Safe and efficient conversion of solar energy to metabolic energy by plants is based on
tightly inter-regulated transfer of excitation energy, electrons and protons in the …

The photosystems (PS), catalyzing the photosynthetic reactions of higher plants, are
unevenly distributed in the thylakoid membrane: PSII, together with its light harvesting …

In nature, plants are challenged by constantly changing light conditions. To reveal the
molecular mechanisms behind acclimation to sometimes drastic and frequent changes in …

Photosynthetic light harvesting in plants is regulated by phosphorylation-driven state
transitions: functional redistributions of the major trimeric light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) …

Extensive research revealed tremendous details about how plants sense pathogen effectors
during effector-triggered immunity (ETI). However, less is known about downstream …

Drought is a major abiotic stress that impairs plant growth and development. Despite this, a
comprehensive understanding of drought effects on the photosynthetic apparatus is lacking …

In nature, plants experience large fluctuations in light intensity and they need to balance the
absorption and utilization of this energy appropriately. Non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent signaling pathways from chloroplasts and
mitochondria merge at the nuclear protein RADICAL-INDUCED CELL DEATH1 (RCD1) …

State transitions are an important photosynthetic short-term response that allows energy
distribution balancing between photosystems I (PSI) and II (PSII). In plants when PSII is …

LHCII, the most abundant membrane protein on earth, is the major light-harvesting complex
of plants. It is generally accepted that LHCII is associated with Photosystem II and only as a …