ArticleThe Plant cell2024
Lighting the way: Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research.
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- Outlook on Synthetic Biology-Driven Hydrogen Production: Lessons from Algal Photosynthesis Applied to Cyanobacteria.Energy & fuels : an American Chemical Society journal · 2025Review
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- A Functional Photorespiratory Cycle Is Essential for Light-Dependent Stomata Opening in Epidermal Peels of Arabidopsis thaliana.Physiologia plantarumArticle
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23 authors.
Nancy A EckardtThe Plant Cell, American Society of Plant Biologists, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1658-1412
Yagut AllahverdiyevaMolecular Plant Biology Unit, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9262-1757
Clarisa E AlvarezCentro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacuticas, University of Rosario, Suipacha 570, 2000 Rosario, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-7279-6974
Claudia BüchelInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6640-7610
Adrien BurlacotDivision of Bioscience and Engineering, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7434-6416
Tanai CardonaSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2076-4115
Emma ChalonerSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0009-0000-9920-0421
Benjamin D EngelBiozentrum, University of Basel, Sptialstrasse 41, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0941-4387
Arthur R GrossmanDivision of Bioscience and Engineering, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-5881
Dvir HarrisDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-1584
Nicolas HerrmannInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0009-0008-7341-7639
Michael HodgesUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Université d'Evry, Université de Paris Cité, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6064-6431
Jan KernMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7272-1603
Tom Dongmin KimSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8717-8623
Veronica G MaurinoMolecular Plant Physiology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Botany (IZMB), University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3124-1451
Conrad W MullineauxSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7194-9916
Henna MustilaMolecular Plant Biology Unit, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1939-7197
Lauri NikkanenMolecular Plant Biology Unit, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7192-9322
Gabriela Schlau-CohenDepartment of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7746-2981
Marcos A TronconiCentro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacuticas, University of Rosario, Suipacha 570, 2000 Rosario, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-9568-7818
Wojciech WietrzynskiBiozentrum, University of Basel, Sptialstrasse 41, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8898-2392
Vittal K YachandraMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3983-7858
Junko YanoMolecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6308-9071
Funding
Biological Spectroscopy and Crystallography Using an X-ray Free Electron Laser - Supplemental EquipmentR01GM110501 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI Junko Yano · 2014 to 2026
$4.8MHigh throughput sample delivery method for time resolved studies of enzyme reactions with X-ray and complementary techniquesR01GM126289 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI KERN, JAN F · 2017 to 2025
$4.6MTaking Snapshots of Enzymatic Reactions Using X-ray Crystallography and SpectroscopyR35GM149528 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI VITTAL YACHANDRA · 2023 to 2026
$2.7MBBSRC BB/W001012/1Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0019417Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Bu812/8Division of Chemical SciencesDivision of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (CSGBEuropean Union Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020 675006Geosciences, and Biosciences #DE-SC0018097HFSP Research RGP0005/2021J.K.J.Y. GM126289National Institutes of Health (NIH 1R35GM149528NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110501NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126289NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149528Office of Basic Energy SciencesOffice of Basic Energy Sciences (OBESOffice of ScienceUKRI Future Leaders Fellowship MR/T017546/1U.S. Department of EnergyV.K.Y. GM110501
Abstract
Photosynthesis-the conversion of energy from sunlight into chemical energy-is essential for life on Earth. Yet there is much we do not understand about photosynthetic energy conversion on a fundamental level: how it evolved and the extent of its diversity, its dynamics, and all the components and connections involved in its regulation. In this commentary, researchers working on fundamental aspects of photosynthesis including the light-dependent reactions, photorespiration, and C4 photosynthetic metabolism pose and discuss what they view as the most compelling open questions in their areas of research.
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