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The inter-monomer interface of the major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complexes of photosystem II (LHCII) influences the chlorophyll triplet distribution.
Journal of plant physiology - 1 Mar 2014
Zhang Lei, Melø Thor Bernt, Li Heng, Naqvi K Razi, Yang Chunhong
Abstract excerpt
Under strong light conditions, long-lived chlorophyll triplets ((3)Chls) are formed, which can sensitize singlet oxygen, a species harmful to the photosynthetic apparatus of plants. Plants have developed multiple photoprotective mechanisms to quench (3)Chl and scavenge singlet oxygen in order to sustain the photosynthetic activities. The lumenal loop of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex of photosystem II...
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