Membrane crystals of plant light-harvesting complex II disassemble reversibly in light

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1296-1303

  Hind, Geoffrey ^a   Wall, Joseph S ^a   Várkonyi, Zsuzsanna ^b   Istokovics, Anita ^b   Lambrev, Petar H ^b   Garab, Gyozo ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Granal thylakoid membranes; LHCII; Light induced reorganizations; Lipid protein interactions; Membrane crystal; Thermo optic effect

Indexed keywords

CATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DARKNESS; HEAT; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PEA; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CATIONS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DARKNESS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEAS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84903985438     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu064     Document Type: Article

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