In vitro photocurrents from spinach thylakoids following Mn depletion and Mn-cluster reconstitution.

Biohybrid devices that generate an electrical signal under the influence of light due to photochemical reactions in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes have many prospects. On the one hand, the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II allows the use of ubiquitous water as a source of electrons for photoinduced electron transfer in such devices; on the other hand, it is the most vulnerable part of the photosynthetic apparatus. From the perspective of sustainable operation of bio-based hybrid devices, it is helpful to analyze how removing or modifying the Mn cluster will affect the performance of the bio-hybrid device.

Photosystem II in bio-photovoltaic devices.

Hybrid photoelectrodes containing biological pigment-protein complexes can be used for environmentally friendly solar energy conversion, herbicide detection, and other applications. The total number of scientific publications on hybrid bio-based devices has grown rapidly over the past decades. Particular attention is paid to the integration of the complexes of PSII into photoelectrochemical devices.

Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn - high frequency ultrasound imaging and videodermoscopy examination. Case presentation.

Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn (NSJ) is a congenital cutaneous hamartoma mainly developing from pilosebaceous unit cells. NSJ has the potential to develop into a variety of benign and malignant tumors, which are not limited to sebaceous differentiation. The dynamical monitoring for the earliest malignant transformation is necessary.

Effect of red light on photosynthetic acclimation and the gene expression of certain light signalling components involved in the microRNA biogenesis in the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum.

The photosynthetic acclimation of extremophile Eutrema salsugineum plants to red light (RL) (14 days, 150 μmol photons m s, 660 nm) and the expression of the key photoreceptor apoprotein genes, transcription factors (TFs) and associated with phytochrome system MIR (microRNA) genes were studied. RL exposure induced an increase in the content of anthocyanin and total phenolic compounds and the level of Chls was decreased. The photosystem 2 electron transport rate and the number of open reaction centres (q) were not changed in RL plants, however, the levels of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and the regulated quantum yield of non-photochemical quenching Y(NPQ) were significantly higher in the RL plants.

Deficiencies in phytochromes A and B and cryptochrome 1 affect the resistance of the photosynthetic apparatus to high-intensity light in Solanum lycopersicum.

The effects of high-intensity light (HIL) on the activity of photosystem II (PSII) and photosynthesis in wild-type (WT) and single (phyB2, phyB1, phyA and cry1), double (phyB1B2, phyAB2 and phyAB1) and triple (phyAB1B2 and cry1phyAB1) mutants of Solanum lycopersicum were studied. In addition, changes in the activity of the antioxidant enzymes ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase and guaiacol peroxidase as well as the photosynthetic pigment and anthocyanin contents in the leaves of phyB2 and cry1phAB1 mutants under HIL were examined. When plants were irradiated with HIL (2 h), the PSII resistance of the cry1phyAB1 mutant was the lowest, while the resistance of WT and single mutants excluding cry1 was the highest.