Carotenoids are, along with chlorophylls, the most abundant pigments found in nature. They
are present in most organisms including humans but can be synthesized only by plants and …

Key processes in photosynthesis are the absorption of solar energy by antenna pigments
and the efficient transfer of excitation energy to photochemical reaction centers, where the …

Chloroplasts contain their own autonomously replicating DNA genome. The majority of
proteins present in the chloroplasts are encoded by nuclear DNA, but the rest are encoded …

Nature without carotenoids, without the red and yellow colours of fruits, of many flowers and
fungi, of bird's feathers and fish scales, without the fireworks of autumnal forests, what a …

Carotenoids are essential for the survival of photosynthetic organisms. They function as light-
harvesting molecules and provide photoprotection. In this review, the molecular features …

Carotenoids have always attracted the attention of naturalists due to the fact that they are
responsible for many of the brilliant yellow and red Abbreviations: BChl, bacteriochlorophyll; …

The transfer of excitation energy in photosynthesis is the first part of the complicated process
that leads to the stabilization and storage of light energy after the initial absorption of a …

Background: Photosynthesis starts with the absorption of solar radiation by antenna pigment
molecules. In purple bacteria these chromophores,(bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoid) …

Carotenoids are components of every pigment-protein complex in the photosynthetic
apparatus of higher plants. These pigments, previously referred to as 'accessory,'are now …

We review the factors that control the efficiency of carotenoid-chlorophyll excitation transfer
in photosynthetic light harvesting. For this we summarize first the recently developed theory …