Production of reactive oxygen species by photosystem II as a response to light and temperature stress

P Pospíšil - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The effect of various abiotic stresses on photosynthetic apparatus is inevitably associated
with formation of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this review, recent progress on …

Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosynthesis: Where and How Water is Oxidized to Dioxygen

J Yano, V Yachandra - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Oxygen, which supports all aerobic life, is produced by photosynthetic water oxidation in
plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. The water-oxidation reaction probably first appeared in …

[HTML][HTML] Photosystem II repair in plant chloroplasts—regulation, assisting proteins and shared components with photosystem II biogenesis

S Järvi, M Suorsa, EM Aro - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Photosystem (PS) II is a multisubunit thylakoid membrane pigment–protein complex
responsible for light-driven oxidation of water and reduction of plastoquinone. Currently …

Chloroplast ultrastructure in plants

H Kirchhoff - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The chloroplast organelle in mesophyll cells of higher plants represents a sunlight‐driven
metabolic factory that eventually fuels life on our planet. Knowledge of the ultrastructure and …

Photosystem II assembly: from cyanobacteria to plants

J Nickelsen, B Rengstl - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is an integral-membrane, multisubunit complex that initiates electron
flow in oxygenic photosynthesis. The biogenesis of this complex machine involves the …

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 …

Regulatory electron transport pathways of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and microalgae: Recent advances and biotechnological prospects

L Nikkanen, D Solymosi, M Jokel… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyanobacteria and microalgae perform oxygenic photosynthesis where light energy is
harnessed to split water into oxygen and protons. This process releases electrons that are …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and function of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in plants and algae

P Brzezowski, AS Richter, B Grimm - Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tetrapyrroles are macrocyclic molecules with various structural variants and multiple
functions in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. Present knowledge about the metabolism of …

Lighting the way: compelling open questions in photosynthesis research

NA Eckardt, Y Allahverdiyeva, CE Alvarez… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthesis—the conversion of energy from sunlight into chemical energy—is essential
for life on Earth. Yet there is much we do not understand about photosynthetic energy …

Biogenic regions of cyanobacterial thylakoids form contact sites with the plasma membrane

A Rast, M Schaffer, S Albert, W Wan, S Pfeffer, F Beck… - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Little is known about how the photosynthetic machinery is arranged in time and space
during the biogenesis of thylakoid membranes. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography to …