Structure and energy transfer in photosystems of oxygenic photosynthesis

N Nelson, W Junge - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal converter of sunlight into chemical energy on Earth.
Cyanobacteria and plants provide the oxygen, food, fuel, fibers, and platform chemicals for …

A comparison between plant photosystem I and photosystem II architecture and functioning

S Caffarri, T Tibiletti, RC Jennings… - Current Protein and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is indispensable both for the development and maintenance of life
on earth by converting light energy into chemical energy and by producing molecular …

Structure of spinach photosystem II–LHCII supercomplex at 3.2 Å resolution

X Wei, X Su, P Cao, X Liu, W Chang, M Li, X Zhang… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
During photosynthesis, the plant photosystem II core complex receives excitation energy
from the peripheral light-harvesting complex II (LHCII). The pathways along which excitation …

Crystal structure of spinach major light-harvesting complex at 2.72 Å resolution

Z Liu, H Yan, K Wang, T Kuang, J Zhang, L Gui, X An… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHC-II) serves as the principal solar
energy collector in the photosynthesis of green plants and presumably also functions in …

Mechanisms of photoprotection and nonphotochemical quenching in pea light‐harvesting complex at 2.5 Å resolution

J Standfuss, AC Terwisscha van Scheltinga… - The EMBO …, 2005 - embopress.org
The plant light‐harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHC‐II) collects and transmits solar
energy for photosynthesis in chloroplast membranes and has essential roles in regulation of …

Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting

AA Pascal, Z Liu, K Broess, B van Oort… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
In order to maximize their use of light energy in photosynthesis, plants have molecules that
act as light-harvesting antennae, which collect light quanta and deliver them to the reaction …

Analysis of LhcSR3, a Protein Essential for Feedback De-Excitation in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

G Bonente, M Ballottari, TB Truong, T Morosinotto… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
In photosynthetic organisms, feedback dissipation of excess absorbed light energy balances
harvesting of light with metabolic energy consumption. This mechanism prevents …

Energy transfer in photosynthesis: experimental insights and quantitative models

R van Grondelle, VI Novoderezhkin - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
We overview experimental and theoretical studies of energy transfer in the photosynthetic
light-harvesting complexes LH1, LH2, and LHCII performed during the past decade since …

Functional analyses of the plant photosystem I–light-harvesting complex II supercomplex reveal that light-harvesting complex II loosely bound to photosystem II is a …

P Galka, S Santabarbara, TTH Khuong… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
State transitions are an important photosynthetic short-term response that allows energy
distribution balancing between photosystems I (PSI) and II (PSII). In plants when PSII is …

Molecular dynamics simulations in photosynthesis

N Liguori, R Croce, SJ Marrink, S Thallmair - Photosynthesis research, 2020 - Springer
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 …