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 …

Coloring outside the lines: Exploiting pigment–protein synergy for far-red absorption in plant light-harvesting complexes

E Elias, K Brache, J Schäfers… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Plants are designed to utilize visible light for photosynthesis. Expanding this light absorption
toward the far-red could boost growth in low-light conditions and potentially increase crop …

Perspectives on improving photosynthesis to increase crop yield

R Croce, E Carmo-Silva, YB Cho, M Ermakova… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Improving photosynthesis, the fundamental process by which plants convert light energy into
chemical energy, is a key area of research with great potential for enhancing sustainable …

Eustigmatophyte model of red-shifted chlorophyll a absorption in light-harvesting complexes

A Agostini, D Bína, D Barcytė, M Bortolus… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms harvest light for energy. Some eukaryotic algae have specialized
in harvesting far-red light by tuning chlorophyll a absorption through a mechanism still to be …

Structure of the red-shifted Fittonia albivenis photosystem I

X Li, G Huang, L Zhu, C Hao, SF Sui, X Qin - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Photosystem I (PSI) from Fittonia albivenis, an Acanthaceae ornamental plant, is
notable among green plants for its red-shifted emission spectrum. Here, we solved the …

Excitation landscape of the CP43 photosynthetic antenna complex from multiscale simulations

S Bhattacharjee, S Arra, I Daidone, DA Pantazis - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photosystem II (PSII), the principal enzyme of oxygenic photosynthesis, contains two integral
light harvesting proteins (CP43 and CP47) that bind chlorophylls and carotenoids. The two …

Probing the Effect of Mutations on Light Harvesting in CP29 by Transient Absorption and First-Principles Simulations

P Saraceno, S Sardar, R Caferri… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural light harvesting is exceptionally efficient thanks to the local energy funnel created
within light-harvesting complexes (LHCs). To understand the design principles underlying …

Stabilization of Charge-Transfer Excited States in Biological Systems: A Computational Focus on the Special Pair in Photosystem II Reaction Centers

A Forde, S Maity, VM Freixas… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Charge-transfer (CT) excited states play an important role in many biological processes.
However, many computational approaches often inadequately address the equilibration …

Integrated eQTL map** approach reveals genomic regions regulating candidate genes of the E8-r3 locus in soybean

J Gélinas Bélanger, TR Copley… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Deciphering the gene regulatory networks of critical quantitative trait loci associated with
early maturity provides information for breeders to unlock soybean's (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) …

Environment-dependent chlorophyll–chlorophyll charge transfer states in Lhca4 pigment–protein complex

G Rankelytė, A Gelzinis, B Robert, L Valkunas… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Photosystem I (PSI) light-harvesting antenna complexes LHCI contain spectral forms that
absorb and emit photons of lower energy than that of its primary electron donor, P700. The …