...Xin Liu; Mingkun Yang; Feng Ge; Jindong Zhao Cyanobacteria are ancient and abundant photosynthetic prokaryotes that play crucial roles in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. They exist in a variety of environments and have been used extensively as model organisms for studies of photosynthesis...

...Ignacio Sparrow-Muñoz; Timothy C. Chen; Steven J. Burgess Rubisco activase (RCA) catalyzes the release of inhibitory sugar phosphates from ribulose-1,6-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and can play an important role in biochemical limitations of photosynthesis under dynamic light...

... ) which, interestingly, has also been shown to be regulated by the redox state of PQ in a ROS independent manner [ 72 ]. Thus ROS have the potential to act as sensors driving acclimation [ 73 , 74 ] abiotic stress acclimation environment light photosynthesis temperature Growing...

... recent insights into the structure and mechanism of ATP synthases specifically involved in photosynthesis and explore the cellular physiological consequences of these adaptations at short and long time scales. The differently primed functions as well as the cellular physiological environments of ATP...

... safeguards photosynthesis and engages in cross-talk with a number of subcellular processes. Moreover, the potential of manipulating photorespiration to increase the photosynthetic yield potential has been demonstrated in several plant species. Considering this multifaceted role, it is tempting to presume...

... oxygen. Oxygenic photosynthesis not only created an aerobic atmosphere but also removed CO 2 to produce the organic molecules that make up the current global biomass and fossil fuel. In addition, it paved the way for animal life. Today extensive burning of fossil fuels is reversing the results...

... stroma, where Rubisco is located. This pathway is far to be a simple and direct way, formed by series of consecutive barriers that the CO 2 should cross to be finally assimilated in photosynthesis, known as the mesophyll conductance ( g m ). Therefore, the g m reflects the pathway through different air...

...Veronica G. Maurino Current crop yields will not be enough to sustain today's diets for a growing global population. As plant photosynthetic efficiency has not reached its theoretical maximum, optimizing photosynthesis is a promising strategy to enhance plant productivity. The low productivity of C...

...Elmien Heyneke; Alisdair R. Fernie Photosynthesis is fundamental to biomass production, but is a dynamic process sensitive to environmental constraints. In recent years, approaches to increase biomass and grain yield by altering photosynthetically related processes in the plant have received...

... Society 2018 evolution light-harvesting complexes membrane complexes photosynthesis photosystems structure The photochemical functions of oxygenic photosynthesis are performed by two photosystems, designated photosystem I (PSI) and II (PSII) [ 1 , 2 ]. PSII mediates the transfer...

..., incorporating the dynamics of photosynthesis remains one of the major challenges while reconstructing metabolic networks of plants and other photosynthetic organisms. In this review, we aim to provide arguments that small-scale models are still a suitable choice when it comes to discovering organisational...

..., photosynthetic organisms are exposed to the danger of RCs produced in sugar metabolism during both respiration and photosynthesis. RCs such as methylglyoxal and acrolein have toxic effects on the photosynthetic activity of higher plants and cyanobacteria. These toxic effects are assumed to occur uniquely...

... and discovery. 1 email [email protected] 16 8 2013 © 2013 The Authors 2013 cell respiration electron transport molecular bioenergetics phosphorylation photosynthesis proton transport Max Perutz's programmatic article entitled ‘Proteins, the machines of life’ [ 4 ] set...

..., and investigations on this aspect of the technology are the main focus of the present review. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed (email [email protected] ). 2 5 2012 © 2012 The Authors Journal 2012 biological photovoltaics cyanobacterium microbial fuel cell photosynthesis...

... transformations, because of the energy-minimization process [ 10 ]. This makes the reaction of light-driven molecular configuration change of violaxanthin relevant and important from the physiological point of view. light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) photoprotection photosynthesis violaxanthin...

... to the layman the word ‘photosynthesis’ is usually associated with green plants, much of our understanding of the molecular basis of biological transduction of light energy has come from studies of purple photosynthetic bacteria. Their RCs (reaction centres) and attendant light-harvesting complexes have been...

... that the plant needs from the breakdown of starch reserves. When the leaves are illuminated there is, obviously, an increase in photosynthesis, in sucrose production and in nitrate reduction. When light is removed, again the reduction in nitrate reductase activity is much faster than that in SPS activity...

... photosynthesis photosystem II water splitting The low-molecular-mass subunits (see Table 1 ) are located on the periphery of the CP43/D1/D2/CP47 cluster and their functional role is probably to stabilize the binding of Chl and carotenoid molecules contained within the complex, with the exception of PsbE...

...; 9, DHFR; and 10, FPGS. C 1 -metabolism coenzyme biosynthesis mitochondria photosynthesis plant development tetrahydrofolate (H 4 F) The synthesis of numerous compounds and the regulation of many metabolic processes require the addition or removal of one-carbon units (C 1...

.... Robson (University of Reading, U.K.). Sponsored by COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research), the European Science Foundation and the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development. ICM intracellular membrane PS photosynthesis SE spheroidene...

... in respiration or photosynthesis has led to the identification of genes encoding factors required for the expression of specific organellar genes, and genes encoding structural components of the complexes. © 2001 Biochemical Society 2001 insertional mutagenesis photosynthesis respiration PPR...

...J. Forsberg; M. Rosenquist; L. Fraysse; J. F. Allen Redox chemistry is central to the primary functions of chloroplasts and mitochondria, that is, to energy conversion in photosynthesis and respiration. However, these bioenergetic organelles always contain very small, specialized genetic systems...

...S. Bailey; P. Silva; P. Nixon; C. Mullineaux; C. Robinson; N. Mann Oxygenic photosynthesis can be described effectively by using two long-standing models: the Z-scheme and the chemiosmotic hypothesis. However, these models do not reveal the dynamic nature of the thylakoid membrane and the four...