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Regulation of Orange Carotenoid Protein Activity in Cyanobacterial Photoprotection.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2015
Thurotte Adrien, Lopez-Igual Rocio, Wilson Adjélé, Comolet Léa, Bourcier de Carbon Céline, Xiao Fugui, Kirilovsky Diana
Abstract excerpt
Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria have developed mechanisms to decrease the energy arriving at reaction centers to protect themselves from high irradiance. In cyanobacteria, the photoactive Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) and the Fluorescence Recovery Protein are essential elements in this mechanism. Absorption of strong blue-green light by the OCP induces carotenoid and protein conformational changes converting...
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