Significance of molecular crowding in grana membranes of higher plants for light harvesting by photosystem II.

abstract：:The genome of the purple non-sulphur photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila has been found to contain multiple copies of puc light-harvesting (LH2) peripheral antenna complex genes. Three wild-type isolates each exhibiting dissimilar peripheral antenna complex phenotypes in response to growth at reduced ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Gardiner AT,Mackenzie RC,Barrett SJ,Kaiser K,Cogdell RJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen may enhance CO2-saturated photosynthesis in intact leaves, which display the Warburg effect when illuminated at the current atmospheric level of CO2 and O2, of about 350 microl l(-1) and 21%, respectively. The magnitude of the stimulation depends on irradiance. The K(M)(O2) of the stimulation is 128 microM (10....

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Viil J,Ivanova H,Pärnik T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Soret absorption spectra of six synthetic rigid porphyrin dimers whose crystal structures have been determined are simulated using simple exciton theory. The objective is to test the validity of the point dipole and associated approximations; the electronic interaction parameters are thus calculated using data obt...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Won Y,Friesner RA,Johnson MR,Sessler JL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase fromEuglena gracilis decays steadily when exposed to agents that induce oxidative modification of cysteine residues (Cu(2+), benzofuroxan, disulfides, arsenite, oxidized ascorbate). Inactivation takes place with a concomitant loss of cysteine sulfhydryl g...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： García-Ferris C,Moreno J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-translational modification consisting in the formation/reduction of disulfide bonds has been the subject of intense research in plants since the discovery in the 1970s that many chloroplastic enzymes are regulated by light through dithiol-disulfide exchange reactions catalyzed by oxidoreductases called thiore...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Chibani K,Couturier J,Selles B,Jacquot JP,Rouhier N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MOA-stilbene is known to be a specific inhibitor of the Qo site of mammalian cytochrome bc 1 complex. We show that it also binds to the chloroplast cytochrome bf complex. Binding to the reduced enzyme induces a red-shift of the Soret and visible absorption bands of the haems b. Steady state and single turnover experim...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Rich PR,Madgwick SA,Brown S,von Jagow G,Brandt U

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thylakoid membrane protein PsbS is critical for quenching excessive excitation energy in mechanisms that involve the light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II. Liposomes of thylakoid lipids have been shown to be a very good platform to study photosynthetic membrane proteins and their interactions. In this study...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Liu C,Gao Z,Liu K,Sun R,Cui C,Holzwarth AR,Yang C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase (NADP-MDH, EC 1.1.1.82) is inactive in the dark and activated in the light via a reduction of specific disulfides by thiol-disulfide interchange with thioredoxin, reduced by the photosynthetic electron transfer. Compared to the constitutively active NAD-dependent forms, ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Miginiac-Maslow M,Lancelin JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pigment composition of the light-harvesting complexes of Photosystem II (LHC II) has been determined for lettuce (Lactuca sativa). In common with other members of the composite, the photosynthetic tissues of this species may contain large amounts of the carotenoid lactucaxanthin (ε, ε-carotene-3,3'-diol) in additi...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Phillip D,Young AJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ferredoxin:thioredoxin system in the reversible light activation of chloroplast enzymes by thiol-disulfide interchange with thioredoxins is now well established. Recent fruitful collaboration between biochemists and structural biologists, reflected by the shared authorship of the paper, allowed to solv...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Dai S,Johansson K,Miginiac-Maslow M,Schürmann P,Eklund H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the 1960s, the model for the molecular structure of cell membranes consisted of a lipid bilayer held in place by a thin film of electrostatically-associated protein stretched over the bilayer surface: (the Danielli-Davson-Robertson "unit membrane" model). Andrew Benson, an expert in the lipids of chloroplast ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Anderson JM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic organisms normally endeavor to optimize the efficiency of their light-harvesting apparatus. However, here we describe two bacterial isolates belonging to the genera Allochromatium and Thiocapsa that demonstrate a novel adaptation by optimizing their external growth conditions at the expense of photosynt...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Herbert RA,Gall A,Maoka T,Cogdell RJ,Robert B,Takaichi S,Schwabe S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements were used to study selenium influence on photosystem activity in rape seedlings affected by Cd stress. Water cultures containing Hoagland nutrients were supplemented with 400 microM of CdCl(2), 2 microM of Na(2)SeO(4) and a mixture of both CdCl(2) and Na(2)...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Filek M,Kościelniak J,Łabanowska M,Bednarska E,Bidzińska E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief report, we provide a pictorial essay on an international conference "Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability-2013 in honor of Jalal A. Aliyev" that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, during June 5-9, 2013 ( http://photosynthesis2013.cellreg.org/ ). We begin this report with a brief note on Jalal Aliyev, th...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Allakhverdiev SI,Huseynova IM,Govindjee

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fabaceae tree Butea monosperma (TAUB.; syn. Erythrina monosperma (LAM.)) is widely distributed in Central and West-India. We studied it at three sites, i.e. at two locations with contrasting exposure (NE and SW, respectively) in a small mountain range with poor soil on highly drained rocky slopes and at a third lo...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Mikosch M,Kumari N,Sharma T,Sharma V,Gessler A,Fischer-Schliebs E,Lüttge U

