Photosynthesis: light harvesting

Roberta Croce; Yuichiro Takahashi

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Photosynthesis: light harvesting

Roberta Croce, Yuichiro Takahashi

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Light harvesting is the first step of photosynthesis. It includes two physical processes: the absorption of photons by pigments associated with photosynthetic complexes and the transfer of the resulting excitation energy to the reaction centers, where it is used to induce charge separation. In Chlamydomonas light harvesting is mainly performed by dedicated pigment–protein complexes, also called antennae, belonging to the light-harvesting complex (LHC) multigenic family. In this chapter, we will discuss the general features of the process and the properties of the antenna complexes, focusing on the LHCs of Chlamydomonas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook
Subtitle of host publication	Volume 2: Organellar and Metabolic Processes
Editors	Arthur Grossman, rancis-André Wollman
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	15
Pages	509-524
Number of pages	16
Volume	2
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128214305
ISBN (Print)	9780323910583
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821430-5.00026-2
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Keywords

carotenoids
chlorophylls
Excitation energy transfer
photosystem I
photosystem II
pigment–protein complex

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