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Photoinhibition in Seaweeds

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Environmental Signal Processing and Adaptation

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When photosynthetic organisms are exposed to higher irradiances which exceed their light energy requirement for photosynthetically operated metabolisms, a reduction of photosynthetic capacity, called photoinhibition, occurs [1, 2, 3]. Under excessive light conditions Ohad et al. [4] and Mattoo et al. [5] found a degradation of the reaction center protein (D1) of photosystem II. Now, there is a controversial discussion whether this degradation is only a photodamage or if it may protect the photosynthetic apparatus against continuous damaging effects of excess absorbed light energy [6]. Photodamage occurs if the rate of the D1-protein damage exceeds the rate of its repair process, leading to a breakdown of the D1 protein [7].

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Hanelt, D., Nultsch, W. (2003). Photoinhibition in Seaweeds. In: Heldmaier, G., Werner, D. (eds) Environmental Signal Processing and Adaptation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56096-5_8

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