Joanna Sacharz

Effects of periodic photoinhibitory light exposure on physiology and productivity of Arabidopsis plants grown under low light

Yonglan Tian, Joanna Sacharz, Maxwell A Ware, Huayong Zhang, Alexander V Ruban

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

This work examined the long-term effects of periodic high light stress on photosynthesis, morphology, and productivity of low-ligh..

The xanthophyll cycle affects reversible interactions between PsbS and light-harvesting complex II to control non-photochemical quenching

Joanna Sacharz, Vasco Giovagnetti, Petra Ungerer, Giulia Mastroianni, Alexander V Ruban

Journal article  |  2017  |  NATURE PLANTS

To maintain high photosynthetic rates, plants must adapt to their light environment on a timescale of seconds to minutes. Therefor..

Sub-cellular location of FtsH proteases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp PCC 6803 suggests localised PSII repair zones in the thylakoid membranes

Joanna Sacharz, Samantha J Bryan, Jianfeng Yu, Nigel J Burroughs, Edward M Spence, Peter J Nixon, Conrad W Mullineaux

Journal article  |  2015  |  MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

In cyanobacteria and chloroplasts, exposure to HL damages the photosynthetic apparatus, especially the D1 subunit of Photosystem I..

Loss of the SPHF Homologue Slr1768 Leads to a Catastrophic Failure in the Maintenance of Thylakoid Membranes in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

Samantha J Bryan, Nigel J Burroughs, Carol Evered, Joanna Sacharz, Anja Nenninger, Conrad W Mullineaux, Edward M Spence

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: In cyanobacteria the photosystems are localised to, and maintained in, specialist membranes called the thylakoids. The..