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Probing the carotenoid content of intact Cyclotella cells by resonance Raman spectroscopy by Alexandre, Maxime T. A, Gundermann, Kathi, Pascal, Andrew A, van Grondelle, Rienk, Büchel, Claudia, Robert, Bruno

“…In this study, we demonstrate the selective in vivo detection of diadinoxanthin (DD) and diatoxanthin (DT) in intact Cyclotella cells using resonance Raman…”
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A Base-Catalyzed Mechanism for Dark State Recovery in the Avena sativa Phototropin-1 LOV2 Domain by Alexandre, Maxime T. A, Arents, Jos C, van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J, Kennis, John T. M

“…Phototropins are autophosphorylating serine/threonine kinases responsible for blue-light perception in plants; their action gives rise to phototropism,…”
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Identification of excited-state energy transfer and relaxation pathways in the peridinin-chlorophyll complex: an ultrafast mid-infrared study by Bonetti, Cosimo, Alexandre, Maxime T A, van Stokkum, Ivo H M, Hiller, Roger G, Groot, Marie Louise, van Grondelle, Rienk, Kennis, John T M

“…The peridinin chlorophyll-a protein (PCP) is a water-soluble, trimeric light harvesting complex found in marine dinoflagellates that binds peridinin and Chl-a…”
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Electronic and Protein Structural Dynamics of a Photosensory Histidine Kinase by Alexandre, Maxime T. A, Purcell, Erin B, van Grondelle, Rienk, Robert, Bruno, Kennis, John T. M, Crosson, Sean

“…The bacterium Caulobacter crescentus encodes a two-component signaling protein, LovK, that contains an N-terminal photosensory LOV domain coupled to a…”
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How reduced excitonic coupling enhances light harvesting in the main photosynthetic antennae of diatoms by Krüger, Tjaart P. J., Malý, Pavel, Alexandre, Maxime T. A., Mančal, Tomáš, Büchel, Claudia, van Grondelle, Rienk

“…Strong excitonic interactions are a key design strategy in photosynthetic light harvesting, expanding the spectral cross-section for light absorption and…”
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Perturbation of the ground-state electronic structure of FMN by the conserved cysteine in phototropin LOV2 domains by Alexandre, Maxime T A, van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J, Robert, Bruno, Kennis, John T M

“…In LOV2, the blue-light sensitive domain of phototropin, the primary photophysical event involves intersystem crossing (ISC) from the singlet-excited state to…”
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FTIR Spectroscopy Revealing Light-Dependent Refolding of the Conserved Tongue Region of Bacteriophytochrome by Stojković, Emina A, Toh, K. C, Alexandre, Maxime T. A, Baclayon, Marian, Moffat, Keith, Kennis, John T. M

“…Bacteriophytochromes (BphPs) constitute a class of photosensory proteins that toggle between Pr and Pfr functional states through absorption of red and far-red…”
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Carotenoid composition and conformation in retinal oil droplets of the domestic chicken by Arteni, Ana-Andreea, LaFountain, Amy M, Alexandre, Maxime T A, Fradot, Mathias, Mendes-Pinto, Maria M, Sahel, José-Alain, Picaud, Serge, Frank, Harry A, Robert, Bruno, Pascal, Andrew A

“…Carotenoid-containing oil droplets in the avian retina act as cut-off filters to enhance colour discrimination. We report a confocal resonance Raman…”
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Dynamic quenching in single photosystem II supercomplexes by Gruber, J Michael, Xu, Pengqi, Chmeliov, Jevgenij, Krüger, Tjaart P J, Alexandre, Maxime T A, Valkunas, Leonas, Croce, Roberta, van Grondelle, Rienk

“…Photosystem II (PSII) is a huge pigment-protein supercomplex responsible for the primary steps of photosynthesis in green plants. Its light-harvesting antenna…”
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Primary Reactions of the LOV2 Domain of Phototropin Studied with Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry by Alexandre, Maxime T.A., Domratcheva, Tatiana, Bonetti, Cosimo, van Wilderen, Luuk J.G.W., van Grondelle, Rienk, Groot, Marie-Louise, Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Kennis, John T.M.

