Laura Mosebach Universität Münster
The photosynthetic machinery. Linear electron flow (LEF), cyclic electron flow (CEF)
and the roles of the transmembrane electrochemical proton gradient. As electron transfer is coupled to proton translocation, LEF and CEF contribute to the formation of the proton gradient. LEF involves water splitting and NADPH production. The proton gradient fuels ATP synthesis, induces non-photochemical quenching (qE) and exerts photosynthetic control. LHC = light harvesting complex; PS = photosystem; Cyt b6f = cytochrome b6f complex; PC = plastocyanin; FDX = ferredoxin; FNR = FDX:NADP+ reductase; ATPase = CF1-F0-ATP-synthase; PGRL1 = PGR5-like photosynthetic phenotype 1; PGR5 = proton gradient regulation 5.
Top left: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Source of algal cell: Pflanzenforschung.de (http://www.pflanzenforschung.de/de/themen/pflanzen-im-fokus/chlamydomonas/)
(adapted from Pflanzenforschung.de)
Graph: Laura Mosebach
Laura Mosebach's Master thesis was awarded with the Prize for the Best Plant Science Master Thesis, which was carried out at xxUniversity in the year 2016.
Title of awarded thesis
"Regulation of photosynthetic electron transfer via PGRL1 and PGR5 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii"
The proteins PGRL1 and PGR5 are potentially involved in the recruitment of Ferredoxin:NADP+ Reductase (FNR) to the thylakoid membrane which is involved in the photosynthetic electron transport in the green alga.