abstract：:Oxygenic photosynthesis requires chlorophyll (Chl) for the absorption of light energy, and charge separation in the reaction center of photosystem I and II, to feed electrons into the photosynthetic electron transfer chain. Chl is bound to different Chl-binding proteins assembled in the core complexes of the two photo...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wang P,Grimm B

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acaryochloris marina is a unique cyanobacterium that contains chlorophyll (Chl) d as a major pigment. Because Chl d has smaller excitation energy than Chl a used in ordinary photosynthetic organisms, the energetics of the photosystems of A. marina have been the subject of interest. It was previously shown that the red...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sano Y,Endo K,Tomo T,Noguchi T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of photosynthetic electron transport at different levels of structural and functional organization of photosynthetic apparatus provides efficient performance of oxygenic photosynthesis in plants. This review begins with a brief overview of the chloroplast electron transport chain. Then two noninvasive bioph...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Tikhonov AN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on cadmium accumulation in chloroplasts of terrestrial plants are scarce and contradictory. We introduced CdSO4 in hydroponic media to the final concentrations 80 and 250 μM and studied the accumulation of Cd in chloroplasts of Hordeum vulgare and Zea mays. Barley accumulated more Cd in the chloroplasts as compar...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Lysenko EA,Klaus AA,Pshybytko NL,Kusnetsov VV

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate low-temperature (low-T) emission spectra of photosystem II core complexes (PSII-cc) previously reported in the literature, which are compared with emission spectra of PSII-cc obtained in this work from spinach and for dissolved PSII crystals from Thermosynechococcus (T.) elongatus. This new spectral datase...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Chen J,Kell A,Acharya K,Kupitz C,Fromme P,Jankowiak R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Productivity of most macroalgae is not currently considered limited by dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), as the majority of species have CO2-concentrating mechanisms (CCM) allowing the active uptake of DIC. The alternative, diffusive uptake of CO2 (non-CCM), is considered rare (0-9% of all macroalgal cover in a given ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Cornwall CE,Revill AT,Hurd CL

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：: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：:It had been proposed that a loop, typically containing 26 or 27 amino acids, which is only present in monomeric, ferredoxin-dependent, "plant-type" glutamate synthases and is absent from the catalytic α-subunits of both NADPH-dependent, heterodimeric glutamate synthases found in non-photosynthetic bacteria and NADH-de...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Tripathy JN,Hirasawa M,Sutton RB,Dasgupta A,Vaidyanathan N,Zabet-Moghaddam M,Florencio FJ,Srivastava AP,Knaff DB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C3 carbon fixation has a bad reputation, primarily because it is associated with photorespiration, a biochemical pathway thought to waste a substantial amount of the carbohydrate produced in a plant. This review presents evidence collected over nearly a century that (1) Rubisco when associated with Mn(2+) generates ad...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Bloom AJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature response of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) catalytic properties directly determines the CO2 assimilation capacity of photosynthetic organisms as well as their survival in environments with different thermal conditions. Despite unquestionable importance of Rubisco, the comprehensi...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Galmés J,Kapralov MV,Copolovici LO,Hermida-Carrera C,Niinemets Ü

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biohybrid light-harvesting architectures can be constructed that employ native-like bacterial photosynthetic antenna peptides as a scaffold to which synthetic chromophores are attached to augment overall spectral coverage. Synthetic bacteriochlorins are attractive to enhance capture of solar radiation in the photon-ri...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Jiang J,Reddy KR,Pavan MP,Lubian E,Harris MA,Jiao J,Niedzwiedzki DM,Kirmaier C,Parkes-Loach PS,Loach PA,Bocian DF,Holten D,Lindsey JS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chlorosome is an antenna complex located on the cytoplasmic side of the inner membrane in green photosynthetic bacteria that contains tens of thousands of self-assembled bacteriochlorophylls (BChls). Green bacteria are known to incorporate various esterifying alcohols at the C-17 propionate position of BChls in the ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Wang Y,Freund DM,Magdaong NM,Urban VS,Frank HA,Hegeman AD,Tang JK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work addresses the question of occurrence and function of photosystem II (PSII) in bundle sheath (BS) cells of leaves possessing NADP-malic enzyme-type C4 photosynthesis (Zea mays). Although no requirement for PSII activity in the BS has been established, several component proteins of PSII have been detected in B...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Peterson RB,Oja V,Eichelmann H,Bichele I,Dall'Osto L,Laisk A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii acclimates to low-CO2 (LC) conditions by actively transporting inorganic carbon (Ci) into the cell, resulting in an increase in photosynthetic efficiency. This mechanism is called the carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM), and soluble protein LCIB is essential for th...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Yamano T,Asada A,Sato E,Fukuzawa H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine macroalgae possess a range of mechanisms to increase the availability of CO2 for fixation by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase. Of these, possession of a periplasmic or external carbonic anhydrase and the ability to use bicarbonate ions is widely distributed. The mechanisms of carbon acquisition w...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Ruiz-Nieto M,Fernández JA,Niell FX,Carmona R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is already well established that the high-frequency intramolecular vibrations are responsible for many observed dynamic phenomena in linear and nonlinear electronic spectroscopy such as the spectral lineshape formation, the transition dipole moment, the lifetime borrowing, and vibrational and mixed coherence beats....

