Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna models

• Published in: Photosynthesis research Vol. 162; no. 1; pp. 75 - 92
• Main Authors: Chitnavis, Samir, Gray, Callum, Rousouli, Ifigeneia, Gillen, Edward, Mullineaux, Conrad W., Haworth, Thomas J., Duffy, Christopher D. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; autotrophs; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; canopy; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; Cyanobacteria - physiology; Cyanobacteria - radiation effects; Extraterrestrial Environment; Flowers & plants; Life Sciences; Light; Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes - metabolism; Models, Biological; Photosynthesis; Photosynthesis - physiology; Photosystem II; Photosystem II Protein Complex - metabolism; phycobilisome; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plants; spectral analysis; thermodynamic models; vegetation; Thermodynamic models; Light-harvesting; Antennae; Astrobiology; Cyanobacteria

In the next 10–20 years, several observatories will aim to detect the signatures of oxygenic photosynthesis on exoplanets, though targets must be carefully selected. Most known potentially habitable exo-planets orbit cool M-dwarf stars, which have limited emission in the photosynthetically active re...