Publications: Prof Alexander Ruban

Chen L, Rodriguez-Heredia M, Hanke GT, Ruban AV ( 2024 ) . Distinct features of PsbS essential for mediating plant photoprotection . Plant Communications

da Silva SSM, Faizullah L, Guignard MS, Orcen N, Ruban AV, Rudall PJ, Trimmer M, Nichols RA et al. ( 2024 ) . Nitrogen and phosphorus interactions at a 21 nitrogen:1 phosphorus Redfield‐like ratio impact growth and seed yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) . Food and Energy Security vol. 13 , ( 4 )

Wilson S, Clarke CD, Carbajal MA, Buccafusca R, Fleck RA, Daskalakis V, Ruban AV ( 2024 ) . Hydrophobic Mismatch in the Thylakoid Membrane Regulates Photosynthetic Light Harvesting . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 146 , ( 21 ) 14905 - 14914 .

Zia A, Gulzar S, Ruban AV ( 2024 ) . Enhanced photochemical efficiency of PSII in Prosopis juliflora suggests contribution to invasion advantage over native C3 xero-halophytes under salt stress . Functional Plant Biology vol. 51 , ( 5 )

Ruban AV ( 2023 ) . Unveiling the atomic-scale transition between light harvesting and photoprotective states in plant photosynthesis . Science China Chemistry vol. 67 , ( 5 ) 1375 - 1377 .

Li D-H, Wilson S, Mastroianni G, Ruban AV ( 2023 ) . Altered lipid acyl chain length controls energy dissipation in light-harvesting complex II proteoliposomes by hydrophobic mismatch . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology vol. 246 ,

Tournaire MD, Scharff LB, Kramer M, Goss T, Vuorijoki L, Rodriguez-Heredia M, Wilson S, Kruse I et al. ( 2023 ) . Ferredoxin C2 is required for chlorophyll biosynthesis and accumulation of photosynthetic antennae in Arabidopsis . Plant, Cell and Environment vol. 46 , ( 11 ) 3287 - 3304 .

Wilson S, Kim E, Ishii A, Ruban AV, Minagawa J ( 2023 ) . Overexpression of LHCSR and PsbS enhance light tolerance in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology vol. 244 ,

Ruban AV, Wilson S, Li D ( 2022 ) . Chlorophyll excimers in LHCII complex . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1863 ,

Wilson S, Ruban AV ( 2022 ) . Deuterium isotope effect on the kinetics of nonphotochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching and the transthylakoid ΔpH . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1863 , ( 7 )

Wilson S, Li D-H, Ruban AV ( 2022 ) . The Structural and Spectral Features of Light-Harvesting Complex II Proteoliposomes Mimic Those of Native Thylakoid Membranes . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 13 , ( 24 ) 5683 - 5691 .

Arshad R, Saccon F, Bag P, Biswas A, Calvaruso C, Bhatti AF, Grebe S, Mascoli V et al. ( 2022 ) . A kaleidoscope of photosynthetic antenna proteins and their emerging roles . Plant Physiology vol. 189 , ( 3 ) 1204 - 1219 .

Saccon F, Wilson S, Morey-Burrows FS, Ruban AV ( 2022 ) . Quantifying the long-term interplay between photoprotection and repair mechanisms sustaining photosystem II activity . Biochemical Journal vol. 479 , ( 5 ) 701 - 717 .

Seydoux C, Storti M, Giovagnetti V, Matuszyńska A, Guglielmino E, Zhao X, Giustini C, Pan Y et al. ( 2022 ) . Impaired photoprotection in Phaeodactylum tricornutum KEA3 mutants reveals the proton regulatory circuit of diatoms light acclimation . New Phytologist vol. 234 , ( 2 ) 578 - 591 .

Ruban AV, Saccon F ( 2022 ) . Chlorophyll a de-excitation pathways in the LHCII antenna . The Journal of Chemical Physics vol. 156 , ( 7 )

Rodriguez-Heredia M, Saccon F, Wilson S, Finazzi G, Ruban AV, Hanke GT ( 2022 ) . Protection of photosystem I during sudden light stress depends on ferredoxin:NADP(H) reductase abundance and interactions . Plant Physiology vol. 188 , ( 2 ) 1028 - 1042 .

Ruban A, Foyer C, Murchie E ( 2022 ) . Photosynthesis in Action: Harvesting Light, Generating Electrons, Fixing Carbon .

Giovagnetti V, Jaubert M, Shukla MK, Ungerer P, Bouly J-P, Falciatore A, Ruban AV ( 2021 ) . Biochemical and molecular properties of LHCX1, the essential regulator of dynamic photoprotection in diatoms . Plant Physiology vol. 188 , ( 1 ) 509 - 525 .

Wilson S, Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2021 ) . Proton motive force in plant photosynthesis dominated by ΔpH in both low and high light . Plant Physiology vol. 187 , ( 1 ) 263 - 275 .

