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SUBMITTER: Li Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5021192 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Zhirong Z Peers Graham G Dent Rachel M RM Bai Yong Y Yang Scarlett Y SY Apel Wiebke W Leonelli Lauriebeth L Niyogi Krishna K KK
Nature plants 20160912
Plants, algae and cyanobacteria need to regulate photosynthetic light harvesting in response to the constantly changing light environment. Rapid adjustments are required to maintain fitness because of a trade-off between efficient solar energy conversion and photoprotection. The xanthophyll cycle, in which the carotenoid pigment violaxanthin is reversibly converted into zeaxanthin, is ubiquitous among green algae and plants and is necessary for the regulation of light harvesting, protection from ...[more]