Manganese stabilizing protein (MSP) is an intrinsically disordered extrinsic subunit of photosystem II that regulates the stability and kinetic performance of the tetranuclear manganese cluster that oxidizes water to oxygen. An earlier study showed that deletion of the (1)E-(3)G domain of MSP caused no loss of activity reconstitution, whereas deletion of the (4)K-(10)E domain reduced binding of...

Differences between nine spring barley cultivars on structural and functional parameters of PSII operation are shown. Variability the used changed from 2.2…2.5 (oxidized quinones pool maximum photochemical efficiency) to 24.6% (performance index PI ABS_total ). Parameters characterizing values excitation energy fluxes (ABS/RC; TRo/RC; ETo/RC) varied a small extent - 3.1...6.5%, while lost (DIo/...

high temperature is the most important limiting factor for plant growth in many regions. this problem is very serious because of a heading global warming phenomenon. so study of high temperature effects on different cultivars and species and finding out solution to improve plant tolerance is necessary. in this research, effect of mycorrhizalarboscular fungus on some physiological traits of grap...

IV INTRODUCTION 66 A. Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Green Plants 66 B. General Scheme of Electron Transport in the Photosynthesis of Higher Plants 67 C. The Main Types of ESR Signals Observed in Photosynthetic Systems 68 D. The Main Problems Solvable by the ESR Technique 70 PARMAGNETIC CENTERS AT EARLY STAGES OF LIGHT-INDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION IN PHOTOSYSTEM I '. 70 A. Chlorophyl...

The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 carries out oxygenic photosynthesis analogous to higher plants. Its photosystem I contains seven different polypeptide subunits. The cartridge mutagenesis technique was used to inactivate the psaD gene which encodes subunit II of photosystem I. A mutant strain lacking subunit II was generated by transforming wild type cells with cloned DNA in which ...

Chloramphenicol (CAP) is an inhibitor of protein synthesis, which is frequently used to decouple photodamage and protein synthesis dependent repair of Photosystem II during the process of photoinhibition. It has been reported earlier that CAP is able to mediate superoxide production by transferring electrons from the acceptor side of Photosystem I to oxygen. Here we investigated the interaction...

This study examines the effects of ecologically important levels of ultraviolet B radiation on protein D1 turnover and stability and lateral redistribution of photosystem II. It is shown that ultraviolet B light supported only limited synthesis of protein D1, one of the most important components of photosystem II, whereas it promoted significant degradation of proteins D1 and D2. Furthermore, d...

Thylakoid membranes of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum have been fractionated into photosystem II and photosystem I particles. These fractions have been characterized by their partial electron transport activities, and biochemical and spectral properties. Exoplasmic fracture face and protoplasmic fracture face particles in the unfractionated thylakoid membranes were shown t...

A compilation of 38 sequences for the D1 and 15 sequences for the D2 reaction center proteins of photosystem II is presented. The sequences have been compared and a similarity index that takes into account the degree of conservation and the quality of the changes in each position has been calculated. The similarity index is used to identify and describe functionally important domains in the D1/...