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  • Title: Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant lacking both photosystems exhibits strong carotenoid-induced quenching of phycobilisome fluorescence.
    Author: Rakhimberdieva MG, Kuzminov FI, Elanskaya IV, Karapetyan NV.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 2011 Feb 04; 585(3):585-9. PubMed ID: 21237162.
    Abstract:
    Blue light induced quenching in a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain lacking both photosystems is only related to allophycocyanin fluorescence. A fivefold decrease in the fluorescence level in two bands near 660 and 680 nm is attributed to different allophycocyanin forms in the phycobilisome core. Some low-heat sensitive component inactivated at 53°C is involved in the quenching process. Enormous allophycocyanin fluorescence in the absence of the photosystems reveals a dark stage in this quenching. Thus, we present evidence that light activation of the carotenoid-binding protein and formation of a quenching center within the phycobilisome core in vivo are discrete events in a multistep process.
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