Abstract
Cyanobacteria are oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms that harvest sunlight and convert excitation energy into chemical energy. Most of the light is absorbed by large light harvesting complexes called phycobilisomes (PBs). In high-light conditions, cyanobacteria switch on a photoprotective mechanism called non-photochemical quenching (NPQ): During this process, absorption of blue-green light transforms the inactive orange form of the orange carotenoid protein OCP (OCP
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11000-11006 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
Volume | 117 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |