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2005, DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri056

Is PsbS the site of non-photochemical quenching in photosynthesis?

Niyogi, KK; Li, XP; Rosenberg, V; Jung, HS

Abstract

FigureThe PsbS protein of photosystem II functions in the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting. Along with a low thylakoid lumen pH and the presence of de-epoxidized xanthophylls, PsbS is necessary for photoprotective thermal dissipation (qE) of excess absorbed light energy in plants, measured as non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. What is known about PsbS in relation to the hypothesis that this protein is the site of qE is reviewed here.

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