All cyanobacteria, algae, and plants use a similar water-oxidizing catalyst for water
oxidation. This catalyst is housed in Photosystem II, a membrane-protein complex that …

Global warming has led to increased temperature of the earth which is a major abiotic stress
posing a serious threat to the plants. Photosynthesis is amongst the plant cell functions that …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination has resulted in serious reduction of crop yields. Silicon (Si), as
a beneficial element, regulates plant growth to heavy metal toxicity mainly through reducing …

Oxygenic photosynthesis forms the basis of aerobic life on earth by converting light energy
into biologically useful chemical energy and by splitting water to generate molecular oxygen …

The primary targets of thermal damage in plants are the oxygen evolving complex along with
the associated cofactors in photosystem II (PSII), carbon fixation by Rubisco and the ATP …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential plant micronutrient with an indispensable function as a
catalyst in the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII). Even so, Mn …

Photosystem II (PSII) uses light energy to split water into chemical products that power the
planet. The stripped protons contribute to a membrane electrochemical potential before …

Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

Glycerolipids constituting the matrix of photosynthetic membranes, from cyanobacteria to
chloroplasts of eukaryotic cells, comprise monogalactosyldiacylglycerol …

Photosystem II (PSII) is a large multiprotein complex, which catalyses water splitting and
plastoquinone reduction necessary to transform sunlight into chemical energy. Detailed …