Elevated ΔpH restores rapidly reversible photoprotective energy dissipation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts deficient in lutein and xanthophyll cycle activity.

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The xanthophylls of the light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II (LHCII), zeaxanthin, and lutein are thought to be essential for non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). NPQ is a process of photoprotective energy dissipation in photosystem II (PSII). The major rapidly reversible component of NPQ, qE, is activated by the transmembrane proton gradient, and involves the quenching of antenna chlorophyll excited states...

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