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SUBMITTER: Acuna AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054063 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acuña Alonso M AM Kaňa Radek R Gwizdala Michal M Snellenburg Joris J JJ van Alphen Pascal P van Oort Bart B Kirilovsky Diana D van Grondelle Rienk R van Stokkum Ivo H M IH
Photosynthesis research 20160325 1-3
Cyanobacteria have developed responses to maintain the balance between the energy absorbed and the energy used in different pigment-protein complexes. One of the relatively rapid (a few minutes) responses is activated when the cells are exposed to high light intensities. This mechanism thermally dissipates excitation energy at the level of the phycobilisome (PB) antenna before it reaches the reaction center. When exposed to low intensities of light that modify the redox state of the plastoquinon ...[more]