Open AccessOrange Carotenoid Protein Quenches Excess Energy and Singlet Oxygen
Author(s) -
Jennifer Mach
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.126581
Subject(s) - orange (colour) , biology , photosynthesis , singlet oxygen , carotenoid , energy (signal processing) , oxygen , photochemistry , biophysics , botany , physics , food science , quantum mechanics , chemistry
Harnessing light for energy gives photosynthetic organisms free energy—great, right? Well, like so many free things, too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing, like a drought-ending rain that turns into a levy-breaching flood. The photosynthetic apparatus, beautifully adapted to capture
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