Chlorophyll-protein-complexes of thylakoids of wild type and chlorophyll b mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana.

abstract：:Detached wheat leaves were illuminated in air until a steady rate of photosynthesis was established. Then the gas was changed to 1% O2, 99% N2 and after 2.5 h further illumination the capacity of the leaves for photosynthesis in air was decreased to approximately 50%. Measurement of RuBP carboxylase activity in extrac...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Bovle FA,Keys AJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis is proposed to explain the function of Cl(-) in activating the oxygenevolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PS II), based on the results of recent (35)Cl-NMR studies. The putative mechanism involves Cl(-) binding to two types of sites. An intrinsic site is suggested to be composed of three histidyl res...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Coleman WJ,Govindjee

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:Cuttings of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Chardonnay) were dark-forced at least three weeks. Pigment contents, 77 K fluorescence emission, excitation spectra of the leaves, petioles, stems, transmission electron micrographs of the etioplasts from leaves, the chlorenchyma tissues of the stems were analysed. The dark...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Böddi B,Bòka K,Sundqvist C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescence kinetics of both intact needles and isolated chloroplasts of summer active and winter stressed Pinus sylvestris were measured at both room temperature and 77 K. It was confirmed that winter stress inhibited the photochemical capacity of photosystem II but also that winter stress caused the strongest i...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Oquist G,Ogren E

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:Roderick K. Clayton passed away on October 23, 2011, at the age of 89, shortly after the plan for this dedicatory issue of Photosynthesis Research had been hatched. I had just written a lengthy letter to him to re-establish contact after a hiatus of 2 or 3 years, and to suggest that I visit him to talk about his life....

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wraight CA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the leaf succulent Asclepiad Hoya carnosa (L.) R. Br., CAM photosynthesis occurred under well-watered conditions, as characterized by diurnal gas exchange and changes in titratable acidity. Following 10-12 days of severe water stress, the plants shifted from CAM to a modified CAM-idling mode of metabolism. CAM-idli...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Rayder L,Ting IP

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When 23°C-grown potato leaves (Solanum tuberosum L.) were exposed for 15 min to elevated temperatures in weak light, a dramatic and preferential inactivation of Photosystem (PS) II was observed at temperatures higher than about 38°C. In vivo photoacoustic measurements indicated that, concomitantly with the loss of PS ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Havaux M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 was found to tolerate very high doses of 60Co-gamma radiation or prolonged desiccation. Post-stress, cells remained intact and revived all the vital functions. A remarkable capacity to repair highly disintegrated genome and recycle the damage...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Singh H,Anurag K,Apte SK

更新日期：2013-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-harvesting Chl a/b protein complexes were isolated from the higher plant Sinapis alba, the green alga Chlorella fusca, and the prasinophycean alga Mantoniella squamata by mild gel electrophoresis. The energy transfer from chlorophyll b and the accessory xanthophyll was measured by means of fluoresence spectrosco...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wilhelm C,Lenarz-Weiler I

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Cyanobacteria, algae, and plants produce dioxygen from water. Driven and clocked by light quanta, the catalytic Mn(4)Ca Tyrosine centre accumulates four oxidizing equivalents before it abstracts four electrons from water and liberates dioxygen and protons. Intermediates of this reaction cascade are short-lived (<100 m...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Clausen J,Junge W

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:An immunological method for quantitative determination of photosynthetic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase in crude extracts of leaves is proposed. It is based on the ELISA technique, and offers two modifications. A non-competitive technique has a higher sensitivity and is the right option for samples of low fructose-1,6-bi...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Hermoso R,Chueca A,Lazaro JJ,Lopez-Gorge J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified forms of the D1 protein with deletions in lumen-exposed regions, were constructed in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 using site-directed mutagenesis. Integration and stability of the mutated D1 proteins in the thylakoid membrane were studied by immunoblot and pulse-chase analyses. It was found that in Δ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Salih G,Wiklund R,Tyystjärvi T,Mäenpää P,Gerez C,Jansson C

更新日期：1996-08-01 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 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：: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：:Thylakoids are complex sub-organellar membrane systems whose role in photosynthesis makes them critical to life. Thylakoids require the coordinated expression of both nuclear- and plastid-encoded proteins to allow rapid response to changing environmental conditions. Transport of cytoplasmically synthesized proteins to...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： New CP,Ma Q,Dabney-Smith C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protonophoric uncouplers carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorophenol (PCP) and 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-2-trifluoromethylbenzimidazole (TTFB) inhibited the Hill reaction with K3[Fe(CN)6] (but not with SiMo) in chloroplast and cyanobacterial membranes (the I50 values were approx. 1-2, 4-...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Samuilov VD,Renger G,Paschenko VZ,Oleskin AV,Gusev MV,Gubanova ON,Vasil'ev SS,Barsky EL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which enables detection of as little as 0.1 ng cytochrome f in leaf extracts has been developed. No evidence for specific or non-specific interference by proteins other than cytochrome f was found. The assay was applied to a comparative study of age-related c...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Davies TG,Thomas H,Rogers LJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been known for some time that bicarbonate reverses the inhibition, by formate under HCO3 (-)-depletion conditions, of electron transport in thylakoid membranes. It has been shown that the major effect is on the electron acceptor side of photosystem II, at the site of plastoquinone reduction. After presenting a ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Blubaugh DJ,Govindjee

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：: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：:The world is facing energy crisis and environmental issues due to the depletion of fossil fuels and increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Growing microalgae can contribute to practical solutions for these global problems because they can harvest solar energy and capture CO2 by converting it into biofuel usin...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Razeghifard R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phycobilisomes, comprised of both chromophoric (phycobiliproteins) and non-chromophoric (linker polypeptides) proteins, are light-harvesting complexes present in the prokaryotic cyanobacteria and the eukaryotic red algae. Many cyanobacteria exhibit complementary chromatic adaptation, a process which enables these orga...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Grossman AR,Lemaux PG,Conley PB,Bruns BU,Anderson LK

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of light on the metabolism of ammonia was studied by subjecting detached maize leaves to 150 or 1350 μmol m(-2) s(-1) PAR during incubation with the leaf base in 2 mM (15)NH4Cl. After up to 60 min, leaves were extracted. Ammonia, glutamine, glycine, serine, alanine, and aspartate were separated by isotherma...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Klaus RE,Berger MG,Fock HP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00