Dissipation of light energy absorbed in excess: the molecular mechanisms

R Bassi, L Dall'Osto - Annual review of plant biology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Light is essential for photosynthesis. Nevertheless, its intensity widely changes depending
on time of day, weather, season, and localization of individual leaves within canopies. This …

Oxygenic photosynthesis in far-red light: strategies and mechanisms

E Elias, TJ Oliver, R Croce - Annual Review of Physical …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis, the process that converts light energy into chemical energy, is
traditionally associated with the absorption of visible light by chlorophyll molecules …

Structure of the plant photosystem I supercomplex at 2.6 Å resolution

Y Mazor, A Borovikova, I Caspy, N Nelson - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
Four elaborate membrane complexes carry out the light reaction of oxygenic photosynthesis.
Photosystem I (PSI) is one of two large reaction centres responsible for converting light …

Structural basis for energy transfer pathways in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex

X Qin, M Suga, T Kuang, JR Shen - Science, 2015 - science.org
Photosynthesis converts solar energy to chemical energy by means of two large pigment-
protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). In higher plants, the PSI …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular organization of thylakoid membrane proteins in green plants

JP Dekker, EJ Boekema - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2005 - Elsevier
The light reactions of photosynthesis in green plants are mediated by four large protein
complexes, embedded in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast. Photosystem I (PSI) …

The complex architecture of oxygenic photosynthesis

N Nelson, A Ben-Shem - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2004 - nature.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal producer of both oxygen and organic matter on
earth. The primary step in this process—the conversion of sunlight into chemical energy—is …

A comparison between plant photosystem I and photosystem II architecture and functioning

S Caffarri, T Tibiletti, RC Jennings… - Current Protein and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is indispensable both for the development and maintenance of life
on earth by converting light energy into chemical energy and by producing molecular …

Antenna arrangement and energy transfer pathways of a green algal photosystem-I–LHCI supercomplex

X Su, J Ma, X Pan, X Zhao, W Chang, Z Liu, X Zhang… - Nature Plants, 2019 - nature.com
During oxygenic photosynthesis, photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII) are essential for light-
driven electron transport. Excitation energy transfer in PSI occurs extremely quickly, making …

[HTML][HTML] Light-harvesting in photosystem I

R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Photosynthesis Research, 2013 - Springer
This review focuses on the light-harvesting properties of photosystem I (PSI) and its LHCI
outer antenna. LHCI consists of different chlorophyll a/b binding proteins called Lhca's …

Integration of photosynthetic protein molecular complexes in solid-state electronic devices

R Das, PJ Kiley, M Segal, J Norville, AA Yu, L Wang… - Nano Letters, 2004 - ACS Publications
Plants and photosynthetic bacteria contain protein− molecular complexes that harvest
photons with nearly optimum quantum yield and an expected power conversion efficiency …