The invention of the laser in 1960 gave us the ruby laser, which generally produced chaotic
pulses of light. Six years later, in 1966, a concept called passive mode-locking applied to …

Here, we propose a possible photoactivation mechanism of a 35-kDa blue light-triggered
photoreceptor, the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP), suggesting that the reaction involves …

Cyanobacteria are photosynthesizing prokaryotes responsible for the Great Oxygenation
Event on Earth~ 2.5 Ga years ago. They use a specific photoprotective mechanism based on …

A substantial number of Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) studies have aimed to describe
the evolution of singlet excited states leading to the formation of a photoactivated form …

Most cyanobacteria utilize a water-soluble Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) to protect their
light-harvesting complexes from photodamage. The Fluorescence Recovery Protein (FRP) is …

Light-harvesting in photosynthesis is accompanied by photoprotective processes. In
cyanobacteria, the photoprotective role is played by a specialized complex, the orange …

In all published photoactivation mechanisms of orange carotenoid protein (OCP), absorption
of a single photon by the orange dark state starts a cascade of red-shifted OCP ground-state …

Xanthophylls are a class of oxygen-containing carotenoids, which play a fundamental role in
light-harvesting pigment–protein complexes and in many photoresponsive proteins. The …

The orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a photoactive protein involved in cyanobacterial
photoprotection by quenching of the excess of light-harvested energy. The photoactivation …

The orange carotenoid protein (OCP) is a photoactive protein involved in cyanobacterial
photoprotection. Here, we report on the functional, spectral and structural characteristics of …