Light, temperature and redox control of the development of the photosynthetic apparatus

摘要

The absorption of light throught the primary photochemical reactions of photosystem II (PSII) and PSI occurs at least 15 orders of magnitude faster than temperature-dependent redox reactions of intersystem electron transport and subsequent enzyme-catalyzed carbon assimilation. It is imperative that photosynthetic organisms maintain a balance between energy supplied through photochemistry and energy consumed through electron transport and metabolism.