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Flavodiiron protein Flv2/Flv4-related photoprotective mechanism dissipates excitation pressure of PSII in cooperation with phycobilisomes in Cyanobacteria.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2014
Bersanini Luca, Battchikova Natalia, Jokel Martina, Rehman Ateeq, Vass Imre, Allahverdiyeva Yagut, Aro Eva-Mari
Abstract excerpt
Oxygenic photosynthesis evolved with cyanobacteria, the ancestors of plant chloroplasts. The highly oxidizing chemistry of water splitting required concomitant evolution of efficient photoprotection mechanisms to safeguard the photosynthetic machinery. The role of flavodiiron proteins (FDPs), originally called A-type flavoproteins or Flvs, in this context has only recently been appreciated. Cyanobacterial FDPs...
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