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Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

November 29th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Algae-Strains

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Krishna Niyogi, a biologist with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, led the discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein, LHCSR, functions as a molecular “dimmer switch” that helps prevent green algae from absorbing too much sunlight during photosynthesis and suffering oxidation damage as a consequence.

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