Photosynthetic organisms are crucial for life on Earth as they provide food and oxygen and
are at the basis of most energy resources. They have a large variety of light-harvesting …

Light is essential for photosynthesis. Nevertheless, its intensity widely changes depending
on time of day, weather, season, and localization of individual leaves within canopies. This …

Plants and algae require light for photosynthesis, but absorption of too much light can lead
to photo‐oxidative damage to the photosynthetic apparatus and sustained decreases in the …

Microalgae play an important role in carbon sequestration by converting solar energy into
biomass as an energy reserve. The conversion efficiency is often limited by light absorbed in …

Photosystem II (PSII) of photosynthesis catalyzes one of the most challenging reactions in
nature, the light driven oxidation of water and release of molecular oxygen. PSII couples the …

While photosynthesis transforms sunlight energy into sugar, aerobic and anaerobic
respiration (fermentation) catabolizes sugars to fuel cellular activities. These processes take …

One of the major factors limiting biomass productivity in algae is the low thermodynamic
efficiency of photosynthesis. The greatest thermodynamic inefficiencies in photosynthesis …

The emergence of chlorophyll-containing light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) was a crucial
milestone in the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. Light-harvesting …

Photosynthesis is regulated by a dynamic interplay between proteins, enzymes, pigments,
lipids, and cofactors that takes place on a large spatio-temporal scale. Molecular dynamics …

Life on earth is dependent on the photosynthetic conversion of light energy into chemical
energy. However, absorption of excess sunlight can damage the photosynthetic machinery …