Artificial increase of the light-harvesting ability of photosynthetic units in isolated chloroplasts.

abstract：:I provide here a personal perspective on (i) the awards that were given to young investigators at the 2008 and 2009 Gordon Research Conferences on Biochemistry/Biophysics of Photosynthesis; and (ii) the ambiance at these conferences through some photographs, particularly of the 2009 conference. ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Govindjee

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the light-harvesting complex II (LHC-II) phosphatase activity has been difficult due to the membrane association of its substrate. Thylakoid membranes labeled with [γ-(32)P]ATP were incubated with chymotrypsin, releasing phosphopeptides which served as labeled substrates for LHC-II phosphatase. Utilizing ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Hammer MF,Sarath G,Osterman JC,Markwell J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplasts of a chlorophyll (Chl) b-less barley mutant were solubilized with digitonin and fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with sodium deoxycholate in the running buffer. By this procedure, in contrast to using sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) for solubilization, a Chl a-protein analogous to the major ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Duranton J,Brown J

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Pigment-protein-complexes of two chlorophyll b deficient mutants of Arabidopsis and from the wild type were separated electrophoretically. Light-harvesting proteins were absent in the chlorophyll b free mutant ch(1) and their amount was reduced in the mutant ch(2) which has a reduced content of chlorophyll b. The rati...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Rühle W,Reiländer H,Otto KD,Wild A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate and extent of light activation of PEPC may be used as another criterion to distinguish C3 and C4 plants. Light stimulated phosphoenolypyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) in leaf discs of C4 plants, the activity being three times greater than that in the dark but stimulation of PEPC was limited about 30% over the dark...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Rajagopalan AV,Devi MT,Raghavendra AS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis with the use of large light-harvesting antennae called phycobilisomes (PBSs). These hemispherical PBSs contain hundreds of open-chain tetrapyrrole chromophores bound to different peptides, providing an arrangement in which excitation energy is funnelled towards the PBS core from wh...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Ranjbar Choubeh R,Sonani RR,Madamwar D,Struik PC,Bader AN,Robert B,van Amerongen H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra- and inter-specific variation in CO2 assimilation rate (A) in Triticum spp. is well documented for reproductive growth stages. Research was conducted to characterize early vegetative photosynthetic variation in a diverse set of cultivated hexaploid wheat (T. aestivum L.) germplasm and in wild tetraploid (T. dico...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Carver BF,Johnson RC,Rayburn AL

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two lessons I have learned during my research career are the importance of following up unexpected observations and realizing that the most obvious interpretation of such observations can be rational but wrong. When you carry out an experiment there is usually an expectation that the result will fall within a range of...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： John Ellis R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the life and work of Shmuel Malkin (1934-2017), an accomplished scientist and a gifted musician who touched the lives of many around the world. His early scientific work addressed the dynamics of light harvesting and electron transport in photosynthesis. Later, he used photoacoustic and photothermal me...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Herbert SK,Siderer Y,Govindjee

更新日期：2018-07-01 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 chloroplast ATP synthase synthesizes ATP from ADP and free phosphate coupled by the electrochemical potential across the thylakoid membrane in the light. The light-dependent regulation of ATP synthase activity is carried out in part through redox modulation of a cysteine disulfide bridge in CF1 gamma-subunit. In o...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wu G,Ort DR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of desiccation and rehydration on the function of Photosystem II has been studied in the desiccation tolerant lichen Cladonia convoluta by thermoluminescence. We have shown that in functional fully hydrated thalli thermoluminescence signals can be observed from the recombination of the S2(3)QB (-) (B band),...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sass L,Csintalan Z,Tuba Z,Vass I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chlorina-f2 mutant of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) contains no chlorophyll b in its light-harvesting antenna, whereas the chlorina-103 mutant contains approximately 10% of the chlorophyll b found in wild-type. The absolute chlorophyll antenna size for Photosystem-II in wild-type, chlorina-103 and chlorina-f2 mutant...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Harrison MA,Nemson JA,Melis A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a number of techniques, some of them relatively new and many often used in combination, have given a clearer picture of the dynamic role of electron transport in Photosystem I of photosynthesis and of coupled cyclic photophosphorylation. For example, the photoacoustic technique has detected cyclic electron t...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Fork DC,Herbert SK

