Disentangling the low-energy states of the major light-harvesting complex of plants and their role in photoprotection

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1837, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1027-1038

  Krüger, Tjaart P J ^a,b   Ilioaia, Cristian ^b,c   Johnson, Matthew P ^d   Ruban, Alexander V ^e   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light harvesting complex; NPQ; Photoprotection; Photosystem II; Protein dynamics; Single molecule spectroscopy (SMS)

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; NEOXANTHIN; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIGHT PROTECTION; LOW ENERGY ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; NPQ; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN DYNAMICS; SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY (SMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPINACIA OLERACEA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84901846082     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: 18792650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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