We have reviewed the current state of multidisciplinary knowledge of the photoprotective
mechanism in the photosystem II antenna underlying non-photochemical chlorophyll …

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 …

The photosynthetic apparatus of green plants is well known for its extremely high efficiency
that allows them to operate under dim light conditions. On the other hand, intense sunlight …

We further develop the model of energy transfer in the LHCII trimer based on a quantitative
fit of the linear spectra (including absorption (OD), linear dichroism (LD), circular dichroism …

Photosystem II (PSII) is responsible for the water oxidation in photosynthesis and it consists
of many proteins and pigment-protein complexes in a variable composition, depending on …

We performed picosecond fluorescence measurements on well-defined Photosystem II
(PSII) supercomplexes from Arabidopsis with largely varying antenna sizes. The average …

The light-harvesting antenna of higher plant photosystem II has an intrinsic capability for self-
defence against intense sunlight. The thermal dissipation of excess energy can be …

Photoprotective non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) in higher plants is the result of the
formation of energy quenching traps in the light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II (PSII) …

Plant light-harvesting is regulated by the Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ) mechanism
involving the reversible formation of excitation quenching sites in the Photosystem II (PSII) …

This review discusses the structural aspect of the role of photosynthetic antenna
xanthophylls. It argues that xanthophyll hydrophobicity/polarity could explain the reason for …