Ajigboye OO, Jayaweera DP, Angelopoulou D, Ruban AV, Murchie EH, Pastor V, Summers R, Ray RV ( 2021 ) . The role of photoprotection in defence of two wheat genotypes against Zymoseptoria tritici . Plant Pathology vol. 70 , ( 6 ) 1421 - 1435 .

Ruban AV, Wilson S ( 2020 ) . The Mechanism of Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Localization and Driving Forces . Plant and Cell Physiology vol. 62 , ( 7 ) 1063 - 1072 .

Shukla MK, Watanabe A, Wilson S, Giovagnetti V, Moustafa EI, Minagawa J, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . A novel method produces native light-harvesting complex II aggregates from the photosynthetic membrane revealing their role in nonphotochemical quenching . J Biol Chem vol. 295 , ( 51 ) 17816 - 17826 .

Shukla MK, Watanabe A, Wilson S, Giovagnetti V, Moustafa EI, Minagawa J, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . A novel method produces native light-harvesting complex II aggregates from the photosynthetic membrane revealing their role in nonphotochemical quenching . Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 295 , ( 51 ) 17816 - 17826 .

Saccon F, Durchan M, Polívka T, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . The robustness of the terminal emitter site in major LHCII complexes controls xanthophyll function during photoprotection . Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences vol. 19 , ( 10 ) 1308 - 1318 .

Giovagnetti V, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . The mechanism of regulation of photosystem I cross-section in the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 72 , ( 2 ) 561 - 575 .

Foo CC, Burgess AJ, Retkute R, Tree-Intong P, Ruban AV, Murchie EH ( 2020 ) . Photoprotective energy dissipation is greater in the lower, not the upper, regions of a rice canopy: a 3D analysis . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 71 , ( 22 ) 7382 - 7392 .

Vivancos JMA, van Stokkum IHM, Saccon F, Hontani Y, Kloz M, Ruban A, van Grondelle R, Kennis JTM ( 2020 ) . Unraveling the Excited-State Dynamics and Light-Harvesting Functions of Xanthophylls in Light-Harvesting Complex II Using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 142 , ( 41 ) 17346 - 17355 .

Saccon F, Durchan M, Bína D, Duffy CDP, Ruban AV, Polívka T ( 2020 ) . A Protein Environment-Modulated Energy Dissipation Channel in LHCII Antenna Complex . iScience vol. 23 , ( 9 )

Zhao L-S, Huokko T, Wilson S, Simpson DM, Wang Q, Ruban AV, Mullineaux CW, Zhang Y-Z et al. ( 2020 ) . Structural variability, coordination and adaptation of a native photosynthetic machinery . Nature Plants vol. 6 , ( 7 ) 869 - 882 .

Kim E, Watanabe A, Duffy CDP, Ruban AV, Minagawa J ( 2020 ) . Multimeric and monomeric photosystem II supercomplexes represent structural adaptations to low- and high-light conditions . Journal of Biological Chemistry vol. 295 , ( 43 ) 14537 - 14545 .

Wilson S, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . Rethinking the Influence of Chloroplast Movements on Non-photochemical Quenching and Photoprotection1[OPEN] . Plant Physiology vol. 183 , ( 3 ) 1213 - 1223 .

Saccon F, Giovagnetti V, Shukla MK, Ruban AV ( 2020 ) . Rapid regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting in the absence of minor antenna and reaction centre complexes . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 71 , ( 12 ) 3626 - 3637 .

Murchie EH, Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . Dynamic non-photochemical quenching in plants: from molecular mechanism to productivity . The Plant Journal

Chmeliov J, Gelzinis A, Franckevičius M, Tutkus M, Saccon F, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2019 ) . Aggregation-Related Nonphotochemical Quenching in the Photosynthetic Membrane . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 10 , ( 23 ) 7340 - 7346 .

Saccon F, Durchan M, Kaňa R, Prášil O, Ruban AV, Polívka T ( 2019 ) . Spectroscopic Properties of Violaxanthin and Lutein Triplet States in LHCII are Independent of Carotenoid Composition . The Journal of Physical Chemistry B vol. 123 , ( 44 ) 9312 - 9320 .

Wei T, Balevičius V, Polívka T, Ruban AV, Duffy CDP ( 2019 ) . How carotenoid distortions may determine optical properties: lessons from the Orange Carotenoid Protein . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . The Mechanism of Nonphotochemical Quenching: The End of the Ongoing Debate . Plant Physiology vol. 181 , ( 2 ) 383 - 384 .

Yeates AM, Zubko MK, Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . Absence of photosynthetic state transitions in alien chloroplasts . Planta vol. 250 , ( 2 ) 589 - 601 .

