Competition between electron acceptors in photosynthesis: Regulation of the malate valve during CO2 fixation and nitrite reduction.

abstract：:The picture presently emerging from studies on the mechanism of photosystem II electron transport is discussed. The reactions involved in excitation trapping, charge separation and stabilization of the charge pair in the reaction center, followed by the reactions with the substrates, plastoquinone reduction and water ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Van Gorkom HJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple approach to determine CO2/O2 specificity factor (τ) of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase is described. The assay measures the amount of CO2 fixation at varying [CO2]/[O2] ratios after complete consumption of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP). Carbon dioxide fixation catalyzed by the carboxylase w...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Kostov RV,McFadden BA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an ongoing investigation into the effects of long-term UV-B radiation exposure on the growth and morphology of woody perennials, the gas exchange and photosynthesis of five common deciduous tree species were measured. All five tree species had been exposed to UV-B radiation for 5 years, in the field, at an ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Keiller DR,Holmes MG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light activation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from the leaves of the C4 plant Setaria verticillata (L.) is more pronounced at low CO2 levels. The 2-fold activation observed at physiological ambient CO2 becomes 3.64-fold at 5 μL/L and completely abolished above 700 μL/L. When the stomata close under the influence...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Samaras Y,Manetas Y

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP), containing differently absorbing chlorophyll derivatives, are good models with which to study energy transfer among monomeric chlorophylls (Chls) by both bulk and single-molecule spectroscopy. They can be obtained by reconstituting the N-terminal domain of the protein (N-PCP) with ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Brotosudarmo TH,Mackowski S,Hofmann E,Hiller RG,Bräuchle C,Scheer H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The D1/D2 heterodimer core is the heart of the photosystem II reaction center. A characteristic feature of this heterodimer is the differentially rapid, light-dependent degradation of the D1 protein. The D1 protein is possibly the most researched photosynthetic polypeptide, with aspects of structure-function, gene, me...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Edelman M,Mattoo AK

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies on photosynthetic systems it is common practice to interpret the results of time-resolved fluorescence experiments on the basis of compartmental, or target, models. Each compartment represents a group of molecules with similar fluorescence characteristics. In cases of practical interest, the members of each...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Holcomb CT,Knox RS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the genes coding for the subunits of the Photosystem I (PS I) core, PsaA and PsaB were determined for the marine prokaryotic oxyphototrophs Prochlorococcus sp. MED4 (CCMP1378), P. marinus SS120 (CCMP1375) and Synechococcus sp. WH7803. Divergence of these sequences from those of both freshwa...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： van der Staay GW,Moon-van der Staay SY,Garczarek L,Partensky F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early suggestion by Lozier and Butler (Photochem. Photobiol. 17, 133-137 (1973)) that EPR Signal II arises from radicals associated with the water-splitting process in PSII has been confirmed and extended over the intervening years. Recent work has identified the Signal II radicals, [Formula: see text] and [Formul...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Chandrashekar TK,O'malley PJ,Rodriguez I,Babcock GT

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this Minireview, we discuss a number of issues on the primary photosynthetic reactions of the green plant Photosystem II. We discuss the origin of the 683 and 679 nm absorption bands of the PS II RC complex and suggest that these forms may reflect the single-site spectrum with dominant contributions from the zero-p...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Dekker JP,Van Grondelle R

更新日期：2000-01-01 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 coupling factor CF1 is a catalytic part of chloroplast ATP synthase which is exposed to stroma whose viscosity is many-fold higher than that of reaction mixtures commonly used to measure kinetics of CF1-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis. This study is focused on the effect of medium viscosity modulated by sucrose or bovine...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Malyan AN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum (Cba.) tepidum produces bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) c pigments bearing a chiral 1-hydroxyethyl group at the 3-position, which self-aggregate to construct main light-harvesting antenna complexes, chlorosomes. The secondary alcoholic hydroxy group is requisite for c...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Teramura M,Harada J,Tamiaki H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The PAM-2000 portable chlorophyll fluorometer represents one of the first commercially available instruments utilizing the Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) measurement principle, and has become a widely used platform for measuring chlorophyll fluorescence in a wide range of study systems. In this paper, we describe a ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Gray DW,Cardon ZG,Lewis LA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy storage measurements by modulated photothermal radiometry (PTR) were carried out on intact leaves to assess the value of the PTR method for photosynthesis research. In particular, correlations to the redox state of P700 under various conditions were examined. PTR monitors modulated light conversion to heat by s...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Malkin S,Schreiber U,Jansen M,Canaani O,Shalgi E,Cahen D

