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Strategies for adaptation to high light in plants
Plants absorb light energy for photosynthesis via photosystem complexes in their chloroplasts. However, excess light can damage the photosystems and...
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Chlorophyll fluorometry in evaluating photosynthetic performance: key limitations, possibilities, perspectives and alternatives
Non-destructive methods for the assessment of photosynthetic parameters of plants are widely applied to evaluate rapidly the photosynthetic...
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Cyclic AMP-binding protein Epac1 acts as a metabolic sensor to promote cardiomyocyte lipotoxicity
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a master regulator of mitochondrial metabolism but its precise mechanism of action yet remains unclear....
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Controlled electron transfer by molecular wires embedded in ultrathin insulating membranes for driving redox catalysis
Organic bilayers or amorphous silica films of a few nanometer thickness featuring embedded molecular wires offer opportunities for chemically...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: The highly efficient NDH-dependent photosystem I cyclic electron flow pathway in the marine angiosperm Zostera marina
Zostera marina , a fully submerged marine angiosperm with a unique evolutionary history associated with its terrestrial origin, has distinct...
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Measurement of Mitochondrial (Dys)Function in Cellular Systems Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR): Oxygen Consumption Rate and Superoxide Production
The oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and superoxide production are crucial when assessing mitochondrial function and/or dysfunction. EPR spectroscopy...
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Regulation of the Degree of Manifestation of Obligate CAM Pathway in Sedum dendroideum by Salinity
AbstractBiochemical, physiological, and anatomical features of salt tolerance of Sedum dendroideum Moc. & Sessé ex DC species with obligate CAM...
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Role of Vacuolar Membrane Transport Systems in Plant Salinity Tolerance
About 20% of all irrigated land is adversely affected by salinity hazards and therefore understanding plant defense mechanisms against salinity will...
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Effects of Nitrogen Deficiency on Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Attributes at Two Contrasting Legume Forages
AbstractExploration of genetic resources constitutes an eminent device for the selection of interesting tolerant forage species for nitrogen...
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Photoferrotrophy and phototrophic extracellular electron uptake is common in the marine anoxygenic phototroph Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
Photoferrotrophy allows anoxygenic phototrophs to use reduced iron as an electron donor for primary productivity. Recent work shows that freshwater...
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Photosynthetic Apparatus: Major Site of Oxidative Damage
Photosynthesis is the most crucial physiological process that converts solar energy into biomass and facilitates life sustenance on earth. The...
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Effect of Acclimation to High Temperatures on the Mechanisms of Drought Tolerance in Species with Different Types of Photosynthesis: Sedobassia sedoides (C3–C4) and Bassia prostrata (C4-NADP)
AbstractThe effect of drought on the morphophysiological, biochemical, and molecular genetic parameters of plants Sedobassia sedoides (Pall.)...
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A comprehensive assessment of photosynthetic acclimation to shade in C4 grass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.)
BackgroundLight deficit in shaded environment critically impacts the growth and development of turf plants. Despite this fact, past research has...
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Roadmap of electrons from donor side to the reaction center of photosynthetic purple bacteria with mutated cytochromes
In photosynthetic bacteria, the absorbed light drives the canonical cyclic electron transfer between the reaction center and the cytochrome bc 1 ...
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Overexpressing plant ferredoxin-like protein enhances photosynthetic efficiency and carbohydrates accumulation in Phalaenopsis
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is one of three major models of carbon dioxide assimilation pathway with better water-use efficiency and slower...
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Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas stutzeri S116 owning bifunctional catalysis provides insights into affecting performance of microbial fuel cells
BackgroundPseudomonas stutzeri S116 is a sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from marine sludge. It exhibited excellent electricity generation as...
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Revealing the significance of chlorophyll b in the moss Physcomitrium patens by knocking out two functional chlorophyllide a oxygenase
The chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll b (Chl b ). In the moss Physcomitrium patens ( P. patens ),...
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Spectral reflectance and fluorescence is a rapid, non-destructive tool for drought tolerance monitoring in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Withania somnifera plants were exposed to drought stress for 23 days. Relative water content (RWC), gaseous exchange, fluorescence parameters, and...
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Singlet Oxygen and Superoxide Anion Radical Detection by EPR Spin Trap** in Thylakoid Preparations
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by energy transfer and electron transport in plant chloroplast thylakoids at non-toxic levels under normal...
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Effect of Elevated CO2 Concentrations on Drought and Heat Tolerance of the C4-NADP Species Kochia prostrata
AbstractThe effect of elevated CO 2 (eCO 2 ) on changes in the morphophysiological, biochemical, and molecular genetic parameters of the C 4 -NADP...