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Bašinskaitė E,Butkus V,Abramavicius D,Valkunas L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyll f is a photosynthetic pigment that was discovered in 2010. In this study, we present investigations on spectral and dynamic characteristics of singlet-excited and triplet states of Chl f with the application of ultrafast time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies. The pigment was studied at r...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Niedzwiedzki DM,Liu H,Chen M,Blankenship RE

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a theoretical study of excitation dynamics in the chlorosome antenna complex of green photosynthetic bacteria based on a recently proposed model for the molecular assembly. Our model for the excitation energy transfer (EET) throughout the antenna combines a stochastic time propagation of the excitonic wave ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Fujita T,Huh J,Saikin SK,Brookes JC,Aspuru-Guzik A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 1 year has passed since the death of Wolfgang Haehnel on 13.5.2013, after a long fight against cancer. With his death, the photosynthesis community has lost an excellent scientist, a critical peer, and a stimulating sparring partner in discussions: I also lost a good friend. ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Scheer H

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electronic structure of a Mn(II) ion bound to highly oxidizing reaction centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides was studied in a mutant modified to possess a metal binding site at a location comparable to the Mn4Ca cluster of photosystem II. The Mn-binding site of the previously described mutant, M2, contains three car...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Tufts AA,Flores M,Olson TL,Williams JC,Allen JP

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Electron transfer pathways in photosynthesis involve interactions between membrane-bound complexes such as reaction centres with an extrinsic partner. In this study, the biological specificity of electron transfer between the reaction centre-light-harvesting 1-PufX complex and its extrinsic electron donor, cytochrome ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Vasilev C,Brindley AA,Olsen JD,Saer RG,Beatty JT,Hunter CN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) catalyzes carboxylation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate, the first in a series of reactions leading to the incorporation of atmospheric CO₂ into biomass. Rubisco requires Rubisco activase (RCA), an AAA+ ATPase that reactivates Rubisco by remodelling the conformati...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Scales JC,Parry MA,Salvucci ME

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While interest in photosynthetic thermal acclimation has been stimulated by climate warming, comparing results across studies requires consistent terminology. We identify five types of photosynthetic adjustments in warming experiments: photosynthesis as measured at the high growth temperature, the growth temperature, ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Way DA,Yamori W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic acclimation varies among species, which likely reveals variations at the biochemical level in the pathways that constitute carbon assimilation and energy transfer. Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity affect the environmental response of photosynthesis. Phenotypic plasticity allows for a wide arra...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Cavanagh AP,Kubien DS

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C4 photosynthesis is a complex trait that has a high degree of natural variation, involving anatomical and biochemical changes relative to the ancestral C3 state. It has evolved at least 66 times across a variety of lineages and the evolutionary route from C3 to C4 is likely conserved but not necessarily genetically i...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Covshoff S,Burgess SJ,Kneřová J,Kümpers BM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorophyll (Chl) is an essential component of the photosynthetic apparatus. Embedded into Chl-binding proteins, Chl molecules play a central role in light harvesting and charge separation within the photosystems. It is critical for the photosynthetic cell to not only ensure the synthesis of a sufficient amount of new...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Sobotka R

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Due to various activities associated with nuclear industry, uranium is migrated to aquatic environments like groundwater, ponds or oceans. Uranium forms stable carbonate complexes in the oxic waters of pH 7-10 which results in a high degree of uranium mobility. Microorganisms employ various mechanisms which significan...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Acharya C,Apte SK

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:The storage of light energy in chemical form through photosynthesis is the key process underlying life as we know it. To utilize photosynthates efficiently as structural materials or as fuel to drive endergonic processes, they have to be transported from where they are produced to where they are needed. In this primer...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Knoblauch M,Peters WS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously investigated the response mechanisms of photosystem II complexes from spinach to strong UV and visible irradiations (Wei et al J Photochem Photobiol B 104:118-125, 2011). In this work, we extend our study to the effects of strong light on the unusual cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina, which is abl...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Hou X,Raposo A,Hou HJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of the present review is to provide a compilation of published data of the effects of several climatic conditions on Rubisco, particularly its activity, state of activation, and concentration, and its influence on leaf gas exchange and photosynthesis. The environmental conditions analyzed include dr...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Galmés J,Aranjuelo I,Medrano H,Flexas J

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Effect of chemical oxidation by ferricyanide on bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein (FMO) was studied using absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy at ambient and cryogenic temperatures. Partially selective oxidation of pigments bound to the antenna complex was achieved and the probable...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Bina D,Blankenship RE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between induced high leaf intercellular CO₂ concentrations, leaf K⁺ and NO₃⁻ ion movement and early fruit formation under macronutrient limitation are not well understood. We examined the effects and interactions of reduced K/N input treatments on leaf intercellular CO₂, photosynthesis rate, carboxylatio...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Li H,Li T,Fu G,Katulanda P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16th International Congress on Photosynthesis will be held August 11-16, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The congress will include 15 plenary lectures, 21 scientific symposia, poster sessions, exhibitors, opening reception, final banquet, excursions and accompanying persons program. The congress is organized as ...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Blankenship RE,Musick J,Cooley J,Dutcher S,Govindjee

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorobaculum [Cba.] tepidum is known to grow optimally at 48-52 °C and can also be cultured at ambient temperatures. In this paper, we prepared constant temperature, temperature shift, and temperature shift followed by backshift cultures and investigated the intrinsic properties and spectral features of chlorosomes f...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Tang JK,Xu Y,Muhlmann GM,Zare F,Khin Y,Tam SW

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chlorophyll content is an important experimental parameter in agronomy and plant biology research. In this report, we explore the feasibility of determining total concentration of extracts containing chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b by chlorophyll fluorescence. We found that an excitation at 457 nm results in the s...

journal_title：Photosynthesis research

authors： Lamb JJ,Eaton-Rye JJ,Hohmann-Marriott MF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00