Structure and function of photosystems I and II

N Nelson, CF Yocum - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis, the principal converter of sunlight into chemical energy on earth,
is catalyzed by four multi-subunit membrane-protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI) …

Recent advances in understanding the assembly and repair of photosystem II

PJ Nixon, F Michoux, J Yu, M Boehm… - Annals of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Photosystem II (PSII) is the light-driven water: plastoquinone
oxidoreductase of oxygenic photosynthesis and is found in the thylakoid membrane of …

[HTML][HTML] The extrinsic proteins of Photosystem II

TM Bricker, JL Roose, RD Fagerlund, LK Frankel… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this review we examine the structure and function of the extrinsic proteins of Photosystem
II. These proteins include PsbO, present in all oxygenic organisms, the PsbP and PsbQ …

Synthetic biology in cyanobacteria: engineering and analyzing novel functions

T Heidorn, D Camsund, HH Huang, P Lindberg… - Methods in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes capable of using sunlight as their energy, water as
an electron donor, and air as a source of carbon and, for some nitrogen-fixing strains …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and roles of photosystem II assembly, stability, and repair factors in Arabidopsis

Y Lu - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multi-component pigment-protein complex that is responsible for
water splitting, oxygen evolution, and plastoquinone reduction. Components of PSII can be …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lipids in photosystem II

N Mizusawa, H Wada - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2012 - Elsevier
The thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms, which are the sites of oxygenic
photosynthesis, are composed of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and transcriptomic profiling of genes involved in increasing sugar content during salt stress in sweet sorghum leaves

N Sui, Z Yang, M Liu, B Wang - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Sweet sorghum is an annual C4 crop considered to be one of the most
promising bio-energy crops due to its high sugar content in stem, yet it is poorly understood …

Quality control of photosystem II: impact of light and heat stresses

Y Yamamoto, R Aminaka, M Yoshioka… - Photosynthesis …, 2008 - Springer
Photosystem II is vulnerable to various abiotic stresses such as strong visible light and heat.
Under both stresses, the damage seems to be triggered by reactive oxygen species, and the …

Structural insights into a dimeric Psb27-photosystem II complex from a cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus vulcanus

G Huang, Y Xiao, X Pi, L Zhao, Q Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit pigment-protein complex and catalyzes light-driven
water oxidation, leading to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy and the …

Effects of drought stress on photosynthetic physiological characteristics, leaf microstructure, and related gene expression of yellow horn

F Hu, Y Zhang, J Guo - Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Yellow horn grows in northern China and has a high tolerance to drought and poor soil.
Improving photosynthetic efficiency and increasing plant growth and yield under drought …