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..