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Photosynthetic Light Reactions in Diatoms. I. The Lipids and Light-Harvesting Complexes of the Thylakoid Membrane
Light harvesting and photochemistry is performed by photosystems coupled to specific antennae embedded in the thylakoid membrane, a common principle...
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Outdoor photoacclimation of two Chlorella strains characterized by normal and reduced light-harvesting antennas: photosynthetic activity and chlorophyll-protein organization
Photoacclimation of two Chlorella cultures – strain g-120 characterised by a reduced size of light-harvesting antenna complex (LHC) and strain R-117...
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The structural basis for light acclimation in phycobilisome light harvesting systems systems in Porphyridium purpureum
Photosynthetic organisms adapt to changing light conditions by manipulating their light harvesting complexes. Biophysical, biochemical, physiological...
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A perspective on the major light-harvesting complex dynamics under the effect of pH, salts, and the photoprotective PsbS protein
The photosynthetic apparatus is a highly modular assembly of large pigment-binding proteins. Complexes called antennae can capture the sunlight and...
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Oxidative modification of LHC II associated with photosystem II and PS I-LHC I-LHC II membranes
Under aerobic conditions the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) by electron transport chains is unavoidable, and occurs in both autotrophic...
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Structural and Functional Dynamics of Microbial Photosystem Complexes
Photosynthesis involves two stages, the light reactions and the dark reactions that occur in thylakoid membranes and stroma, respectively. The...
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Light-harvesting complex gene regulation by a MYB-family transcription factor in the marine diatom, Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Unicellular photoautotrophs adapt to variations in light intensity by changing the abundance of light harvest pigment-protein complexes (LHCs) on...
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Combining BN-PAGE and microscopy techniques to investigate pigment-protein complexes and plastid transitions in citrus fruit
BackgroundChlorophyll and carotenoids, the most widely distributed lipophilic pigments in plants, contribute to fruit coloration during development...
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Genome wide identification and characterization of light-harvesting Chloro a/b binding (LHC) genes reveals their potential role in enhancing drought tolerance in Gossypium hirsutum
BackgroundCotton is an important commercial crop for being a valuable source of natural fiber. Its production has undergone a sharp decline because...
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Accumulation of geranylgeranylated chlorophylls in the pigment-protein complexes of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to green light: effects on the organization of light-harvesting complex II and photosystem II functions
Light quality significantly influences plant metabolism, growth and development. Recently, we have demonstrated that leaves of barley and other plant...
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Analysis of Lhc family genes reveals development regulation and diurnal fluctuation expression patterns in Cyperus esculentus, a Cyperaceae plant
Main conclusionSixteen Lhc genes representing 13 phylogenetic groups were identified from the full-length transcriptome of tigernut, exhibiting...
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Light-harvesting complex stress-related proteins play crucial roles in the acclimation of Physcomitrella patens under fluctuating light conditions
Photosynthetic organisms have evolved photoprotective mechanisms to acclimate to light intensity fluctuations in their natural growth environments....
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of thylakoid complexes separated by Blue Native PAGE
BackgroundBlue Native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN PAGE) followed by denaturing PAGE is a widely used, convenient and time efficient method...
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Structural insights into the assembly and energy transfer of the Lhcb9-dependent photosystem I from moss Physcomitrium patens
In plants and green algae, light-harvesting complexes I and II (LHCI and LHCII) constitute the antennae of photosystem I (PSI), thus effectively...
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Identification of the Stress Hli Protein in the Pigment–Protein Complexes of Arthrospira platensis
AbstractHli proteins of the multicellular cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis have been studied in this work. According to the NCBI database, three...
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Reversible protein phosphorylation in higher plants: focus on state transitions
Reversible protein phosphorylation is one of the comprehensive mechanisms of cell metabolism regulation in eukaryotic organisms. The review describes...
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Growth phase-dependent reorganization of cryptophyte photosystem I antennae
Photosynthetic cryptophytes are eukaryotic algae that utilize membrane-embedded chlorophyll a/c binding proteins (CACs) and lumen-localized...
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Underwater Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria: Challenges and Adaptations
Within the class of photosynthetic organisms, cyanobacteria are among the most prevalent and diverse groups. They can multiply under a wide range of...
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Light-Harvesting Complexes of Diatoms: Fucoxanthin-Chlorophyll Proteins
Diatoms contain antenna proteins called fucoxanthin-chlorophyll-proteins (FCP) that belong to the huge family of intrinsic light-harvesting complex...