Article
Mutations of photosystem II D1 protein that empower efficient phenotypes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under extreme environment in space.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Giardi Maria Teresa, Rea Giuseppina, Lambreva Maya D, Antonacci Amina, Pastorelli Sandro, Bertalan Ivo, Johanningmeier Udo, Mattoo Autar K
Abstract excerpt
Space missions have enabled testing how microorganisms, animals and plants respond to extra-terrestrial, complex and hazardous environment in space. Photosynthetic organisms are thought to be relatively more prone to microgravity, weak magnetic field and cosmic radiation because oxygenic photosynthesis is intimately associated with capture and conversion of light energy into chemical energy, a process that has...
Topics
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Extraterrestrial Environment
- Light
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Oxygen
- Phenotype
- Photosynthesis
- Photosystem II Protein Complex
- Pressure
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Stability