In their natural environment plants and algae are exposed to rapidly changing light
conditions and light intensities. Illumination with high light intensities has the potential to …

Photosystem II (PSII) of photosynthesis catalyzes one of the most challenging reactions in
nature, the light driven oxidation of water and release of molecular oxygen. PSII couples the …

Photosynthetic eukaryotes exhibit very different light-harvesting proteins, but all contain
membrane-intrinsic light-harvesting complexes (Lhcs), either as additional or sole antennae …

Besides the so-called 'green lineage'of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms that include
vascular plants, a huge variety of different algal groups exist that also harvest light by means …

Understanding how specific protein environments affect the mechanisms of non-radiative
energy dissipation within densely assembled chlorophylls in photosynthetic protein …

Light is a paramount parameter driving photosynthesis. However, excessive irradiance
leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species that cause cell damage and hamper the …

The antenna of photosystem II in plants possesses a remarkable functional flexibility,
allowing for the photoprotective regulation of light-harvesting in the face of rapid fluctuations …

The light reactions of photosynthesis are hosted and regulated by the chloroplast thylakoid
membrane (TM)—the central structural component of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants …

Diatoms possess special light-harvesting proteins involved in the photoprotection
mechanism called non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). These Lhcx proteins were shown …

Strong excitonic interactions are a key design strategy in photosynthetic light harvesting,
expanding the spectral cross-section for light absorption and creating considerably faster …