Oxygenic photosynthesis in far-red light: strategies and mechanisms

E Elias, TJ Oliver, R Croce - Annual Review of Physical …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis, the process that converts light energy into chemical energy, is
traditionally associated with the absorption of visible light by chlorophyll molecules …

Photosynthetic light-harvesting (antenna) complexes—structures and functions

H Lokstein, G Renger, JP Götze - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, together with carotenoids, serve, noncovalently
bound to specific apoproteins, as principal light-harvesting and energy-transforming …

Far‐red photons have equivalent efficiency to traditional photosynthetic photons: Implications for redefining photosynthetically active radiation

S Zhen, B Bugbee - Plant, cell & environment, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Far‐red photons (701–750 nm) are abundant in sunlight but are considered
inactive for photosynthesis and are thus excluded from the definition of photosynthetically …

Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems

DJ Nürnberg, J Morton, S Santabarbara, A Telfer… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Photosystems I and II convert solar energy into the chemical energy that powers life.
Chlorophyll a photochemistry, using red light (680 to 700 nm), is near universal and is …

Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f

CJ Gisriel, G Shen, MY Ho, V Kurashov… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Far-red light (FRL) photoacclimation in cyanobacteria provides a selective growth
advantage for some terrestrial cyanobacteria by expanding the range of photosynthetically …

Chlorophyll modifications and their spectral extension in oxygenic photosynthesis

M Chen - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Chlorophylls are magnesium-tetrapyrrole molecules that play essential roles in
photosynthesis. All chlorophylls have similar five-membered ring structures, with variations …

Recent advances of natural pigments from algae

Z Chen, W Wu, Y Wen, L Zhang, Y Wu, MS Farid… - … Processing and Nutrition, 2023 - Springer
Pigment is an important food additive that plays a major role in the sensory impact of food.
And natural sources, healthy and non-toxic edible pigments are receiving a lot of attention …

Chlorophyll pigments and their synthetic analogs

H Tamiaki, S Kichishima - Plant And Cell Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Oxygenic phototrophs use chlorophylls (Chls) as photosynthetically active pigments. A
variety of Chl molecules have been found in photosynthetic organisms, including green …

Harnessing photosynthesis to produce electricity using cyanobacteria, green algae, seaweeds and plants

Y Shlosberg, G Schuster, N Adir - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The conversion of solar energy into electrical current by photosynthetic organisms has the
potential to produce clean energy. Life on earth depends on photosynthesis, the major …

Recent updates on the production and upgrading of bio-crude oil from microalgae

HKS Panahi, M Tabatabaei, M Aghbashlo… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although currently microalgae biomass is not considered as a sustainable feedstock for
biofuel production, future developments of microalgae cultivation and harvest could make …