Light adaptation of the unicellular red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae, probed by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

• Published in: Photosynthesis research Vol. 125; no. 1-2; pp. 211 - 218
• Main Authors: Ueno, Yoshifumi, Aikawa, Shimpei, Kondo, Akihiko, Akimoto, Seiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: absorption; Adaptation, Physiological; Algae; autotrophs; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chlorophyll; chlorophyll binding proteins; cultured cells; Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Cyanobacteria; Energy Transfer; Fluorescence; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; Investigations; Life Sciences; Light; Light-emitting diodes; Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes - metabolism; Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes - radiation effects; Photosynthesis; photosystem I; Photosystem I Protein Complex - metabolism; Photosystem I Protein Complex - radiation effects; photosystem II; Photosystem II Protein Complex - metabolism; Photosystem II Protein Complex - radiation effects; Phycobilisomes - metabolism; Phycobilisomes - radiation effects; phycocyanin; Phycocyanin - metabolism; phycoerythrin; Phycoerythrin - metabolism; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Public television; red light; Regular Paper; Rhodophyta; Rhodophyta - physiology; Rhodophyta - radiation effects; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Spectrum analysis; white light; Delayed fluorescence; Energy transfer; Phycobilisome; Light adaptation; Red alga

Photosynthetic organisms change the quantity and/or quality of their pigment–protein complexes and the interactions among these complexes in response to light conditions. In the present study, we analyzed light adaptation of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, whose pigment composition...