Don't ignore the green light: exploring diverse roles in plant processes

HL Smith, L McAusland… - Journal of experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The pleasant green appearance of plants, caused by their reflectance of wavelengths in the
500–600 nm range, might give the impression that green light is of minor importance in …

Oxygenic photosynthesis in far-red light: strategies and mechanisms

E Elias, TJ Oliver, R Croce - Annual Review of Physical …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis, the process that converts light energy into chemical energy, is
traditionally associated with the absorption of visible light by chlorophyll molecules …

Structural basis for energy transfer pathways in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex

X Qin, M Suga, T Kuang, JR Shen - Science, 2015 - science.org
Photosynthesis converts solar energy to chemical energy by means of two large pigment-
protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII). In higher plants, the PSI …

Photosynthetic quantum yield dynamics: from photosystems to leaves

SW Hogewoning, E Wientjes, P Douwstra… - The plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms underlying the wavelength dependence of the quantum yield for CO2
fixation (α) and its acclimation to the growth-light spectrum are quantitatively addressed …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular organization of thylakoid membrane proteins in green plants

JP Dekker, EJ Boekema - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2005 - Elsevier
The light reactions of photosynthesis in green plants are mediated by four large protein
complexes, embedded in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast. Photosystem I (PSI) …

Ultrafast dynamics of carotenoid excited states− from solution to natural and artificial systems

T Polívka, V Sundström - Chemical reviews, 2004 - ACS Publications
Carotenoids are, along with chlorophylls, the most abundant pigments found in nature. They
are present in most organisms including humans but can be synthesized only by plants and …

Crystal structure of plant photosystem I

A Ben-Shem, F Frolow, N Nelson - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal producer of both oxygen and organic matter on
Earth. The conversion of sunlight into chemical energy is driven by two multisubunit …

Carotenoids, versatile components of oxygenic photosynthesis

I Domonkos, M Kis, Z Gombos, B Ughy - Progress in lipid research, 2013 - Elsevier
Carotenoids (CARs) are a group of pigments that perform several important physiological
functions in all kingdoms of living organisms. CARs serve as protective agents, which are …

A comparison between plant photosystem I and photosystem II architecture and functioning

S Caffarri, T Tibiletti, RC Jennings… - Current Protein and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
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 …

Light-harvesting in photosystem I

R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Photosynthesis Research, 2013 - Springer
This review focuses on the light-harvesting properties of photosystem I (PSI) and its LHCI
outer antenna. LHCI consists of different chlorophyll a/b binding proteins called Lhca's …