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 …

Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of photoexcited triplet states

D Carbonera - Photosynthesis research, 2009 - Springer
Abstract Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR) is a double resonance technique
which combines optical measurements (fluorescence, phosphorescence, absorption) with …

Zeaxanthin protects plant photosynthesis by modulating chlorophyll triplet yield in specific light-harvesting antenna subunits

L Dall'Osto, NE Holt, S Kaligotla, M Fuciman… - Journal of biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Plants are particularly prone to photo-oxidative damage caused by excess light.
Photoprotection is essential for photosynthesis to proceed in oxygenic environments either …

Structure, dynamics, and energy conversion efficiency in photosystem II

BA Diner, GT Babcock - Oxygenic photosynthesis: the light reactions, 1996 - Springer
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A Model for the Photosystem II Reaction Center Core Including the Structure of the Primary Donor P680,

B Svensson, C Etchebest, P Tuffery, P Van Kan… - Biochemistry, 1996 - ACS Publications
For a detailed understanding of the function of photosystem II (PSII), a molecular structure is
needed. The crystal structure has not yet been determined, but the PSII reaction center …

Primary donor triplet states of Photosystem I and II studied by Q-band pulse ENDOR spectroscopy

J Niklas, A Agostini, D Carbonera, M Di Valentin… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
The photoexcited triplet state of the “primary donors” in the two photosystems of oxygenic
photosynthesis has been investigated by means of electron-nuclear double resonance …

Influence of the axial ligands on the spectral properties of P700 of photosystem I: a study of site-directed mutants

L Krabben, E Schlodder, R Jordan, D Carbonera… - Biochemistry, 2000 - ACS Publications
Two histidines provide the axial ligands of the two chlorophyll a (Chl a) molecules which
form the primary electron donor (P700) of photosystem I (PSI). Histidine 676 in the protein …

Fourier transform infrared study of the cation radical of P680 in the photosystem II reaction center: evidence for charge delocalization on the chlorophyll dimer

T Noguchi, T Tomo, Y Inoue - Biochemistry, 1998 - ACS Publications
A Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) difference spectrum of the primary electron donor (P680)
of photosystem II upon its photooxidation (P680+/P680) was obtained in the frequency …

Chlorophyll triplet states associated with photosystem II of thylakoids

S Santabarbara, E Bordignon, RC Jennings… - Biochemistry, 2002 - ACS Publications
The analysis of FDMR thylakoid spectra, determined at multiple emission wavelengths, by a
global decomposition technique, has revealed the presence of three previously undescribed …

Charge recombination reactions in photosystem II. 2. Transient absorbance difference spectra and their temperature dependence

B Hillmann, K Brettel, F van Mieghem, A Kamlowski… - Biochemistry, 1995 - ACS Publications
Revised Manuscript Received December 5, 1994® abstract: Absorbance difference spectra
of the transient states in photosystem II (PS II) have been examined in the Qj absorption …