BACKGROUND The harvesting of photons is the first step in photosynthesis, the biological
process that transforms solar energy into chemical energy. The photosynthetic membranes …

Light is essential for photosynthesis. Nevertheless, its intensity widely changes depending
on time of day, weather, season, and localization of individual leaves within canopies. This …

Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Green algae and plants rely on light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) to collect photon energy
for oxygenic photosynthesis. In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, LHCII molecules associate with …

The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like (NDH) complex is composed of at least 29
subunits and has an important role in mediating photosystem I (PSI) cyclic electron transport …

In plants and green algae, the core of photosystem I (PSI) is surrounded by a peripheral
antenna system consisting of light-harvesting complex I (LHCI). Here we report the cryo …

Chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, together with carotenoids, serve, noncovalently
bound to specific apoproteins, as principal light-harvesting and energy-transforming …

During oxygenic photosynthesis, photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII) are essential for light-
driven electron transport. Excitation energy transfer in PSI occurs extremely quickly, making …

Abstract Photosystem I (PSI) and II (PSII) balance their light energy distribution absorbed by
their light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) through state transition to maintain the maximum …

Diatom is an important group of marine algae and contributes to around 20% of the global
photosynthetic carbon fixation. Photosystem I (PSI) of diatoms is associated with a large …