Wilson S, Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . Quantitative assessment of the high-light tolerance in plants with an impaired photosystem II donor side . Biochemical Journal vol. 476 , ( 9 )

Tutkus M, Saccon F, Chmeliov J, Venckus O, Ciplys I, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2019 ) . Single-molecule microscopy studies of LHCII enriched in Vio or Zea . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1860 , ( 6 ) 499 - 507 .

Wilson S, Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . Enhanced NPQ affects long-term acclimation in the spring ephemeral Berteroa incana . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1861 , ( 4 )

Barber J, Ruban AV, Nixon PJ ( 2019 ) . Oxygen Production and Reduction in Artificial and Natural Systems .

Barber J, Nixon PJ, Ruban AV ( 2019 ) . Preface .

Saccon F, Vivancos JMA, Hontani Y, Kloz M, Ruban A, van Stokkum I, van Grondelle R, Kennis JTM ( 2018 ) . Direct measurement of the excited states of carotenoids in LHCII trimers using fs-stimulated Raman Spectroscopy . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1859 ,

Wilson S, Ruban AV ( 2018 ) . Impact of donor- and acceptor-side inhibition upon the light tolerance of photosystem II . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1859 ,

Giovagnetti V, Ruban AV ( 2018 ) . The evolution of the photoprotective antenna proteins in oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes . Biochemical Society Transactions vol. 46 , ( 5 ) 1263 - 1277 .

Trsková EK, Belgio E, Yeates AM, Sobotka R, Ruban AV, Kaňa R ( 2018 ) . Antenna proton sensitivity determines photosynthetic light harvesting strategy . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 69 , ( 18 ) 4483 - 4493 .

Nürnberg DJ, Morton J, Santabarbara S, Telfer A, Joliot P, Antonaru LA, Ruban AV, Cardona T et al. ( 2018 ) . Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems . Science vol. 360 , ( 6394 ) 1210 - 1213 .

Ruban AV ( 2018 ) . Light harvesting control in plants . FEBS Letters vol. 592 , ( 18 ) 3030 - 3039 .

Plumb W, Townsend AJ, Rasool B, Alomrani S, Razak N, Karpinska B, Ruban AV, Foyer CH ( 2018 ) . Ascorbate-mediated regulation of growth, photoprotection, and photoinhibition in Arabidopsis thaliana . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 69 , ( 11 ) 2823 - 2835 .

Townsend AJ, Saccon F, Giovagnetti V, Wilson S, Ungerer P, Ruban AV ( 2018 ) . The causes of altered chlorophyll fluorescence quenching induction in the Arabidopsis mutant lacking all minor antenna complexes . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1859 , ( 9 ) 666 - 675 .

Giovagnetti V, Han G, Ware MA, Ungerer P, Qin X, Wang W-D, Kuang T, Shen J-R et al. ( 2018 ) . A siphonous morphology affects light-harvesting modulation in the intertidal green macroalga Bryopsis corticulans (Ulvophyceae) . Planta vol. 247 , ( 6 ) 1293 - 1306 .

Bailey-Serres J, Pierik R, Ruban A, Wingler A ( 2018 ) . The Dynamic Plant: Capture, Transformation, and Management of Energy . Plant Physiology vol. 176 , ( 2 ) 961 - 966 .

Townsend AJ, Ware MA, Ruban AV ( 2018 ) . Dynamic interplay between photodamage and photoprotection in photosystem II . Plant Cell Environ

Tutkus M, Chmeliov J, Rutkauskas D, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2017 ) . Influence of the Carotenoid Composition on the Conformational Dynamics of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes . J Phys Chem Lett vol. 8 , ( 23 ) 5898 - 5906 .

Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Adaptive Reorganisation of the Light Harvesting Antenna . Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics , World Scientific Publishing

Gelzinis A, Chmeliov J, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2017 ) . Can red-emitting state be responsible for fluorescence quenching in LHCII aggregates? . Photosynthesis Research vol. 135 , ( 1-3 ) 275 - 284 .

Foyer CH, Ruban AV, Nixon PJ ( 2017 ) . Photosynthesis solutions to enhance productivity . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences vol. 372 , ( 1730 )

Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Quantifying the efficiency of photoprotection . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 372 , ( 1730 )

Fox K, Balevicius V, Chmeliov J, Valkunas L, Ruban A, DUFFY CDP ( 2017 ) . The Carotenoid pathway: What is important for excitation quenching in plant antenna complexes? . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Snellenburg JJ, Johnson MP, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R, van Stokkum IHM ( 2017 ) . A four state parametric model for the kinetics of the non-photochemical quenching in Photosystem II . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1858 , ( 10 ) 854 - 864 .

Tian Y, Sacharz J, Ware MA, Zhang H, Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Effects of periodic photoinhibitory light exposure on physiology and productivity of Arabidopsis plants grown under low light . J Exp Bot vol. 68 , ( 15 ) 4249 - 4262 .

