Low unsaturation level of thylakoid membrane lipids limits turnover of the D1 protein of photosystem II at high irradiance.

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00404-w

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Low unsaturation level of thylakoid membrane lipids limits turnover of the D1 protein of photosystem II at high irradiance.

FEBS letters - 8 May 1995

Kanervo E, Aro E M, Murata N

Abstract excerpt

Turnover of the D1 protein of photosystem II (PSII) was studied in mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 defective in the desaturation of thylakoid membrane lipids. The lack of polyunsaturated fatty acids from membranes made PSII extremely susceptible to photoinhibition and caused a significant r...

Topics

Chloroplasts
Cyanobacteria
Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
Intracellular Membranes
Light
Membrane Lipids
Mutation
Photochemistry
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
Photosystem II Protein Complex
Transcription, Genetic

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