Light Harvesting and Blue-Green Light Induced Non-Photochemical Quenching in Two Different C-Phycocyanin Mutants of Synechocystis PCC 6803

L. Tian, I.H.M. van Stokkum, R.B.M. Koehorst, H. van Amerongen

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11000-11006
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume117
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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