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：:P700 enriched fractions were isolated from two brown algae and one diatom using sucrose density centrifugation after digitinin solubilization. They had a Chl a/P700 ratio of about 250 to 375 according to the species, they were enriched in long-wavelength absorbing Chl a and exhibited a fluorescence emission maximum at...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Berkaloff C,Caron L,Rousseau B

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:A protocol for the isolation of functional thylakoids from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves was developed. The critical factor in obtaining active, coupled and stable preparation is the inclusion of EDTA and EGTA in the grinding buffer. Preparations were characterized with respect to the whole or partial electron transport...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Casazza AP,Tarantino D,Soave C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The engagement of different photoprotective mechanisms in the cells of the carotenogenic astaxanthin-accumulating chlorophyte Haematococcus pluvialis (i) under favorable conditions, (ii) in the course of stress-induced haematocyst formation and (iii) during recovery from the stress was studied. To this end, we followe...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Chekanov K,Lukyanov A,Boussiba S,Aflalo C,Solovchenko A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first research paper on photosynthesis in China was published by T.T. Li(2) in 1929. Two photosynthesis laboratories were established in Shanghai and Beijing in the 1950s and the 1960s, respectively. A photophosphorylation 'intermediate' was discovered after the energy conversion process was separated into light a...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Kuang TY,Xu C,Li LB,Shen YK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolate oxidase (GO; EC 1.1.3.1) was purified from the leaves of three plant species:Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.(NAD-ME type C4 dicot),Pisum sativum L. (C3 species) andParthenium hysterophorus L. (C3-C4. intermediate). A flavin moiety was present in the enzyme from all the three species. The enzyme from the C4 pla...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Devi MT,Rajagopalan AV,Raghavendara AS

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant terpenoids are among the most diverse group of naturally-occurring organic compounds known, and several are used in contemporary consumer products. Terpene synthase enzymes catalyze complex rearrangements of carbon skeleton precursors to yield thousands of unique chemical structures that range in size from the s...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Davies FK,Jinkerson RE,Posewitz MC

更新日期：2015-03-01 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 photoenzymatic cycle of the light-dependent NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR) was investigated in situ during early stages of development of bean leaves under light-dark cycles (LDC). In the experimental system used in this study, prolamellar bodies developed during night periods and disappeared duri...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Schoefs B,Franck F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significance of molecular crowding in grana thylakoids of higher plants on photosystem II function was studied by 'titrating' the naturally high protein density by fusing unilamellar liposomes of the native lipid mixture with isolated grana membranes (BBY). The incorporation of lipids was monitored by equilibrium dens...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Haferkamp S,Kirchhoff H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This minireview summarizes the current state of knowledge concerning the role of Cl(-) in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). The model that proposes that Cl(-) is a Mn ligand is discussed in light of more recent work. Studies of Cl(-) specificity, stoichiometry, kinetics, and retention by extr...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Popelková H,Yocum CF

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanobacterial small CAB-like proteins (SCPs) are one-helix proteins with compelling similarity to the first and third transmembrane helix of proteins belonging to the CAB family of light-harvesting complex proteins in plants. The SCP proteins are transiently expressed at high light intensity and other stress cond...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Kufryk G,Hernandez-Prieto MA,Kieselbach T,Miranda H,Vermaas W,Funk C

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal photosynthetic catalytic F1(αβ) core complexes, containing equimolar ratios of the α and β subunits, were isolated from membrane-bound spinach chloroplast CF1 and Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophore RrF1. A CF1-α3β3 hexamer and RrF1-α1β1 dimer, which were purified from the respective F1(αβ) complexes, exhibit ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Gromet-Elhanan Z,Sokolov M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00