Effects of abiotic stress on photosystem II proteins

Abstract

Chl electron LHC – light-harvesting complex; NPQ – nonphotochemical quenching; OEC – oxygen-evolving complex; q E – energy gradient quenching; q I – photoinhibition quenching; q T – state II–I transition quenching; q Z – zeaxanthin-dependent quenching; ROS – reactive oxygen species. Acknowledgements : The authors are extremely thankful to Prof. Claudia Büchel for the critical revision of the manuscript and her insightful comments and suggestions. The authors are also thankful to Dr. Ermes Lo Piccolo for the graphical support in figure realization. Conflict of interest : The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.