Heat and water deficit stresses tend to impede and restrict the efficiency of photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and maximum photochemical quantum yield in plants based on their characteristic ...

Photosystem II is the essential protein complex that drives the initial photochemical conversion of solar energy by catalysing the oxidation of water, an indispensable process in oxygenic ...

In higher plants and green algae, photosystem II (PSII) usually combines with light harvesting complex II (LHCII) to form the PSII-LHCII supercomplex. Under low-light conditions, the PSII-LHCII ...

Recognition of photodamaged D1 reaction center protein through Trp oxidation enables FtsH enzymatic degradation. Researchers from Okayama University, Japan, report the details of the photosystem-II ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem II protein complex now shared by various lineages of cyanobacteria, algae ...

Researchers from Okayama University have discovered rapid structural changes in the oxygen-evolving center of Photosystem II (PSII) upon light excitation, revealing insights into the mechanism of ...

Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in shaping and sustaining life on Earth, yet many aspects of the process remain a mystery. One such mystery is how Photosystem II, a protein complex in plants, ...

Photosystem II (PSII) is a multisubunit complex, which uses light energy to split water into oxygen, protons, and electrons. The light-harvesting complex of PSII (LHCII) functions in the capture of ...