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantum yield for light-induced H2 generation was measured for a previously optimized bio-hybrid cytochrome c 6-crosslinked PSI(C13G)-1,8-octanedithiol-[FeFe]-H2ase(C97G) (PSI-H2ase) nanoconstruct. The theoretical quantum yield for the PSI-H2ase nanoconstruct is 0.50 molecules of H2 per photon absorbed, which equa...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Applegate AM,Lubner CE,Knörzer P,Happe T,Golbeck JH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoinhibition of Photosystem II (PSII) in lincomycin-treated leaves begins as a first-order reaction, but fluorescence measurements have suggested that after prolonged illumination, the number of active PSII centres stabilizes to 15-20% of control. The stabilization has been interpreted to indicate that photoinhibit...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sarvikas P,Tyystjärvi T,Tyystjärvi E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author gives an autobiographical sketch of his path to chlorophyll research, and describes some results. The discussion is largely focused on long wavelength forms of chlorophyll and how they might be generated by self-assembly. Dimers or oligomers, (Chl)n, result from coordination interactions between the central...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Katz JJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two species-invariant tryptophan residues at positions 109 and 250 of tobacco Rubisco activase were identified by site-directed mutagenesis as being responsible for the increase in intrinsic fluorescence upon addition of ATP, which has been previously attributed to increased self-association. Substitution of W109, whi...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wang D,Portis AR Jr

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes and widely used for photosynthetic research as model organisms. Partly due to their prokaryotic nature, however, estimation of photosynthesis by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements is sometimes problematic in cyanobacteria. For example, plastoquinone pool is reduced in th...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Ogawa T,Misumi M,Sonoike K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polypeptide composition of thylakoid membranes of the red alga Cyanidium caldarium was studied by PAGE in the presence of lithium dodecyl sulfate. The thylakoid membranes were shown to contain 65 polypeptides with mol wt from 110 to 10 kDa. PS I isolated from C. caldarium cells is composed of at least 5 components...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Yurina NP,Karakashev GV,Karapetyan NV,Odintsova MS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria exhibit a novel form of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) at the level of the phycobilisome. NPQ is a process that protects photosystem II (PSII) from possible highlight-induced photo-damage. Although significant advancement has been made in understanding the NPQ, there are still some missing details. Th...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sonani RR,Gardiner A,Rastogi RP,Cogdell R,Robert B,Madamwar D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humic substances (HSs) can influence the growth and composition of freshwater phytoplankton assemblage. Since HSs contain many phenolic and quinonic moieties and cause growth reductions in eco-physiological field experiments, HSs are considered photosystem II herbicides. To test this specific mode of action in vivo an...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Gilbert M,Bährs H,Steinberg CEW,Wilhelm C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis was well-established on the earth at least 3.5 thousand million years ago, and it is widely believed that these ancient organisms had similar metabolic capabilities to modern cyanobacteria. This requires that development of two photosystems and the oxygen evolution capability occurred very early in the...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Blankenship RE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mg-dechelating activity of extracts of Chenopodium album (goosefoot) was investigated using an artificial substrate, chlorophyllin a. The activity was measured spectrophotometrically by the formation of a reaction product, pheophorbin a (Mg-free chlorin), after release of the central Mg. The Mg-releasing protein w...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Suzuki T,Shioi Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of target theory to the photoinactivation of Photosystem II in pea leaf discs (Park et al. 1995, 1996a,b) reveals that there is a critical light dosage below which there is complete photoprotection and above which there is photoinactivation (i.e a light-induced loss of oxygen flash yield). The critical dos...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sinclair J,Park YI,Chow WS,Anderson JM

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioenergetic properties of thylakoids from plants submitted to a water stress stress (watering stopped for 6-15 days) have been measured in two lupin genotypes characterized as resistant or susceptible to drought. This energy coupling was assessed by flow-force relationships relating the phosphorylation rate to the ma...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Meyer S,Phung Nhu Hung S,Trémolières A,de Kouchkovsky Y

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nitrate and nitrite on long-term chlorophyll fluorescence has been studied in filamentous blue-green algae. Cells grown autotrophically with nitrate as nitrogen source show, under argon atmosphere, a high level of fluorescence. The addition of either nitrete or nitrite induces a significant fluorescence ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Serrano A,Rivas J,Losada M

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to more clearly define the physiological effects of PS II herbicides on chloroplast thylakoid membrane activity and composition. Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Boone) was grown in hydroponic culture at 20°C in a growth chamber with a light intensity of 500 μmole photons m(-2) s(-1). Atrazine (2...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： De la Torre WR,Burkey KO

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this communication, we report our progress on the development of low-frequency Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic techniques to study metal-substrate and metal-ligand vibrational modes in the Photosystem II/oxygen-evolving complex (PS II/OEC). This information will provide important structural and mech...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Chu HA,Gardner MT,Hillier W,Babcock GT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00