Structural highlights
Function
VDE_ARATH Part of the xanthophyll (or violaxanthin) cycle for controlling the concentration of zeaxanthin in chloroplasts. Catalyzes the two-step mono de-epoxidation reaction. Stereospecific for all-trans xanthophylls. Zeaxanthin induces the dissipation of excitation energy in the chlorophyll of the light-harvesting protein complex of photosystem II.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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References
- ↑ Havaux M, Bonfils JP, Lutz C, Niyogi KK. Photodamage of the photosynthetic apparatus and its dependence on the leaf developmental stage in the npq1 Arabidopsis mutant deficient in the xanthophyll cycle enzyme violaxanthin de-epoxidase. Plant Physiol. 2000 Sep;124(1):273-84. PMID:10982442
- ↑ Hieber AD, Bugos RC, Verhoeven AS, Yamamoto HY. Overexpression of violaxanthin de-epoxidase: properties of C-terminal deletions on activity and pH-dependent lipid binding. Planta. 2002 Jan;214(3):476-83. PMID:11855651
- ↑ Niyogi KK, Grossman AR, Bjorkman O. Arabidopsis mutants define a central role for the xanthophyll cycle in the regulation of photosynthetic energy conversion. Plant Cell. 1998 Jul;10(7):1121-34. PMID:9668132
