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Lutein is needed for efficient chlorophyll triplet quenching in the major LHCII antenna complex of higher plants and effective photoprotection in vivo under strong light.

Dall'Osto L, Lico C, Alric J, Giuliano G, Havaux M, Bassi R.

BMC Plant Biol. 2006 Dec 27;6:32.PMID: 17192177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Xanthophyll biosynthetic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana: altered nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence is due to changes in Photosystem II antenna size and stability.

Lokstein H, Tian L, Polle JE, DellaPenna D.

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2002 Feb 15;1553(3):309-19.PMID: 11997140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Carotenoid-binding sites of the major light-harvesting complex II of higher plants.

Croce R, Weiss S, Bassi R.

J Biol Chem. 1999 Oct 15;274(42):29613-23.PMID: 10514429 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Carotenoid binding sites in LHCIIb. Relative affinities towards major xanthophylls of higher plants.

Hobe S, Niemeier H, Bender A, Paulsen H.

Eur J Biochem. 2000 Jan;267(2):616-24.PMID: 10632733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of zeaxanthin as the only xanthophyll on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Havaux M, Dall'Osto L, Cuiné S, Giuliano G, Bassi R.

J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 2;279(14):13878-88. Epub 2004 Jan 13.PMID: 14722117 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Xanthophyll cycle-dependent nonphotochemical quenching in Photosystem II: Mechanistic insights gained from Arabidopsis thaliana L. mutants that lack violaxanthin deepoxidase activity and/or lutein.

Gilmore AM.

Photosynth Res. 2001;67(1-2):89-101.PMID: 16228319 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Functional architecture of the major light-harvesting complex from higher plants.

Formaggio E, Cinque G, Bassi R.

J Mol Biol. 2001 Dec 14;314(5):1157-66.PMID: 11743731 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Photoprotection in the antenna complexes of photosystem II: role of individual xanthophylls in chlorophyll triplet quenching.

Mozzo M, Dall'Osto L, Hienerwadel R, Bassi R, Croce R.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Mar 7;283(10):6184-92. Epub 2007 Dec 13.PMID: 18079125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lhc proteins and the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting function by xanthophylls.

Bassi R, Caffarri S.

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Slowly reversible de-epoxidation of lutein-epoxide in deep shade leaves of a tropical tree legume may 'lock-in' lutein-based photoprotection during acclimation to strong light.

Matsubara S, Naumann M, Martin R, Nichol C, Rascher U, Morosinotto T, Bassi R, Osmond B.

J Exp Bot. 2005 Jan;56(411):461-8. Epub 2004 Oct 22.PMID: 15501906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dynamics of chromophore binding to Lhc proteins in vivo and in vitro during operation of the xanthophyll cycle.

Morosinotto T, Baronio R, Bassi R.

J Biol Chem. 2002 Oct 4;277(40):36913-20. Epub 2002 Jul 11.PMID: 12114527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Absence of lutein, violaxanthin and neoxanthin affects the functional chlorophyll antenna size of photosystem-II but not that of photosystem-I in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Polle JE, Niyogi KK, Melis A.

Plant Cell Physiol. 2001 May;42(5):482-91.PMID: 11382814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A nonphotochemical-quenching-deficient mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana possessing normal pigment composition and xanthophyll-cycle activity.

Peterson RB, Havir EA.

Planta. 2000 Jan;210(2):205-14.PMID: 10664126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Carotenoid S(1) state in a recombinant light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II.

Polívka T, Zigmantas D, Sundström V, Formaggio E, Cinque G, Bassi R.

Biochemistry. 2002 Jan 15;41(2):439-50.PMID: 11781082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Different roles of alpha- and beta-branch xanthophylls in photosystem assembly and photoprotection.

Dall'Osto L, Fiore A, Cazzaniga S, Giuliano G, Bassi R.

J Biol Chem. 2007 Nov 30;282(48):35056-68. Epub 2007 Oct 3.PMID: 17913714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Determination of the stoichiometry and strength of binding of xanthophylls to the photosystem II light harvesting complexes.

Ruban AV, Lee PJ, Wentworth M, Young AJ, Horton P.

J Biol Chem. 1999 Apr 9;274(15):10458-65.PMID: 10187836 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Time-resolved fluorescence analysis of the photosystem II antenna proteins in detergent micelles and liposomes.

Moya I, Silvestri M, Vallon O, Cinque G, Bassi R.

Biochemistry. 2001 Oct 23;40(42):12552-61.PMID: 11601979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The zeaxanthin-independent and zeaxanthin-dependent qE components of nonphotochemical quenching involve common conformational changes within the photosystem II antenna in Arabidopsis.

Johnson MP, Pérez-Bueno ML, Zia A, Horton P, Ruban AV.

Plant Physiol. 2009 Feb;149(2):1061-75. Epub 2008 Nov 14.PMID: 19011000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A mechanism of nonphotochemical energy dissipation, independent from PsbS, revealed by a conformational change in the antenna protein CP26.

Dall'Osto L, Caffarri S, Bassi R.

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Molecular basis of light harvesting and photoprotection in CP24: unique features of the most recent antenna complex.

Passarini F, Wientjes E, Hienerwadel R, Croce R.

J Biol Chem. 2009 Oct 23;284(43):29536-46. Epub 2009 Aug 21.PMID: 19700403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles