Photosynthesis has been using energy from sunlight to assimilate atmospheric CO2 for at
least 3.5 billion years. Through evolution and natural selection, photosynthetic organisms …

The photosynthetic apparatus is a highly modular assembly of large pigment-binding
proteins. Complexes called antennae can capture the sunlight and direct it from the …

The major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) has a dual regulatory function
in a process called non-photochemical quenching to avoid the formation of reactive oxygen …

The ability to harvest light effectively in a changing environment is necessary to ensure
efficient photosynthesis and crop growth. One mechanism, known as qE, protects …

The photosynthetic apparatus of higher plants can dissipate excess excitation energy during
high light exposure, by deactivating excited chlorophylls through a mechanism called …

Light-harvesting complexes of plants exert a dual function of light-harvesting (LH) and
photoprotection through processes collectively called nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) …

Photosynthetic processes are driven by sunlight. Too little of it and the photosynthetic
machinery cannot produce the reductive power to drive the anabolic pathways. Too much …

Major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII) plays a dual role in light-harvesting
and excited energy dissipation to protect photodamage from excess energy. The regulatory …

Light harvesting as the first step in photosynthesis is of prime importance for life on earth. For
a theoretical description of photochemical processes during light harvesting, spectral …

Diatoms generate a large portion of the oxygen produced on earth due to their exceptional
light-harvesting properties involving fucoxanthin and chlorophyll-binding proteins (FCP). At …