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Chloroplast protein phosphorylation couples plastoquinone redox state to distribution of excitation energy between photosystems

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In photosynthetic membranes isolated from pea leaves, the redox state of the plastoquinone pool controls both the level of phosphorylation of the chloroplast light-harvesting pigment–protein complex (LHC) and distribution of absorbed excitation energy between the two photosystems. Phosphorylation of LHC polypeptides is proposed as the regulatory mechanism by which photosynthetic systems adapt to changing wavelengths of light.

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  1. USDA-SEA-AR, Department of Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    John F. Allen, Katherine E. Steinback & Charles J. Arntzen

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

    John F. Allen & John Bennett

  3. MSU/DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA

    Katherine E. Steinback & Charles J. Arntzen

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Allen, J., Bennett, J., Steinback, K. et al. Chloroplast protein phosphorylation couples plastoquinone redox state to distribution of excitation energy between photosystems. Nature 291, 25–29 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/291025a0

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