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chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II

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LHCII, light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II

Evidence Snippets

the dynamic properties of the proteins and pigments of the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II first enable the level of excitation energy to be sensed via the thylakoid proton gradient
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Linked Claims

Claim 1mechanismsupports1996Source 1DOIPubMed

Dynamic properties of proteins and pigments in chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II enable excitation level sensing via the thylakoid proton gradient.

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the dynamic properties of the proteins and pigments of the chlorophyll a/b light-harvesting complexes of photosystem II first enable the level of excitation energy to be sensed via the thylakoid proton gradient
Claim 2mechanismsupports1996Source 1DOIPubMed

The same light-harvesting complex properties subsequently allow excess energy to be dissipated as heat through formation of a nonphotochemical quencher.

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and subsequently allow excess energy to be dissipated as heat by formation of a nonphotochemical quencher
Claim 3mechanistic dependencysupports1996Source 1DOIPubMed

Variation in energy dissipation capacity depends on specific features of the composition of the light-harvesting system.

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the variation in capacity for energy dissipation depends on specific features of the composition of the light-harvesting system