Throughout decades of plant research, the plant hormones known as auxins have been found to be of vital importance in most plant development processes. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) represents the most common auxin in plants and can be synthesized from its tryptophan precursor, which is synthesized in the chloroplast. The chloroplast constitutes an organelle of great relevance to plants since the photosynthesis process by which plants get most of their energy is carried out there. The role of auxins in photosynthesis has been studied for at least 50 years, and in this time, it has been shown that auxins have an effect on several of the essential components and structure of the chloroplast. In recent decades, a high number of genes have been reported to be expressed in the chloroplast and some of their mutants have been shown to alter different auxin-mediated pathways. Genes in signaling pathways such as IAA/AUX, ARF, GH.3, SAUR and TIR, biosynthesis-related genes such as YUCCA and transport-related genes such as PIN have been identified among the most regulated genes in mutants related to alterations in the chloroplast. This review aims to provide a complete and updated summary of the relationship between auxins and several processes that involve the chloroplast, including chloroplast development, plant albinism, redox regulation and pigment synthesis.

在数十年的植物研究中，已发现被称为植物生长素的植物激素在大多数植物发育过程中至关重要。吲哚-3-乙酸（IAA）代表植物中最常见的植物生长素，可以由其色氨酸前体（在叶绿体中合成）合成。叶绿体构成了与植物高度相关的细胞器，因为光合作用是植物在其中进行大部分能量吸收的过程。生长素在光合作用中的作用已被研究了至少50年，而此时已显示出生长素对叶绿体的一些基本成分和结构有影响。近几十年来，据报道，大量基因在叶绿体中表达，并且它们的某些突变体已显示出改变生长素介导的途径的途径。信号通路中的基因，例如IAA / AUX，ARF，GH.3，SAUR和TIR，与生物合成相关的基因（例如YUCCA）和运输相关的基因（例如PIN）已在与叶绿体变化相关的突变体中受到最严格的调控。这篇综述旨在提供关于植物生长素与涉及叶绿体的若干过程之间关系的完整和更新的摘要，包括叶绿体发育，植物白化病，氧化还原调节和色素合成。