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acetate metabolism on the light energy distribution between the two photosystems, on the PS II/PS I stoichiometry and on the expression of psbA and psbB and psaA genes was investigated in the green alga, Chlamydobotrys stellata during autotrophic (CO(2)), mixotrophic (CO(2) plus acetate) and photoheterot...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Kovács L,Wiessner W,Kis M,Nagy F,Mende D,Demeter S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'Salada de Chiprana' (Chiprana Lake) is a hypersaline (30-73 per thousand), permanent and shallow lake of endorheic origin in a semi-arid region of the Ebro depression (Aragon, Spain). Magnesium sulfate and sodium chloride represent the main salts of this athalassohaline environment. Anoxic conditions occurred per...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Vila X,Guyoneaud R,Cristina XP,Figueras JB,Abella CA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mike Wasielewski's pioneering work on Photosystem II photochemistry has an important place in the history of photosynthesis; we are proud to have been associated with him in making those first measurements. Here, we present our association and publications with him, and provide some of the history behind this research...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Govindjee,Seibert M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis powers our planet and is a source of inspiration for developing artificial constructs mimicking many aspects of the natural energy transducing process. In the complex machinery of photosystem II (PSII), the redox activity of the tyrosine Z (Tyrz) hydrogen-bonded to histidine 190 (His190) is essential fo...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Odella E,Moore TA,Moore AL

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 is an alpha-3 purple nonsulfur eubacterium with an extensive metabolic repertoire. Under anaerobic conditions, it is able to grow by photosynthesis, respiration and fermentation. Photosynthesis may be photoheterotrophic using organic compounds as both a carbon and a reducing source, or ph...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Mackenzie C,Choudhary M,Larimer FW,Predki PF,Stilwagen S,Armitage JP,Barber RD,Donohue TJ,Hosler JP,Newman JE,Shapleigh JP,Sockett RE,Zeilstra-Ryalls J,Kaplan S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the absorption and fluorescence characteristics of the D1/D2/cytb-559 reaction centre complex of Photosystem II has been carried out by gaussian decomposition of absorption spectra both at room temperature and 72 K and of the room temperature fluorescence spectrum. A five component fit was found in which th...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Garlaschi FM,Zucchelli G,Giavazzi P,Jennings RC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several models have been proposed to interpret the mechanism of proton-pumping associated with the electron transfer reactions in the cytochrome b/f complex. Energetics considerations suggest that the proton pump is coupled to the oxidation of cytochrome b by plastoquinone. Experiments performed in living cells under ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Joliot P,Joliot A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flash-induced kinetics of the membrane potential increase related to electron transfer within the cytochrome (cyt) b/c1 complex (Phase III) and that of cyt c1+c2 reduction have been measured as a function of myxothiazol concentration in isolated chromatophores and whole cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Upon addition ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Joliot P,Verméglio A,Joliot A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystallization of a given protein is a hard task being even more complicated when the protein shows a hydrophobic behavior. In the case of photosynthetic proteins, the difficulty of the experiments increased due to the high light sensitivity. Aqueous solutions of photosystem II core complex (OEC PSII) of Pisum sa...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Kutá Smatanová I,Gavira JA,Rezácová P,Vácha F,García-Ruiz JM

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Three Chl-protein complexes were isolated from thylakoid membranes of Bryopsis maxima and Ulva pertusa, marine green algae that inhabit the intertidal zone of the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Japan by dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The slowest-moving fractions showed low Chl a/b...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Yamazaki JY,Kozu A,Fukunaga Y

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chloroplast preparation was extracted from squash (Cucurbita pepo (L.) var. Senator). Enrichment of intact chloroplasts was achieved by continuous free-flow electrophoresis. The addition of monoterpenes, detergent and free fatty acids changed the elecrophoretic separation pattern characteristically. Monoterpene-depe...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Klingler H,Frosch S,Wagner E

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Carbohydrate feedstocks are at the root of bioindustrial production and are needed in greater quantities than ever due to increased prioritization of renewable fuels with reduced carbon footprints. Cyanobacteria possess a number of features that make them well suited as an alternative feedstock crop in comparison to t...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Hays SG,Ducat DC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation kinetics under far-red light (FRL) of photosystem I (PSI) high potential donors P700, plastocyanin (PC), and cytochrome f (Cyt f) were investigated in sunflower leaves with the help of a new high-sensitivity photometer at 810 nm. The slopes of the 810 nm signal were measured immediately before and after ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Talts E,Oja V,Rämma H,Rasulov B,Anijalg A,Laisk A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00