Encodes a chloroplast sensor kinase (CSK) that shares common ancestors with cyanobacterial histidine sensor kinases. CSK is synthesised in the cytosol and imported into the chloroplast as a protein precusor. CSK is autophosphorylated and required for control of transcription of chloroplast genes by the redox state of an electron carrier connecting photosystems I and II.
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