Belgio E, Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Recombinant Light Harvesting Complexes: Views and Perspectives . Photosynthesis: Structures, Mechanisms, and Applications , Springer Nature

Foyer CH, Ruban AV, Noctor G ( 2017 ) . Viewing oxidative stress through the lens of oxidative signalling rather than damage . Biochem J vol. 474 , ( 6 ) 877 - 883 .

Tian Y, Ungerer P, Zhang H, Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Direct impact of the sustained decline in the photosystem II efficiency upon plant productivity at different developmental stages . Journal of Plant Physiology vol. 212 , 45 - 53 .

Sacharz J, Giovagnetti V, Ungerer P, Mastroianni G, Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . The xanthophyll cycle affects reversible interactions between PsbS and light-harvesting complex II to control non-photochemical quenching . Nat Plants vol. 3 , 16225 - 16225 .

Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Plant science: Crops on the fast track for light . Nature vol. 541 , ( 7635 ) 36 - 37 .

Barber J, Ruban AV ( 2017 ) . Photosynthesis and bioenergetics .

Giovagnetti V, Ruban AV ( 2016 ) . Detachment of the fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c binding protein (FCP) antenna is not involved in the acclimative regulation of photoprotection in the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1858 , ( 3 ) 218 - 230 .

Smerilli A, Orefice I, Corato F, Olea AG, Ruban AV, Brunet C ( 2016 ) . Photoprotective and antioxidant responses to light spectrum and intensity variations in the coastal diatom Skeletonema marinoi . Environmental Microbiology vol. 19 , ( 2 ) 611 - 627 .

Wahadoszamen M, Belgio E, Rahman MA, Ara AM, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R ( 2016 ) . Identification and characterization of multiple emissive species in aggregated minor antenna complexes . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta vol. 1857 , ( 12 ) 1917 - 1924 .

Orefice I, Chandrasekaran R, Smerilli A, Corato F, Caruso T, Casillo A, Corsaro MM, Piaz FD et al. ( 2016 ) . Light-induced changes in the photosynthetic physiology and biochemistry in the diatom Skeletonema marinoi . Algal Research vol. 17 , ( July ) Article C , 1 - 13 .

Ware MA, Dall’Osto L, Ruban AV ( 2016 ) . An In Vivo Quantitative Comparison of Photoprotection in Arabidopsis Xanthophyll Mutants . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 7 ,

Michoux F, Ahmad N, Wei Z-Y, Belgio E, Ruban AV, Nixon PJ ( 2016 ) . Testing the Role of the N-Terminal Tail of D1 in the Maintenance of Photosystem II in Tobacco Chloroplasts . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 7 ,

Chmeliov J, Gelzinis A, Songaila E, Augulis R, Duffy CDP, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2016 ) . The nature of self-regulation in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna . Nature Plants vol. 2 , ( 5 ) Article 16045 , 16045 - 16045 .

Kaňa R, Kotabová E, Kopečná J, Trsková E, Belgio E, Sobotka R, Ruban AV ( 2016 ) . Violaxanthin inhibits nonphotochemical quenching in light-harvesting antenna of Chromera velia . FEBS Letters vol. 590 , ( 8 ) 1076 - 1085 .

Ruban AV ( 2016 ) . Nonphotochemical Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching: Mechanism and Effectiveness in Protecting Plants from Photodamage . Plant Physiology vol. 170 , ( 4 ) 1903 - 1916 .

Benson SL, Maheswaran P, Ware MA, Hunter CN, Horton P, Jansson S, Ruban AV, Johnson MP ( 2015 ) . An intact light harvesting complex I antenna system is required for complete state transitions in Arabidopsis . Nature Plants vol. 1 , ( 12 )

Ruban AV, Johnson MP ( 2015 ) . Visualizing the dynamic structure of the plant photosynthetic membrane . Nature Plants vol. 1 , ( 11 )

Ware MA, Giovagnetti V, Belgio E, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . PsbS protein modulates non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in membranes depleted of photosystems . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology vol. 152 , 301 - 307 .

Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Visualizing the Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins in Situ: Atomic Force Microscopy . Plant Physiology vol. 169 , ( 2 ) 910 - 910 .

Belgio E, Ungerer P, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Light-harvesting superstructures of green plant chloroplasts lacking photosystems . Plant, Cell & Environment vol. 38 , ( 10 ) 2035 - 2047 .

Giovagnetti V, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Discerning the effects of photoinhibition and photoprotection on the rate of oxygen evolution in Arabidopsis leaves . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology vol. 152 , ( Pt B ) 272 - 278 .

Duffy CDP, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Dissipative pathways in the photosystem-II antenna in plants . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology vol. 152 , ( Pt B ) 215 - 226 .

