Plants lacking the main light-harvesting complex retain photosystem II macro-organization. Ruban, A. V., Wentworth, M., Yakushevska, A. E., Andersson, J., Lee, P. J., Keegstra, W., Dekker, J. P., Boekema, E. J., Jansson, S., & Horton, P. Nature, 421(6923):648–652, February, 2003. Publisher: Nature Publishing Group![Plants lacking the main light-harvesting complex retain photosystem II macro-organization [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Photosystem II (PSII) is a key component of photosynthesis, the process of converting sunlight into the chemical energy of life. In plant cells, it forms a unique oligomeric macrostructure in membranes of the chloroplasts1. Several light-harvesting antenna complexes are organized precisely in the PSII macrostructure—the major trimeric complexes (LHCII)2 that bind 70% of PSII chlorophyll and three minor monomeric complexes3—which together form PSII supercomplexes4,5,6. The antenna complexes are essential for collecting sunlight and regulating photosynthesis7,8,9, but the relationship between these functions and their molecular architecture is unresolved. Here we report that antisense Arabidopsis plants lacking the proteins that form LHCII trimers10 have PSII supercomplexes with almost identical abundance and structure to those found in wild-type plants. The place of LHCII is taken by a normally minor and monomeric complex, CP26, which is synthesized in large amounts and organized into trimers. Trimerization is clearly not a specific attribute of LHCII. Our results highlight the importance of the PSII macrostructure: in the absence of one of its main components, another protein is recruited to allow it to assemble and function.
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title = {Plants lacking the main light-harvesting complex retain photosystem {II} macro-organization},
volume = {421},
copyright = {2003 Macmillan Magazines Ltd.},
issn = {1476-4687},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/nature01344},
doi = {10.1038/nature01344},
abstract = {Photosystem II (PSII) is a key component of photosynthesis, the process of converting sunlight into the chemical energy of life. In plant cells, it forms a unique oligomeric macrostructure in membranes of the chloroplasts1. Several light-harvesting antenna complexes are organized precisely in the PSII macrostructure—the major trimeric complexes (LHCII)2 that bind 70\% of PSII chlorophyll and three minor monomeric complexes3—which together form PSII supercomplexes4,5,6. The antenna complexes are essential for collecting sunlight and regulating photosynthesis7,8,9, but the relationship between these functions and their molecular architecture is unresolved. Here we report that antisense Arabidopsis plants lacking the proteins that form LHCII trimers10 have PSII supercomplexes with almost identical abundance and structure to those found in wild-type plants. The place of LHCII is taken by a normally minor and monomeric complex, CP26, which is synthesized in large amounts and organized into trimers. Trimerization is clearly not a specific attribute of LHCII. Our results highlight the importance of the PSII macrostructure: in the absence of one of its main components, another protein is recruited to allow it to assemble and function.},
language = {en},
number = {6923},
urldate = {2024-06-28},
journal = {Nature},
author = {Ruban, A. V. and Wentworth, M. and Yakushevska, A. E. and Andersson, J. and Lee, P. J. and Keegstra, W. and Dekker, J. P. and Boekema, E. J. and Jansson, S. and Horton, P.},
month = feb,
year = {2003},
note = {Publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
keywords = {Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, multidisciplinary},
pages = {648--652},
}
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