Chlorophyll Degradation and Light-harvesting Complex II Aggregate Formation During Dark-induced Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis Pheophytinase Mutants
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DOI: 10.1007/s12374-018-0242-0
Abstract: The stay-green mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, ore10 forms stable light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) aggregates during dark-induced senescence, which showed a single base deletion (G1351) in the coding region of the pheophytinase (PPH) gene. PPH specifically… read more here.
Keywords: degradation; light harvesting; dark induced; chl ... See more keywords
Electrostatic adsorption of a fluorophores-modified light-harvesting complex II on TiO2 photoanodes enhances photovoltaic performance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.227604
Abstract: Abstract The major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II, or LHCII, has been utilized in photovoltaic applications because of its high pigment density. In vitro assembled recombinant LHCII is a modifiable biomimetic material for solar energy… read more here.
Keywords: light harvesting; recombinant lhcii; fluorophores modified; lhcii ... See more keywords
Reversible Changes in the Structural Features of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex 2 by Removal and Reconstitution of B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a Pigments.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00267
Abstract: Light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2) is an integral membrane protein in purple photosynthetic bacteria. This protein possesses two types of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a, termed B800 and B850, which exhibit lowest-energy absorption bands (Qy bands) around 800… read more here.
Keywords: protein; light harvesting; reconstitution; harvesting complex ... See more keywords
Simulations of Excitonic Couplings in Spinach Light-Harvesting Complex II Using a More Realistic Model in the Presence of Photosystem II Core
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DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c11543
Abstract: In this study, we employed a method for evaluating dynamic exciton couplings by using atomic transition density moments and molecular dynamics (MD) coordinates. We then applied this computational approach to investigate protein-regulated exciton couplings in… read more here.
Keywords: spinach light; couplings spinach; harvesting complex; model presence ... See more keywords
Anionic Lipids Regulate the Light-Harvesting Complex 1-Reaction Center Photocycle in Purple Bacteria.
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c12301
Abstract: Photosynthetic purple bacteria can capture and convert sunlight with a remarkable, nearly 100% quantum efficiency. The light-harvesting complex 1-reaction center (LH1-RC) core complex is the membrane complex fundamentally responsible for solar energy conversion. LH1-RC has… read more here.
Keywords: purple bacteria; anionic lipids; harvesting complex; light harvesting ... See more keywords
The light-harvesting complex protein LHCB4 fine-tunes temperature-regulated flowering via chloroplast retrograde signaling in pear.
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DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf246
Abstract: Flowering is crucial for plant reproductive success and is regulated by both endogenous and external factors. However, the mechanisms by which ambient temperature influences flowering in pear (Pyrus spp.) remain poorly understood. In this study,… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; chloroplast; pear light; harvesting complex ... See more keywords
The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.08.515661
Abstract: As a ubiquitous picophytoplankton in the ocean and an early-branching green alga, Ostreococcus tauri is a model prasinophyte species for studying the functional evolution of the light-harvesting systems in photosynthesis. Here, we report the structure… read more here.
Keywords: harvesting complex; light harvesting; tauri; green alga ... See more keywords
Why we need to know the structure of phosphorylated chloroplast light-harvesting complex II.
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DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12577
Abstract: In oxygenic photosynthesis there are two 'light states' - adaptations of the photosynthetic apparatus to spectral composition that otherwise favours either photosystem I or photosystem II. In chloroplasts of green plants the transition to light state 2… read more here.
Keywords: state; light harvesting; photosystem; harvesting complex ... See more keywords
AlphaFold and structural mass spectrometry enable interrogations on the intrinsically disordered regions in cyanobacterial light-harvesting complex phycobilisome.
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4127859
Abstract: Intrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPRs) are a very large and functionally important class of proteins that participate in weak multivalent interactions in protein complexes. They are recalcitrant for interrogations using X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. The IDPRs… read more here.
Keywords: light harvesting; intrinsically disordered; mass spectrometry; structural mass ... See more keywords
Multiscale QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Trimeric Major Light-Harvesting Complex II
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DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.13643795.v1
Abstract: Photosynthetic processes are driven by sunlight. Too little of it and the photosynthetic machinery cannot produce the reductive power to drive the anabolic pathways. Too much sunlight and the machinery can get damaged. In higher… read more here.
Keywords: light harvesting; dynamics simulations; harvesting complex; molecular dynamics ... See more keywords
Strawberry Vein Banding Virus Movement Protein P1 Interacts With Light-Harvesting Complex II Type 1 Like of Fragaria vesca to Promote Viral Infection
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.884044
Abstract: Chlorophyll a/b-binding protein of light-harvesting complex II type 1 like (LHC II-1L) is an essential component of photosynthesis, which mainly maintains the stability of the electron transport chain. However, how the LHC II-1L protein of… read more here.
Keywords: light harvesting; movement; infection; complex type ... See more keywords