Transport across chloroplast membranes: optimizing photosynthesis for adverse environmental conditions

I Pottosin, S Shabala - Molecular plant, 2016 - cell.com
Chloroplasts are central to solar light harvesting and photosynthesis. Optimal chloroplast
functioning is vitally dependent on a very intensive traffic of metabolites and ions between …

The role of calcium in chloroplasts—an intriguing and unresolved puzzle

AG Rocha, UC Vothknecht - Protoplasma, 2012 - Springer
More than 70 years of studies have indicated that chloroplasts contain a significant amount
of calcium, are a potential storage compartment for this ion, and might themselves be prone …

Analysis of the structure of the PsbO protein and its implications

J De Las Rivas, J Barber - Photosynthesis research, 2004 - Springer
The PsbO protein is a ubiquitous extrinsic subunit of Photosystem II (PS II), the water splitting
enzyme of photosynthesis. A recently determined 3D X-ray structure of a cyanobacterial …

Use of lanthanides to alleviate the effects of metal ion-deficiency in Desmodesmus quadricauda (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyta)

F Goecke, CG Jerez, V Zachleder, FL Figueroa… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Lanthanides are biologically non-essential elements with wide applications in technology
and industry. Their concentration as environmental contaminants is, therefore, increasing …

Geochemical behaviour of rare earths in Vitis vinifera grafted onto different rootstocks and growing on several soils

P Censi, F Saiano, A Pisciotta, N Tuzzolino - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
The geochemical behaviour of lanthanides and yttrium (Rare Earth Elements, REEs) has
been investigated mainly in geological systems where these elements represent the best …

[HTML][HTML] PsbO, the manganese-stabilizing protein: analysis of the structure–function relations that provide insights into its role in photosystem II

H Popelkova, CF Yocum - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2011 - Elsevier
The minireview presented here summarizes current information on the structure and function
of PsbO, the photosystem II (PSII) manganese-stabilizing protein, with an emphasis on the …

The basic properties of the electronic structure of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II are not perturbed by Ca2+ removal

T Lohmiller, N Cox, JH Su, J Messinger… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Ca 2+ is an integral component of the Mn 4 O 5 Ca cluster of the oxygen-evolving complex
in photosystem II (PS II). Its removal leads to the loss of the water oxidizing functionality. The …

Expression, assembly and auxiliary functions of photosystem II oxygen-evolving proteins in higher plants

M Suorsa, EM Aro - Photosynthesis Research, 2007 - Springer
The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of higher plant photosystem II (PSII) consists of an
inorganic Mn 4 Ca cluster and three nuclear-encoded proteins, PsbO, PsbP and PsbQ. In …

Subcellular distribution of rare earth elements and characterization of their binding species in a newly discovered hyperaccumulator Pronephrium simplex

Y Lai, Q Wang, L Yang, B Huang - Talanta, 2006 - Elsevier
Subcellular distribution of rare earth elements (REEs, including 14 lanthanides and yttrium)
in a newly discovered REE hyperaccumulator, Pronephrium simplex (P. simplex), was …

Excess copper effect on growth, chloroplast ultrastructure, oxygen‐evolution activity and chlorophyll fluorescence in Glycine max cell suspensions

M Bernal, MV Ramiro, R Cases, R Picorel… - Physiologia …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of excess copper on soybean photosynthetic cell suspensions was
investigated. The cell suspensions grew well in the presence of 5–20 µM CuSO4 and …