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
Krynická V, Skotnicová P, Jackson PJ, et al., 2023, FtsH4 protease controls biogenesis of the PSII complex by dual regulation of high light-inducible proteins., Plant Commun, Vol:4
Yamamoto H, Cheuk A, Shearman J, et al., 2023, Impact of engineering the ATP synthase rotor ring on photosynthesis in tobacco chloroplasts, Plant Physiology, ISSN:0032-0889
Chen T, Riaz S, Davey P, et al., 2022, Producing fast and active Rubisco in tobacco to enhance photosynthesis., Plant Cell
Zhao Z, Vercellino I, Knoppová J, et al., 2022, The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis, Biorxiv
Nixon P, Telfer A, 2022, Remembering James Barber (1940-2020), Photosynthesis Research, Vol:153, ISSN:0166-8595, Pages:1-20