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Lighting the way : Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research
Authors: Eckardt, Nancy A; Allahverdiyeva, Yagut; Alvarez, Clarisa E; Büchel, Claudia; Burlacot, Adrien; Cardona, Tanai; Chaloner, Emma; Engel, Benjamin D; Grossman, Arthur ; Harris, Dvir; Herrmann, Nicolas; Hodges, Michael; Kern, Jan; Kim, Tom Dongmin; Maurino, Veronica G; Mullineaux, Conrad W; Mustila, Henna; Nikkanen, Lauri; Schlau-Cohen, Gabriela; Tronconi, Marcos A; Wietrzynski, Wojciech; Yachandra, Vittal K; Yano, Junko
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Plant Cell
Journal name in source: The Plant Cell
Volume: 36
Issue: 10
First page : 3914
Last page: 3943
ISSN: 1040-4651
eISSN: 1532-298X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae203
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae203
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457304293
Photosynthesis – the conversion of energy from sunlight into chemical energy – is essential for life on Earth. Yet there is much we do not understand about photosynthetic energy conversion on a fundamental level: how it evolved and the extent of its diversity, its dynamics, and all the components and connections involved in its regulation. In this commentary, researchers working on fundamental aspects of photosynthesis including the light-dependent reactions, photorespiration, and C4 photosynthetic metabolism pose and discuss what they view as the most compelling open questions in their areas of research.
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Work in the lab of J.Y., V.K.Y., and J.K. was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (OBES), Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences (CSGB) of the Department of Energy (DOE) (J.Y., V.K.Y., J.K.) for X-ray spectroscopy and crystallography data collection and analysis and methods development for photosynthetic systems, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants 1R35GM149528 (V.K.Y.) for PS II biochemical studies, GM110501 (J.Y.) and GM126289 (J.K.) for instrumentation development for XFEL experiments. Work by G.S.S.-C. and D.H. was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences under Award #DESC0018097 to G.S.S.-C. Work by N.H. and C.B. was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Bu812/8, Bu812/10) and supported by the European Union Research and Innovation Program Horizon 2020 ITN (grant no. 675006). The financial support of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (MR/T017546/1 to T.D.K. and T.C.) and an EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scholarship (to E.C.) is gratefully acknowledged. Relevant work in the C.W.M. lab is supported by BBSRC (BB/W001012/1). Relevant work by W.W. and B.D.E. was supported by an HFSP Research Grant (RGP0005/2021) and ERC consolidator grant “cryOcean” (fulfilled by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, M822.00045). Much of the work performed in the lab of A.R.G. on the export of metabolites from the chloroplast and alternative electron transport pathways was supported by DOE award DE-SC0019417. Y.A. acknowledges Academy of Finland (project no. 315119). A.B. acknowledges the support of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Work in the team of M.H. has been supported by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (ANR‐10‐LABX‐0040‐SPS, ANR‐11‐IDEX‐0003‐02, ANR‐14‐CE19‐0015 REGUL3P), the CNRS, INRAE, University Paris-Saclay and the Saclay Plant Sciences Graduate School of Research. V.G.M. was funded by the DFG research grant MA2379/20-1 project number 441941117, and C.E.A. was funded by the ANPCyT grant PICT-2019-00079.
