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
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
Chen T, Riaz S, Davey P, et al., 2023, Producing fast and active Rubisco in tobacco to enhance photosynthesis., Plant Cell, Vol:35, Pages:795-807
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