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The Arabidopsis szl1 mutant reveals a critical role of β-carotene in photosystem I photoprotection.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2012
Cazzaniga Stefano, Li Zhirong, Niyogi Krishna K, Bassi Roberto, Dall'Osto Luca
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Carotenes and their oxygenated derivatives, the xanthophylls, are structural determinants in both photosystems (PS) I and II. They bind and stabilize photosynthetic complexes, increase the light-harvesting capacity of chlorophyll-binding proteins, and have a major role in chloroplast photoprotect...
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