Roberta Croce

A structural investigation of the central chlorophyll a binding sites in the minor photosystem II antenna protein, Lhcb4.

Chromophore organization in the higher-plant photosystem II antenna protein CP26.

Mutation analysis of Lhca1 antenna complex. Low energy absorption forms originate from pigment-pigment interactions.

The Lhca antenna complexes of higher plants photosystem I.

Xanthophyll binding sites of the CP29 (Lhcb4) subunit of higher plant photosystem II investigated by domain swapping and mutation analysis.

The photochemical trapping rate from red spectral states in PSI-LHCI is determined by thermal activation of energy transfer to bulk chlorophylls.

Chlorophyll b to chlorophyll a energy transfer kinetics in the CP29 antenna complex: a comparative femtosecond absorption study between native and reconstituted proteins.

Energy transfer pathways in the minor antenna complex CP29 of photosystem II: a femtosecond study of carotenoid to chlorophyll transfer on mutant and WT complexes.

Recombinant Lhca2 and Lhca3 subunits of the photosystem I antenna system.

The nature of a chlorophyll ligand in Lhca proteins determines the far red fluorescence emission typical of photosystem I.

A look within LHCII: differential analysis of the Lhcb1-3 complexes building the major trimeric antenna complex of higher-plant photosynthesis.

Origin of the 701-nm fluorescence emission of the Lhca2 subunit of higher plant photosystem I.

Pigment-pigment interactions in Lhca4 antenna complex of higher plants photosystem I.

Comparison of the light-harvesting networks of plant and cyanobacterial photosystem I.

Diffusion of light-harvesting complex II in the thylakoid membranes.

Excitation decay pathways of Lhca proteins: a time-resolved fluorescence study.

Probing the structure of Lhca3 by mutation analysis.

Singlet and triplet state transitions of carotenoids in the antenna complexes of higher-plant photosystem I.

Understanding the changes in the circular dichroism of light harvesting complex II upon varying its pigment composition and organization.

The low-energy forms of photosystem I light-harvesting complexes: spectroscopic properties and pigment-pigment interaction characteristics.

A specific binding site for neoxanthin in the monomeric antenna proteins CP26 and CP29 of Photosystem II.

Photoprotection in the antenna complexes of photosystem II: role of individual xanthophylls in chlorophyll triplet quenching.

Determination of the excitation migration time in Photosystem II consequences for the membrane organization and charge separation parameters.

Photoprotection in higher plants: the putative quenching site is conserved in all outer light-harvesting complexes of Photosystem II.

Far-red fluorescence: a direct spectroscopic marker for LHCII oligomer formation in non-photochemical quenching.

Picosecond fluorescence of intact and dissolved PSI-LHCI crystals.

Occupancy and functional architecture of the pigment binding sites of photosystem II antenna complex Lhcb5.

The role of Lhca complexes in the supramolecular organization of higher plant photosystem I.

The origin of the low-energy form of photosystem I light-harvesting complex Lhca4: mixing of the lowest exciton with a charge-transfer state.

Site-directed spin-labeling study of the light-harvesting complex CP29.

Functional architecture of higher plant photosystem II supercomplexes.

Molecular basis of light harvesting and photoprotection in CP24: unique features of the most recent antenna complex.

Functional analysis of Photosystem I light-harvesting complexes (Lhca) gene products of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Photosystem I light-harvesting complex Lhca4 adopts multiple conformations: Red forms and excited-state quenching are mutually exclusive.

Singlet energy dissipation in the photosystem II light-harvesting complex does not involve energy transfer to carotenoids.

Effect of antenna-depletion in Photosystem II on excitation energy transfer in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The light-harvesting complexes of higher-plant Photosystem I: Lhca1/4 and Lhca2/3 form two red-emitting heterodimers.

Energy transfer pathways in the CP24 and CP26 antenna complexes of higher plant photosystem II: a comparative study.

Excitation-energy transfer dynamics of higher plant photosystem I light-harvesting complexes.

Light-harvesting and structural organization of Photosystem II: from individual complexes to thylakoid membrane.

Excitation energy transfer and trapping in higher plant Photosystem II complexes with different antenna sizes.

Minor complexes at work: light-harvesting by carotenoids in the photosystem II antenna complexes CP24 and CP26.

The role of the individual Lhcas in photosystem I excitation energy trapping.

Conformational switching explains the intrinsic multifunctionality of plant light-harvesting complexes.

PMS: photosystem I electron donor or fluorescence quencher.

Photosystem I of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii contains nine light-harvesting complexes (Lhca) located on one side of the core.

From red to blue to far-red in Lhca4: how does the protein modulate the spectral properties of the pigments?

Photosynthetic quantum yield dynamics: from photosystems to leaves.

High-light vs. low-light: effect of light acclimation on photosystem II composition and organization in Arabidopsis thaliana.

LHCII is an antenna of both photosystems after long-term acclimation.

Quantum yield of charge separation in photosystem II: functional effect of changes in the antenna size upon light acclimation.

Light harvesting in photosystem II.

Light-harvesting in photosystem I.

Light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) and its supramolecular organization in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

During state 1 to state 2 transition in Arabidopsis thaliana, the photosystem II supercomplex gets phosphorylated but does not disassemble.

Regulation of light harvesting in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the C-terminus of LHCSR is the knob of a dimmer switch.

Repressible chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas: a new tool for the study of the photosynthetic apparatus.

Consequences of state transitions on the structural and functional organization of photosystem I in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

State transitions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strongly modulate the functional size of photosystem II but not of photosystem I.

Towards in vivo mutation analysis: knock-out of specific chlorophylls bound to the light-harvesting complexes of Arabidopsis thaliana - the case of CP24 (Lhcb6).

Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting.