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Acclimation- and mutation-induced enhancement of PsbS levels affects the kinetics of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Planta - 1 Jun 2011
Zia Ahmad, Johnson Matthew P, Ruban Alexander V
Abstract excerpt
The efficiency of photosystem II antenna complexes (LHCs) in higher plants must be regulated to avoid potentially damaging overexcitation of the reaction centre in excess light. Regulation is achieved via a feedback mechanism known as non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), triggered the proton gradient (ΔpH) causing heat dissipation within the LHC antenna. ΔpH causes protonation of the LHCs, the PsbS protein and...
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