Search Results - "Krumova, Sashka B."
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Modulation of non-bilayer lipid phases and the structure and functions of thylakoid membranes: effects on the water-soluble enzyme violaxanthin de-epoxidase
Published in Scientific reports (20-07-2020)“…The role of non-bilayer lipids and non-lamellar lipid phases in biological membranes is an enigmatic problem of membrane biology. Non-bilayer lipids are…”
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Low pH Modulates the Macroorganization and Thermal Stability of PSII Supercomplexes in Grana Membranes
Published in Biophysical journal (17-02-2015)“…Protonation of the lumen-exposed residues of some photosynthetic complexes in the grana membranes occurs under conditions of high light intensity and triggers…”
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Structural Rearrangements in Chloroplast Thylakoid Membranes Revealed by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. Thermo-optic Effect
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (30-09-2003)“…The thermo-optic mechanism in thylakoid membranes was earlier identified by measuring the thermal and light stabilities of pigment arrays with different levels…”
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Effects of exogenous 24-epibrassinolide on the photosynthetic membranes under non-stress conditions
Published in Plant physiology and biochemistry (01-07-2014)“…In the present work the effects of exogenous 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) on functional and structural characteristics of the thylakoid membranes under non-stress…”
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Dynamic properties of photosystem II membranes at physiological temperatures characterized by elastic incoherent neutron scattering. Increased flexibility associated with the inactivation of the oxygen evolving complex
Published in Photosynthesis research (01-03-2012)“…Elastic incoherent neutron scattering (EINS), a non-invasive technique which is capable of measuring the mean square displacement of atoms in the sample, has…”
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Temperature dependence of the lipid packing in thylakoid membranes studied by time- and spectrally resolved fluorescence of Merocyanine 540
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-12-2008)“…The lipid packing of thylakoid membranes is an important factor for photosynthetic performance. However, surprisingly little is known about it and it is…”
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Phase behavior of phosphatidylglycerol in spinach thylakoid membranes as revealed by 31P-NMR
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-04-2008)“…Non-bilayer lipids account for about half of the total lipid content in chloroplast thylakoid membranes. This lends high propensity of the thylakoid lipid…”
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Kinetic nature of the thermal destabilization of LHCII macroaggregates
Published in Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology (01-02-2005)“…The main light-harvesting chl a/b pigment–protein complex of photosystem II (LHCII) in isolated state forms macroaggregates with different ultrastructure and…”
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Protonation-induced changes in the macroorganization of LHCII monolayers
Published in Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects (20-10-2014)“…•Protonated and partly deprotonated LHCII monolayers have different macroorganization.•Protonated LHCII monolayer has higher order of organization than partly…”
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