“…The CC-type class expanded exclusively and strongly during the evolution of land plants, suggesting that this class of GRXs might have been recruited to participate in the evolution of more complex land plants (Xing et al, 2006;Ziemann et al, 2009). Contrasting with wide-ranging roles of plant thioredoxins in chloroplast and mitochondrial processes, seed development and germination, and auxin signaling (Buchanan and Balmer, 2005;Reichheld et al, 2007;Arsova et al, 2010;Bashandy et al, 2010), the biological and physiological functions of plant GRXs have remained largely elusive. Recently, two CC-type GRX genes, ROXY1 and ROXY2, were functionally characterized, revealing their functions during Arabidopsis flower development Xing and Zachgo, 2008;).…”