Oxygenic photosynthesis is indispensable both for the development and maintenance of life
on earth by converting light energy into chemical energy and by producing molecular …

Sunlight energy largely exceeds the energy required by anthropic activities, and therefore its
exploitation represents a major target in the field of renewable energies. The interest in the …

In plants, the photosynthetic machinery photosystem II (PSII) consists of a core complex
associated with variable numbers of light-harvesting complexes II (LHCIIs). The …

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

Light is necessary for photosynthesis, but its absorption by pigment molecules such as
chlorophyll can cause severe oxidative damage and result in cell death. The excess …

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

PsbS plays a major role in activating the photoprotection mechanism known as" non-
photochemical quenching," which dissipates chlorophyll excited states exceeding the …

Photosystem II (PSII) is a light-driven protein, involved in the primary reactions of
photosynthesis. In plant photosynthetic membranes PSII forms large multisubunit …

We report on the changes the photosynthetic apparatus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
undergoes upon acclimation to different light intensity. When grown in high light, cells had a …

In plants and green algae, light-harvesting complexes I and II (LHCI and LHCII) constitute
the antennae of photosystem I (PSI), thus effectively increasing the cross-section of the PSI …