Giovagnetti V, Ware MA, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Assessment of the impact of photosystem I chlorophyll fluorescence on the pulse-amplitude modulated quenching analysis in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana . Photosynthesis Research vol. 125 , ( 1-2 ) 179 - 189 .

Carvalho FEL, Ware MA, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Quantifying the dynamics of light tolerance in Arabidopsis plants during ontogenesis . Plant Cell & Environment vol. 38 , ( 12 ) 2603 - 2617 .

Chmeliov J, Bricker WP, Lo C, Jouin E, Valkunas L, Ruban AV, Duffy CDP ( 2015 ) . An ‘all pigment’ model of excitation quenching in LHCII . Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. vol. 17 , ( 24 ) 15857 - 15867 .

Ware MA, Belgio E, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Photoprotective capacity of non-photochemical quenching in plants acclimated to different light intensities . Photosynthesis Research vol. 126 , ( 2-3 ) 261 - 274 .

Giovagnetti V, Ware MA, Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Assessment of the impact of photosystem I chlorophyll fluorescence on the pulse-amplitude modulated quenching analysis in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana . Photosynthesis Research vol. 125 , ( 1-2 ) 179 - 189 .

Ruban AV ( 2015 ) . Evolution under the sun: optimizing light harvesting in photosynthesis . J Exp Bot vol. 66 , ( 1 ) 7 - 23 .

Chandrasekaran R, Barra L, Carillo S, Caruso T, Corsaro MM, Dal Piaz F, Graziani G, Corato F et al. ( 2014 ) . Light modulation of biomass and macromolecular composition of the diatom Skeletonema marinoi . Journal of Biotechnology vol. 192 , 114 - 122 .

Ware MA, Belgio E, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . Comparison of the protective effectiveness of NPQ in Arabidopsis plants deficient in PsbS protein and zeaxanthin . Journal of Experimental Botany vol. 66 , ( 5 ) 1259 - 1270 .

Pascal AA, Ruban AV, Robert B ( 2014 ) . Antenna Protein Conformational Changes Revealed by Resonance Raman Spectroscopy . Non-Photochemical Quenching and Energy Dissipation in Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria , vol. 40 , Springer Nature

Ruban AV, Mullineaux CW ( 2014 ) . Non-Photochemical Fluorescence Quenching and the Dynamics of Photosystem II Structure . Non-Photochemical Quenching and Energy Dissipation in Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria , vol. 40 , Springer Nature

Dall’Osto L, Bassi R, Ruban A ( 2014 ) . Photoprotective Mechanisms: Carotenoids . Plastid Biology , Springer Nature

Petrou K, Belgio E, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . pH sensitivity of chlorophyll fluorescence quenching is determined by the detergent/protein ratio and the state of LHCII aggregation . Biochim Biophys Acta vol. 1837 , ( 9 ) 1533 - 1539 .

Vasilev C, Johnson MP, Gonzales E, Wang L, Ruban AV, Montano G, Cadby AJ, Hunter CN ( 2014 ) . Reversible switching between nonquenched and quenched states in nanoscale linear arrays of plant light-harvesting antenna complexes . Langmuir vol. 30 , ( 28 ) 8481 - 8490 .

Belgio E, Kapitonova E, Chmeliov J, Duffy CDP, Ungerer P, Valkunas L, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . Economic photoprotection in photosystem II that retains a complete light-harvesting system with slow energy traps . Nat Commun vol. 5 ,

Krüger TPJ, Ilioaia C, Johnson MP, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R ( 2014 ) . Disentangling the low-energy states of the major light-harvesting complex of plants and their role in photoprotection . Biochim Biophys Acta vol. 1837 , ( 7 ) 1027 - 1038 .

Duffy C, Belgio E, Chmeliov J, Valkunas L, Ruban A ( 2014 ) . Lutein as a mediator of effective yet ‘economic’ regulator of light-harvesting in photosystem II of plants . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1837 ,

Ruban AV, Belgio E, Ware M ( 2014 ) . Photoprotective effectiveness of non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1837 ,

Ruban AV, Belgio E ( 2014 ) . The relationship between maximum tolerated light intensity and photoprotective energy dissipation in the photosynthetic antenna: Chloroplast gains and losses . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol. 369 , ( 1640 )

Ruban AV, Belgio E ( 2014 ) . The relationship between maximum tolerated light intensity and photoprotective energy dissipation in the photosynthetic antenna: chloroplast gains and losses . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 369 , ( 1640 )

Duffy CDP, Pandit A, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . Modeling the NMR signatures associated with the functional conformational switch in the major light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II in higher plants . Phys Chem Chem Phys vol. 16 , ( 12 ) 5571 - 5580 .

Lee C-W, Kourounioti RA, Wu JCS, Murchie E, Maroto-Valer M, Jensen OE, Huang C-W, Ruban A ( 2014 ) . Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons by light-harvesting complex assisted Rh-doped TiO2 photocatalyst . Journal of CO2 Utilization vol. 5 , 33 - 40 .

Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . Rethinking the existence of a steady-state Δ<i>ψ</i> component of the proton motive force across plant thylakoid membranes . PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH vol. 119 , ( 1-2 ) 233 - 242 .

Brunet C, Chandrasekaran R, Barra L, Giovagnetti V, Corato F, Ruban AV ( 2014 ) . Spectral radiation dependent photoprotective mechanism in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata . PLoS One vol. 9 , ( 1 )

Duffy CDP, Valkunas L, Ruban AV ( 2013 ) . Light-harvesting processes in the dynamic photosynthetic antenna . Phys Chem Chem Phys vol. 15 , ( 43 ) 18752 - 18770 .

Duffy CDP, Chmeliov J, Macernis M, Sulskus J, Valkunas L, Ruban AV ( 2013 ) . Modeling of fluorescence quenching by lutein in the plant light-harvesting complex LHCII . J Phys Chem B vol. 117 , ( 38 ) 10974 - 10986 .

Krüger TPJ, Ilioaia C, Johnson MP, Belgio E, Horton P, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R ( 2013 ) . The specificity of controlled protein disorder in the photoprotection of plants . Biophys J vol. 105 , ( 4 ) 1018 - 1026 .

Belgio E, Duffy CDP, Ruban AV ( 2013 ) . Switching light harvesting complex II into photoprotective state involves the lumen-facing apoprotein loop . Phys Chem Chem Phys vol. 15 , ( 29 ) 12253 - 12261 .

Duffy CDP, Valkunas L, Ruban AV ( 2013 ) . Quantum mechanical calculations of xanthophyll-chlorophyll electronic coupling in the light-harvesting antenna of photosystem II of higher plants . J Phys Chem B vol. 117 , ( 25 ) 7605 - 7614 .

Ilioaia C, Duffy CDP, Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2013 ) . Changes in the Energy Transfer Pathways within Photosystem II Antenna Induced by Xanthophyll Cycle Activity . JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B vol. 117 , ( 19 ) 5841 - 5847 .

Ruban A ( 2012 ) . The Photosynthetic Membrane . Wiley

Belgio E, Johnson MP, Jurić S, Ruban AV ( 2012 ) . Higher plant photosystem II light-harvesting antenna, not the reaction center, determines the excited-state lifetime-both the maximum and the nonphotochemically quenched . Biophys J vol. 102 , ( 12 ) 2761 - 2771 .

Duffy CDP, Ruban AV ( 2012 ) . A theoretical investigation of xanthophyll-protein hydrogen bonding in the photosystem II antenna . J Phys Chem B vol. 116 , ( 14 ) 4310 - 4318 .

Ruban AV, Murchie EH ( 2012 ) . Assessing the photoprotective effectiveness of non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching: A new approach . BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1817 , ( 7 ) 977 - 982 .

Kruger TPJ, Ilioaia C, Johnson MP, Ruban AV, Papagiannakis E, Horton P, van Grondelle R ( 2012 ) . Controlled Disorder in Plant Light-Harvesting Complex II Explains Its Photoprotective Role . BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL vol. 102 , ( 11 ) 2669 - 2676 .

Kruger T, Ilioaia C, Johnson M, Ruban A, Papagiannakis E, Horton P, van Grondelle R ( 2012 ) . Controlled disorder in plant light harvesting complex II explains its photoprotective role . ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY . vol. 243 ,

Macernis M, Sulskus J, Duffy CDP, Ruban AV, Valkunas L ( 2012 ) . Electronic Spectra of Structurally Deformed Lutein . JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A vol. 116 , ( 40 ) 9843 - 9853 .

Johnson MP, Zia A, Ruban AV ( 2012 ) . Elevated ΔpH restores rapidly reversible photoprotective energy dissipation in Arabidopsis chloroplasts deficient in lutein and xanthophyll cycle activity . Planta vol. 235 , ( 1 ) 193 - 204 .

Rutkauskas D, Chmeliov J, Johnson M, Ruban A, Valkunas L ( 2012 ) . Exciton annihilation as a probe of the light-harvesting antenna transition into the photoprotective mode . CHEMICAL PHYSICS vol. 404 , 123 - 128 .

Goral TK, Johnson MP, Duffy CDP, Brain APR, Ruban AV, Mullineaux CW ( 2012 ) . Light-harvesting antenna composition controls the macrostructure and dynamics of thylakoid membranes in Arabidopsis . Plant J vol. 69 , ( 2 ) 289 - 301 .

Ruban AV, Johnson MP, Duffy CDP ( 2012 ) . The photoprotective molecular switch in the photosystem II antenna . Biochim Biophys Acta vol. 1817 , ( 1 ) 167 - 181 .

