Light intensity and temperature are primary environmental factors affecting the growth and
development of plants. Changes in their intensity, range and duration can lead to …

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 …

Photosynthetic organisms and isolated photosystems are of interest for technical
applications. In nature, photosynthetic electron transport has to work efficiently in contrasting …

The light reactions in photosynthesis drive both linear and cyclic electron transport around
photosystem I (PSI). Linear electron transport generates both ATP and NADPH, whereas PSI …

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 …

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

In green algae and plants, state transitions serve as a short-term light-acclimation process in
the regulation of the light-harvesting capacity of photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII …

Photosynthetic organisms have developed various photoprotective mechanisms to cope
with exposure to high light intensities. In photosynthetic dinoflagellates that live in symbiosis …

Photosynthesis is a unique process that allows independent colonization of the land by
plants and of the oceans by phytoplankton. Although the photosynthesis process is well …

Highlights•A protein kinase and an antagonistic phosphatase regulate state transitions.•
Phosphorylated antennae detach from PSII and connect at least in part to PSI.•The …