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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2015

The Roles of Cytochrome b 559 in Assembly and Photoprotection of Photosystem II Revealed by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Studies.

Hsiu-An Chu, Yi-Fang Chiu

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The lumenal domain of Cyt bPhotosynthesis research · 2025
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  4. Microscopic basis of reaction center modulation in PsbA variants of photosystem II.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  11. Iron Deficiency Promotes the Lack of Photosynthetic CytochromeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  18. A thylakoid membrane-bound and redox-active rubredoxin (RBD1) functions in de novo assembly and repair of photosystem II.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  20. Antimycin A inhibits cytochrome bPhotosynthesis research · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hsiu-An ChuInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology - Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Fang ChiuInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology - Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan.
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytochrome b 559 (Cyt b 559) is one of the essential components of the Photosystem II reaction center (PSII). Despite recent accomplishments in understanding the structure and function of PSII, the exact physiological function of Cyt b 559 remains unclear. Cyt b 559 is not involved in the primary electron transfer pathway in PSII but may participate in secondary electron transfer pathways that protect PSII against photoinhibition. Site-directed mutagenesis studies combined with spectroscopic and functional analysis have been used to characterize Cyt b 559 mutant strains and their mutant PSII complex in higher plants, green algae, and cyanobacteria. These integrated studies have provided important in vivo evidence for possible physiological roles of Cyt b 559 in the assembly and stability of PSII, protecting PSII against photoinhibition, and modulating photosynthetic light harvesting. This mini-review presents an overview of recent important progress in site-directed mutagenesis studies of Cyt b 559 and implications for revealing the physiological functions of Cyt b 559 in PSII.

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cytochrome b559photoinhibitionphotoprotectionphotosynthesisphotosystem IIsite-directed mutagenesis

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PMID26793230
PMCPMC4709441
OpenAlexW2234441357

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