The cytochrome b6f complex at the crossroad of photosynthetic electron transport pathways

AN Tikhonov - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Regulation of photosynthetic electron transport at the level of the cytochrome b 6 f complex
provides efficient performance of the chloroplast electron transport chain (ETC). In this …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lipids in photosystem II

N Mizusawa, H Wada - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2012 - Elsevier
The thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms, which are the sites of oxygenic
photosynthesis, are composed of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and function of wild-type and subunit-depleted photosystem I in Synechocystis

T Malavath, I Caspy, SY Netzer-El, D Klaiman… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ability of photosynthetic organisms to use the sun's light as a sole source of energy
sustains life on our planet. Photosystems I (PSI) and II (PSII) are large, multi-subunit …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and biogenesis of the chloroplast NAD (P) H dehydrogenase complex

L Peng, H Yamamoto, T Shikanai - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2011 - Elsevier
Eleven genes (ndhA-ndhK) encoding proteins homologous to the subunits of bacterial and
mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase (complex I) were found in the plastid genome of most …

[HTML][HTML] Growing green electricity: progress and strategies for use of photosystem I for sustainable photovoltaic energy conversion

K Nguyen, BD Bruce - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2014 - Elsevier
Oxygenic photosynthesis is driven via sequential action of Photosystem II (PSII) and (PSI)
reaction centers via the Z-scheme. Both of these pigment–membrane protein complexes are …

Elucidating the origins of phycocyanobilin biosynthesis and phycobiliproteins

NC Rockwell, SS Martin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Terrestrial ecosystems and human societies depend on oxygenic photosynthesis, which
began to reshape our atmosphere approximately 2.5 billion years ago. The earliest known …

The Psb27 Assembly Factor Binds to the CP43 Complex of Photosystem II in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

J Komenda, J Knoppová, J Kopečná… - Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We have investigated the location of the Psb27 protein and its role in photosystem (PS) II
biogenesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Native gel electrophoresis …

Induction events and short-term regulation of electron transport in chloroplasts: an overview

AN Tikhonov - Photosynthesis Research, 2015 - Springer
Regulation of photosynthetic electron transport at different levels of structural and functional
organization of photosynthetic apparatus provides efficient performance of oxygenic …

Structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I complexed with ferredoxin at 1.97 Å resolution

J Li, N Hamaoka, F Makino, A Kawamoto, Y Lin… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Photosystem I (PSI) is a light driven electron pump transferring electrons from Cytochrome c
6 (Cyt c 6) to Ferredoxin (Fd). An understanding of this electron transfer process is …

Roles of lipids in photosynthesis

K Kobayashi, K Endo, H Wada - Lipids in plant and algae development, 2016 - Springer
Thylakoid membranes in cyanobacterial cells and chloroplasts of algae and higher plants
are the sites of oxygenic photosynthesis. The lipid composition of the thylakoid membrane is …