Summary
The Nixon group is studying various aspects of solar energy conversion by chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. Projects include:
1. Enhancing the light reactions of photosynthesis
2. The assembly and repair of photosystem II and the biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane
3. Cyanobacterial and chloroplast synthetic biology
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Publications
Journals
Komenda J, Sobotka R, Nixon PJ, 2024, The biogenesis and maintenance of photosystem II: recent advances and current challenges, The Plant Cell, ISSN:1040-4651
Zhao Z, Vercellino I, Knoppová J, et al., 2023, The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis, Nature Communications, Vol:14, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:1-11
Chen T, Hojka M, Davey P, et al., 2023, Engineering α-carboxysomes into chloroplasts to support autotrophic photosynthesis, Nature Communications, ISSN:2041-1723
Masuda T, Bečková M, Turóczy Z, et al., 2023, Accumulation of cyanobacterial photosystem II containing the “rogue” D1 subunit is controlled by FtsH protease and synthesis of the standard D1 protein, Plant and Cell Physiology, ISSN:0032-0781
Qi M, Zhao Z, Nixon PJ, 2023, The photosynthetic electron transport chain of oxygenic photosynthesis, Bioelectricity, Vol:5, ISSN:2576-3105, Pages:31-38