“…Phototropins, major blue-light receptors in plants, are sensitive to blue light through a pair of flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-binding light oxygen and voltage…”
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Molecular Adaptation of Photoprotection: Triplet States in Light-Harvesting Proteins by Gall, Andrew, Berera, Rudi, Alexandre, Maxime T.A., Pascal, Andrew A., Bordes, Luc, Mendes-Pinto, Maria M., Andrianambinintsoa, Sandra, Stoitchkova, Katerina V., Marin, Alessandro, Valkunas, Leonas, Horton, Peter, Kennis, John T.M., van Grondelle, Rienk, Ruban, Alexander, Robert, Bruno

“…The photosynthetic light-harvesting systems of purple bacteria and plants both utilize specific carotenoids as quenchers of the harmful (bacterio)chlorophyll…”
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On the Signaling Mechanism and the Absence of Photoreversibility in the AppA BLUF Domain by Toh, K.C., van Stokkum, Ivo H.M., Hendriks, Johnny, Alexandre, Maxime T.A., Arents, J.C., Perez, Marcela Avila, van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Kennis, John T.M.

“…The flavoprotein AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides contains an N-terminal, FAD-binding BLUF photoreceptor domain. Upon illumination, the AppA BLUF domain forms…”
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Triplet State Dynamics in Peridinin-Chlorophyll- a-Protein: A New Pathway of Photoprotection in LHCs? by Alexandre, Maxime T.A., Lührs, Daniel C., van Stokkum, Ivo H.M., Hiller, Roger, Groot, Marie-Louise, Kennis, John T.M., van Grondelle, Rienk

“…This work investigates the interaction of carotenoid and chlorophyll triplet states in the peridinin-chlorophyll- a-protein (PCP) of Amphidinium carterae using…”
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Molecular events accompanying aggregation-induced energy quenching in fucoxanthin-chlorophyll proteins by Alexandre, Maxime T.A., Krüger, Tjaart P.J., Pascal, Andrew A., Veremeienko, Vasyl, Llansola-Portoles, Manuel J., Gundermann, Kathi, van Grondelle, Rienk, Büchel, Claudia, Robert, Bruno

“…In high light, the antenna system in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms switches to a photoprotective mode, dissipating excess energy in a process called…”
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Photoadduct Formation from the FMN Singlet Excited State in the LOV2 Domain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Phototropin by Zhu, Jingyi, Mathes, Tilo, Hontani, Yusaku, Alexandre, Maxime T.A, Toh, K.C, Hegemann, Peter, Kennis, John T. M

“…The two light, oxygen, and voltage domains of phototropin are blue-light photoreceptor domains that control various functions in plants and green algae. The…”
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How reduced excitonic coupling enhances light harvesting in the main photosynthetic by Krüger, Tjaart P J, Malý, Pavel, Alexandre, Maxime T A, Mancal, Tomá, Büchel, Claudia, van Grondelle, Rienk

“…Strong excitonic interactions are a key design strategy in photosynthetic light harvesting, expanding the spectral cross-section for light absorption and…”
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Conformational Heterogeneity and Propagation of Structural Changes in the LOV2/Jα Domain from Avena sativa Phototropin 1 as Recorded by Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy by Alexandre, Maxime T.A., van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J., Kennis, John T.M.

“…Phototropins control phototropism, chloroplast movement, stomatal opening, and leaf expansion in plants. Phototropin 1 (phot1) is composed of a kinase domain…”
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Conformational Heterogeneity and Propagation of Structural Changes in the LOV2/J[alpha] Domain from Avena sativa Phototropin 1 as Recorded by Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy by Alexandre, Maxime TA, van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J, Kennis, John TM

“…Phototropins control phototropism, chloroplast movement, stomatal opening, and leaf expansion in plants. Phototropin 1 (phot1) is composed of a kinase domain…”
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Conformational heterogeneity and propagation of structural changes in the LOV2/Jalpha domain from Avena sativa phototropin 1 as recorded by temperature-dependent FTIR spectroscopy by Alexandre, Maxime T A, van Grondelle, Rienk, Hellingwerf, Klaas J, Kennis, John T M

“…Phototropins control phototropism, chloroplast movement, stomatal opening, and leaf expansion in plants. Phototropin 1 (phot1) is composed of a kinase domain…”
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