Molecules, 2021 Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) have recently been attracting the attention of plant biologists as a prospective tool for modulation of photosynthesis in higher plants.
Nia Petrova +5 more
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Quality control of photosystem II: lipid peroxidation accelerates photoinhibition under excessive illumination. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Environmental stresses lower the efficiency of photosynthesis and sometimes cause irreversible damage to plant functions. When spinach thylakoids and Photosystem II membranes were illuminated with excessive visible light (100-1,000 µmol photons m(-1) s ...
Tiffanie Chan +17 more
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The RUBISCO to Photosystem II Ratio Limits the Maximum Photosynthetic Rate in Picocyanobacteria
Life, 2015 Marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus are picocyanobacteria predominating in subtropical, oligotrophic marine environments, a niche predicted to expand with climate change.
Jackie K. Zorz +5 more
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Impact of energy limitations on function and resilience in long-wavelength Photosystem II
eLife, 2022 Photosystem II (PSII) uses the energy from red light to split water and reduce quinone, an energy-demanding process based on chlorophyll a (Chl-a) photochemistry. Two types of cyanobacterial PSII can use chlorophyll d (Chl-d) and chlorophyll f (Chl-f) to
Stefania Viola +9 more
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The Ability of Cyanobacterial Cells to Restore UV-B Radiation Induced Damage to Photosystem II is Influenced by Photolyase Dependent DNA Repair [PDF]
, 2013 Damage of DNA and Photosystem-II are among the most significant effects of UV-B irradiation in photosynthetic organisms. Both damaged DNA and Photosystem-II can be repaired, which represent important defense mechanisms against detrimental UV-B effects ...
Sass, László +5 more
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A Hard Day's Night: Diatoms continue recycling Photosystem II in the dark
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Marine diatoms are photosynthetic, and thrive in environments where light fluctuates. Like all oxygenic photosynthetic organisms diatoms face a light-dependent inactivation of the Photosystem II complexes that photooxidize water to generate biosynthetic
Gang Li +4 more
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Identification and roles of Photosystem II assembly, stability, and repair factors in Arabidopsis
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Photosystem II (PSII) is a multi-component pigment-protein complex that is responsible for water splitting, oxygen evolution, and plastoquinone reduction.
Yan eLu
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Light variability illuminates niche-partitioning among marine Picocyanobacteria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2007 Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus picocyanobacteria are dominant contributors to marine primary production over large areas of the ocean. Phytoplankton cells are entrained in the water column and are thus often exposed to rapid changes in irradiance ...
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Proton-mediated photoprotection mechanism in photosystem II
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Photo-induced charge separation, which is terminated by electron transfer from the primary quinone QA to the secondary quinone QB, provides the driving force for O2 evolution in photosystem II (PSII).
Yu Sugo +2 more
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The Arabidopsis Thylakoid Protein PAM68 Is Required for Efficient D1 Biogenesis and Photosystem II Assembly [PDF]
, 2010 Photosystem II (PSII) is a multiprotein complex that functions as a light-driven water:plastoquinone oxidoreductase in photosynthesis. Assembly of PSII proceeds through a number of distinct intermediate states and requires auxiliary proteins.
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