Oxygen is a natural acceptor of electrons in the respiratory pathway of aerobic organisms
and in many other biochemical reactions. Aerobic metabolism is always associated with the …

Chlorophyll a fluorescence emitted by green plants reflects photosynthetic activities in a
complex manner. Recent improvements of fluorescence measuring techniques have made …

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platensis (ArthroSpira): Physiology, Cell-biology and Biotechnology Edited by Avigad Vonshak …

Regulation of function of proteins by phosphorylation of constituent amino acids has been
studied most extensively in enzymes from mammalian cell and tissue extracts. In 1956 …

The. llltl'.. l inlportallt Itlnclioll o| nl; lllg, lllC~, C ill biology is to catalyze Iht conxcrsion ot water
to molecular oxygen. Thb, process t;. ikc~, place in l'tlolos~ Mem II near the lumenal surface …

Photoinhibition is a state of physiological stress that occurs in all oxygen evolving
photosynthetic organisms exposed to light. The primary damage occurs within the reaction …

In oxygenic photosynthesis, electron transport for the generation of reductant, in the form of
reduced ferredoxin and NADPH, and for the formation of ATP takes place in the thylakoid …

Hartmut Michel** and Johann Deisenhofer Max-Planck-Institut fuer Biochemie, D-
8033Martinsried, West Germany Received September 3, 1987; Revised Manuscript …

▪ Abstract Photosystem II (PSII) is the pigment protein complex embedded in the thylakoid
membrane of higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that uses solar energy to drive the …

Revealing the blueprint of photosynthesis Page 1 PROGRESS Revealing the blueprint of
photosynthesis J. Barber & B, Andersson Recent research has revealed the nature of the …