Variety in excitation energy transfer processes from phycobilisomes to photosystems I and II

• Published in: Photosynthesis Research Vol. 133; no. 1-3; pp. 235 - 243
• Main Authors: Ueno, Yoshifumi, Aikawa, Shimpei, Niwa, Kyosuke, Abe, Tomoko, Murakami, Akio, Kondo, Akihiko, Akimoto, Seiji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science and Business Media LLC 01.09.2017; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; Antennas (Electronics); Arthrospira platensis; autotrophs; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Chlorophyll; Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; energy flow; Energy Transfer; Fluorescence; Kinetics; Life Sciences; Light; Monomers; Original Article; Photosynthesis; Photosystem I; Photosystem I Protein Complex; Photosystem I Protein Complex - metabolism; Photosystem II; Photosystem II Protein Complex; Photosystem II Protein Complex - metabolism; phycobilisome; Phycobilisomes; Phycobilisomes - metabolism; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Pyropia yezoensis; Reaction centers; Rhodophyta; Rhodophyta - metabolism; Spectrometry, Fluorescence; Synechococcus; Time Factors; Photosystem; Delayed fluorescence; Energy transfer; Phycobilisome; Cyanobacteria; Red algae

The light-harvesting antennas of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms capture light energy and transfer it to the reaction centers of their photosystems. The light-harvesting antennas of cyanobacteria and red algae, called phycobilisomes (PBSs), supply light energy to both photosystem I (PSI) and photo...