Regulation and dynamics of the light-harvesting system

JD Rochaix - Annual review of plant biology, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
Photosynthetic organisms are continuously subjected to changes in light quantity and
quality, and must adjust their photosynthetic machinery so that it maintains optimal …

Challenges and opportunities for hydrogen production from microalgae

M Oey, AL Sawyer, IL Ross… - Plant biotechnology …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The global population is predicted to increase from~ 7.3 billion to over 9 billion people by
2050. Together with rising economic growth, this is forecast to result in a 50% increase in …

Structural insight into light harvesting for photosystem II in green algae

X Sheng, A Watanabe, A Li, E Kim, C Song, K Murata… - Nature Plants, 2019‏ - nature.com
Green algae and plants rely on light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) to collect photon energy
for oxygenic photosynthesis. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, LHCII molecules associate with …

A Dual Strategy to Cope with High Light in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

G Allorent, R Tokutsu, T Roach, G Peers… - The Plant …, 2013‏ - academic.oup.com
Absorption of light in excess of the capacity for photosynthetic electron transport is damaging
to photosynthetic organisms. Several mechanisms exist to avoid photodamage, which are …

Structure of a C2S2M2N2-type PSII–LHCII supercomplex from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

L Shen, Z Huang, S Chang, W Wang, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Photosystem II (PSII) in the thylakoid membranes of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria
catalyzes light-induced oxidation of water by which light energy is converted to chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) and its supramolecular organization in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

B Drop, M Webber-Birungi, SKN Yadav… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
LHCII is the most abundant membrane protein on earth. It participates in the first steps of
photosynthesis by harvesting sunlight and transferring excitation energy to the core …

Structural basis of LhcbM5-mediated state transitions in green algae

X Pan, R Tokutsu, A Li, K Takizawa, C Song, K Murata… - Nature plants, 2021‏ - nature.com
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 …

State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strongly modulate the functional size of photosystem II but not of photosystem I

C Ünlü, B Drop, R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Proceedings of the National …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Plants and green algae optimize photosynthesis in changing light conditions by balancing
the amount of light absorbed by photosystems I and II. These photosystems work in series to …

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii PsbS Protein Is Functional and Accumulates Rapidly and Transiently under High Light

T Tibiletti, P Auroy, G Peltier, S Caffarri - Plant physiology, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Photosynthetic organisms must respond to excess light in order to avoid photo-oxidative
stress. In plants and green algae the fastest response to high light is non-photochemical …

Quantum yield of charge separation in photosystem II: functional effect of changes in the antenna size upon light acclimation

E Wientjes, H van Amerongen… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
We have studied thylakoid membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana acclimated to different light
conditions and have related protein composition to excitation energy transfer and trap** …