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
Knoppová J, Sobotka R, Yu J, et al., 2022, Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins, Plant Physiology, Vol:189, ISSN:0032-0889, Pages:790-804
Nixon P, Telfer A, 2022, Remembering James Barber (1940-2020), Photosynthesis Research, ISSN:0166-8595
Yi L, Liu B, Nixon PJ, et al., 2022, Recent advances in understanding the structural and functional evolution of FtsH proteases, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol:13, ISSN:1664-462X, Pages:1-16
Huokko T, Ni T, Dykes GF, et al., 2021, Probing the biogenesis pathway and dynamics of thylakoid membranes, Nature Communications, ISSN:2041-1723
Knoppová J, Yu J, Janouškovec J, et al., 2021, The Photosystem II assembly factor Ycf48 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is lipidated using an atypical lipobox sequence, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ISSN:1422-0067