Dartnell LR, Storrie-Lombardi MC, Mullineaux CW, Ruban AV, Wright G, Griffiths AD, Muller J-P, Ward JM ( 2011 ) . Degradation of cyanobacterial biosignatures by ionizing radiation . Astrobiology vol. 11 , ( 10 ) 997 - 1016 .

Johnson MP, Brain AP, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Changes in thylakoid membrane thickness associated with the reorganization of photosystem II light harvesting complexes during photoprotective energy dissipation . Plant Signal Behav vol. 6 , ( 9 ) 1386 - 1390 .

Gall A, Berera R, Alexandre MTA, Pascal AA, Bordes L, Mendes-Pinto MM, Andrianambinintsoa S, Stoitchkova KV et al. ( 2011 ) . Molecular Adaptation of Photoprotection: Triplet States in Light-Harvesting Proteins . BIOPHYS J vol. 101 , ( 4 ) 934 - 942 .

Johnson MP, Zia A, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Rapidly-reversible photoprotective energy dissipation in lutein- and zeaxanthin-deficient chloroplasts with enhanced ΔpH . Planta

Johnson MP, Brain APR, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Changes in thylakoid membrane thickness associated with the reorganization of photosystem II light harvesting complexes during photoprotective energy dissipation . Plant Signaling & Behavior vol. 6 ,

Ilioaia C, Kruger T, Johnson MP, Horton P, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R ( 2011 ) . Fluorescence dynamics of plant light harvesting complexes studied by single molecule spectroscopy . EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS . vol. 40 , 176 - 177 .

Valkunas L, Chmeliov E, Trinkunas G, Duffy CDP, van Grondelle R, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Excitation Migration, Quenching and Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting in Photosystem II . J. Phys. Chem. B vol. 115 , ( 29 ) 9252 - 9260 .

Gall A, Berera R, Alexandre MTA, Pascal AA, Border L, Mendes-Pinto MM, Andrianambinintsoa S, Stoitchkova KV et al. ( 2011 ) . Molecular adaptation of photoprotection: triplet states in light-harvesting proteins . Biophys. J. vol. 101 , ( 4 ) 934 - 942 .

Ilioaia C, Johnson M, Liao PN, Pascal A, van Grondelle R, Walla P, Ruban AV, Robert B ( 2011 ) . Photoprotection in higher plants involves a change of Lutein 1 binding domain in the major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II . J Biol Chem vol. 286 , 27247 - 27254 .

Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Restoration of rapidly reversible photoprotective energy dissipation in the absence of PsbS protein by enhanced DeltapH . J Biol Chem vol. 286 , ( 22 ) 19973 - 19981 .

Zia A, Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Acclimation- and mutation-induced enhancement of PsbS levels affects the kinetics of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana . Planta vol. 233 , ( 6 ) 1253 - 1264 .

Ruban AV, Johnson MP, Duffy CDP ( 2011 ) . Natural light harvesting: principles and environmental trends . ENERG ENVIRON SCI vol. 4 , ( 5 ) 1643 - 1650 .

Ruban AV, Duffy CDP, Johnson MP ( 2011 ) . Photoprotective molecular switch in photosystem II . Biochim Biophys Acta vol. 1817 , ( 1 ) 167 - 181 .

Johnson MP, Goral TK, Duffy CDP, Brain APR, Mullineaux CW, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Photoprotective energy dissipation involves the reorganization of photosystem II light-harvesting complexes in the grana membranes of spinach chloroplasts . Plant Cell vol. 23 , ( 4 ) 1468 - 1479 .

Stadnichuk IN, Bulychev AA, Lukashev EP, Sinetova MP, Khristin MS, Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Far-red light-regulated efficient energy transfer from phycobilisomes to photosystem I in the red microalga Galdieria sulphuraria and photosystems-related heterogeneity of phycobilisome population . BBA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1807 , ( 2 ) 227 - 235 .

Ilioaia C, Johnson MP, Duffy CDP, Pascal AA, van Grondelle R, Robert B, Ruban AV ( 2011 ) . Origin of Absorption Changes Associated with Photoprotective Energy Dissipation in the Absence of Zeaxanthin . J BIOL CHEM vol. 286 , ( 1 ) 91 - 98 .

Younan ND, Klewpatinond M, Davies P, Ruban AV, Brown DR, Viles JH ( 2011 ) . Copper(II) induced secondary structure changes and reduced folding stability of the prion protein . J. Mol. Biol. vol. 410 , ( 3 ) 369 - 382 .

van Oort B, Marechal A, Ruban AV, Robert B, Pascal AA, de Ruijter NCA, van Grondelle R, van Amerongen H ( 2011 ) . Different crystal morphologies lead to slightly different conformations of light-harvesting complex II as monitored by variations of the intrinsic fluorescence lifetime . PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS vol. 13 , ( 27 ) 12614 - 12622 .

