Operon flv4-flv2 Provides Cyanobacterial Photosystem II with Flexibility of Electron Transfer

P Zhang, M Eisenhut, AM Brandt, D Carmel… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 has four genes encoding flavodiiron proteins (FDPs; Flv1 to
Flv4). Here, we investigated the flv4-flv2 operon encoding the Flv4, Sll0218, and Flv2 …

Flavodiiron protein Flv2/Flv4-related photoprotective mechanism dissipates excitation pressure of PSII in cooperation with phycobilisomes in cyanobacteria

L Bersanini, N Battchikova, M Jokel, A Rehman… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis evolved with cyanobacteria, the ancestors of plant chloroplasts.
The highly oxidizing chemistry of water splitting required concomitant evolution of efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay between flavodiiron proteins and photorespiration in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Y Allahverdiyeva, M Ermakova, M Eisenhut… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Flavodiiron (Flv) proteins are involved in detoxification of O 2 and NO in anaerobic bacteria
and archaea. Cyanobacterial Flv proteins, on the contrary, function in oxygenic environment …

FLAVODIIRON2 and FLAVODIIRON4 Proteins Mediate an Oxygen-Dependent Alternative Electron Flow in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 under CO2-Limited …

G Shimakawa, K Shaku, A Nishi, R Hayashi… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This study aims to elucidate the molecular mechanism of an alternative electron flow (AEF)
functioning under suppressed (CO2-limited) photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium …

[HTML][HTML] Flavodiiron Proteins in Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms: Photoprotection of Photosystem II by Flv2 and Flv4 in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

P Zhang, Y Allahverdiyeva, M Eisenhut, EM Aro - PLoS One, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) comprise a group of modular enzymes that function
in oxygen and nitric oxide detoxification in Bacteria and Archaea. The FDPs in …

Flavodiiron proteins act as safety valve for electrons in Physcomitrella patens

C Gerotto, A Alboresi, A Meneghesso… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Photosynthetic organisms support cell metabolism by harvesting sunlight to fuel the
photosynthetic electron transport. The flow of excitation energy and electrons in the …

Flavodiiron proteins Flv1 and Flv3 enable cyanobacterial growth and photosynthesis under fluctuating light

Y Allahverdiyeva, H Mustila… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacterial flavodiiron proteins (FDPs; A-type flavoprotein, Flv) comprise, besides the β-
lactamase–like and flavodoxin domains typical for all FDPs, an extra NAD (P) H: flavin …

[HTML][HTML] Redirecting photosynthetic electron flux in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by the deletion of flavodiiron protein Flv3

K Thiel, P Patrikainen, C Nagy, D Fitzpatrick… - Microbial cell …, 2019 - Springer
Background Oxygen-evolving photoautotrophic organisms, like cyanobacteria, protect their
photosynthetic machinery by a number of regulatory mechanisms, including alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of the electron donor to flavodiiron proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by in vivo spectroscopy

P Sétif, G Shimakawa, A Krieger-Liszkay… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) of photosynthetic organisms play a photoprotective role by
reducing oxygen to water and thus avoiding the accumulation of excess electrons on the …

The Flavodiiron Protein Flv3 Functions as a Homo-Oligomer During Stress Acclimation and is Distinct from the Flv1/Flv3 Hetero-Oligomer Specific to the O2 …

H Mustila, P Paananen, N Battchikova… - Plant and Cell …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The flavodiiron proteins (FDPs) Flv1 and Flv3 in cyanobacteria function in
photoreduction of O2 to H2O, without concomitant formation of reactive oxygen species …