chloroplast relocation

id: GO:0009902
name: chloroplast relocation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which chloroplasts in photosynthetic cells migrate toward illuminated sites to optimize photosynthesis and move away from excessively illuminated areas to protect the photosynthetic machinery.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009903chloroplast avoidance movement
GO:0009904chloroplast accumulation movement

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009658chloroplast organization
GO:0051667establishment of plastid localization