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A major light-harvesting polypeptide of photosystem II functions in thermal dissipation.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2002
Elrad Dafna, Niyogi Krishna K, Grossman Arthur R
Abstract excerpt
Under high-light conditions, photoprotective mechanisms minimize the damaging effects of excess light. A primary photoprotective mechanism is thermal dissipation of excess excitation energy within the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II (LHCII). Although roles for both carotenoids and specific polypeptides in thermal dissipation have been reported, neither the site nor the mechanism of this process has...
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