Plant LHC-like proteins show robust folding and static non-photochemical quenching

Plant light harvesting complex (LHC)‐like proteins protect the photosynthetic machinery from excess light. Here the authors show that plant LHC‐like dimers are stabilized by associated pigments and can quench chlorophyll fluorescence via direct energy transfer from chlorophyll to zeaxanthin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Petra Skotnicová, Hristina Staleva-Musto, Valentyna Kuznetsova, David Bína, Minna M. Konert, Shan Lu, Tomáš Polívka, Roman Sobotka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27155-1