Adjustment of photosynthetic activity to drought and fluctuating light in wheat

M Grieco, V Roustan, G Dermendjiev… - Plant, Cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is a major cause of losses in crop yield. Under field conditions, plants exposed to
drought are usually also experiencing rapid changes in light intensity. Accordingly, plants …

Thylakoid membrane stacking controls electron transport mode during the dark-to-light transition by adjusting the distances between PSI and PSII

Y Garty, Y Bussi, S Levin-Zaidman, E Shimoni… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
The balance between linear electron transport (LET) and cyclic electron transport (CET)
plays an essential role in plant adaptation and protection against photo-induced damage …

[HTML][HTML] The significance of chloroplast NAD (P) H dehydrogenase complex and its dependent cyclic electron transport in photosynthesis

M Ma, Y Liu, C Bai, JWH Yong - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chloroplast NAD (P) H dehydrogenase (NDH) complex, a multiple-subunit complex in the
thylakoid membranes mediating cyclic electron transport, is one of the most important …

Three-dimensional visualization of the tubular-lamellar transformation of the internal plastid membrane network during runner bean chloroplast biogenesis

Ł Kowalewska, R Mazur, S Suski, M Garstka… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Chloroplast biogenesis is a complex process that is integrated with plant development,
leading to fully differentiated and functionally mature plastids. In this work, we used electron …

[HTML][HTML] IM30 triggers membrane fusion in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts

R Hennig, J Heidrich, M Saur, L Schmüser… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and cyanobacteria is a unique internal membrane
system harbouring the complexes of the photosynthetic electron transfer chain. Despite their …

Kinetic coupling of the respiratory chain with ATP synthase, but not proton gradients, drives ATP production in cristae membranes

A Toth, A Meyrat, S Stoldt, R Santiago… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Mitochondria have a characteristic ultrastructure with invaginations of the inner membrane
called cristae that contain the protein complexes of the oxidative phosphorylation system …

The structural and functional domains of plant thylakoid membranes

H Koochak, S Puthiyaveetil, DL Mullendore… - The Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In plants, the stacking of part of the photosynthetic thylakoid membrane generates two main
subcompartments: the stacked grana core and unstacked stroma lamellae. However, a third …

Photocatalysis as the 'master switch'of photomorphogenesis in early plant development

DJ Heyes, S Zhang, A Taylor, LO Johannissen… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Enzymatic photocatalysis is seldom used in biology. Photocatalysis by light-dependent
protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR)—one of only a few natural light-dependent …

Rotation of the c‐Ring Promotes the Curvature Sorting of Monomeric ATP Synthases

D Valdivieso González, M Makowski, MP Lillo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ATP synthases are proteins that catalyse the formation of ATP through the rotatory
movement of their membrane‐spanning subunit. In mitochondria, ATP synthases are found …

[HTML][HTML] Growth and fatty acid distribution over lipid classes in Nannochloropsis oceanica acclimated to different temperatures

N Ferrer-Ledo, L Stegemüller, M Janssen… - Frontiers in plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
After light, temperature is the most relevant environmental parameter in outdoors cultivation
of microalgae. Suboptimal and supraoptimal temperatures negatively impact growth and …