rochaix:
Biogenesis of the photosynthetic system and of chloroplasts
Acclimation to changes in light conditions
Biohydrogen production

Last update: 12/5/22
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