Ruban AV, Johnson MP ( 2010 ) . Xanthophylls as modulators of membrane protein function . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics vol. 504 , ( 1 ) 78 - 85 .

Duffy CDP, Johnson MP, Macernis M, Valkunas L, Barford W, Ruban AV ( 2010 ) . A theoretical investigation of the photophysical consequences of major plant light-harvesting complex aggregation within the photosynthetic membrane . J Phys Chem B vol. 114 , ( 46 ) 15244 - 15253 .

Ruban AV, Johnson MP ( 2010 ) . Xanthophylls as modulators of membrane protein function . Arch. Biochem. Biophys. vol. 504 , ( 1 ) 78 - 85 .

Johnson MP, Zia A, Horton P, Ruban AV ( 2010 ) . Effect of xanthophyll composition on the chlorophyll excited state lifetime in plant leaves and isolated LHCII . CHEM PHYS vol. 373 , ( 1-2 ) 23 - 32 .

Goral TK, Johnson MP, Brain APR, Kirchhoff H, Ruban AV, Mullineaux CW ( 2010 ) . Visualizing the mobility and distribution of chlorophyll proteins in higher plant thylakoid membranes: effects of photoinhibition and protein phosphorylation . PLANT J vol. 62 , ( 6 ) 948 - 959 .

Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2010 ) . Arabidopsis plants lacking PsbS protein possess photoprotective energy dissipation . Plant J vol. 61 , ( 2 ) 283 - 289 .

Damkjær JT, Kereïche S, Johnson MP, Kovacs L, Kiss AZ, Boekema EJ, Ruban AV, Horton P et al. ( 2009 ) . The Photosystem II Light-Harvesting Protein Lhcb3 Affects the Macrostructure of Photosystem II and the Rate of State Transitions in Arabidopsis . The Plant Cell

Johnson MP, Ruban AV ( 2009 ) . Photoprotective Energy Dissipation in Higher Plants Involves Alteration of the Excited State Energy of the Emitting Chlorophyll(s) in the Light Harvesting Antenna II (LHCII) . J BIOL CHEM vol. 284 , ( 35 ) 23592 - 23601 .

Santabarbara S, Horton P, Ruban AV ( 2009 ) . Comparison of the Thermodynamic Landscapes of Unfolding and Formation of the Energy Dissipative State in the Isolated Light Harvesting Complex II . BIOPHYS J vol. 97 , ( 4 ) 1188 - 1197 .

RUBAN A ( 2009 ) . Identification of carotenoids in photosynthetic proteins: xanthophylls of the light harvesting antenna . Carotenoids , Editors: Landrum, JT , CRC

Ruban AV, Johnson MP ( 2009 ) . Dynamics of higher plant photosystem cross-section associated with state transitions . Photosynth Res vol. 99 , ( 3 ) 173 - 183 .

Johnson MP, Pérez-Bueno ML, Zia A, Horton P, Ruban AV ( 2009 ) . The zeaxanthin-independent and zeaxanthin-dependent qE components of nonphotochemical quenching involve common conformational changes within the photosystem II antenna in Arabidopsis . Plant Physiol vol. 149 , ( 2 ) 1061 - 1075 .

Valkunas L, Trinkunas G, Chmeliov J, Ruban AV ( 2009 ) . Modeling of exciton quenching in photosystem II . PHYS CHEM CHEM PHYS vol. 11 , ( 35 ) 7576 - 7584 .

Ruban AV ( 2009 ) . Plants in light . Commun Integr Biol vol. 2 , ( 1 ) 50 - 55 .

Ilioaia C, Johnson MP, Horton P, Ruban AV ( 2008 ) . Induction of efficient energy dissipation in the isolated light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II in the absence of protein aggregation . J Biol Chem vol. 283 , ( 43 ) 29505 - 29512 .

Duffy CDP, Ruban AV, Barford W ( 2008 ) . Theoretical investigation of the role of strongly coupled chlorophyll dimers in photoprotection of LHCII . J PHYS CHEM B vol. 112 , ( 39 ) 12508 - 12515 .

Pérez-Bueno ML, Johnson MP, Zia A, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2008 ) . The Lhcb protein and xanthophyll composition of the light harvesting antenna controls the DeltapH-dependency of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana . FEBS Lett vol. 582 , ( 10 ) 1477 - 1482 .

Horton P, Johnson MP, Perez-Bueno ML, Kiss AZ, Ruban AV ( 2008 ) . Photosynthetic acclimation: does the dynamic structure and macro-organisation of photosystem II in higher plant grana membranes regulate light harvesting states? . FEBS J vol. 275 , ( 6 ) 1069 - 1079 .

Kiss AZ, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2008 ) . The PsbS protein controls the organization of the photosystem II antenna in higher plant thylakoid membranes . J BIOL CHEM vol. 283 , ( 7 ) 3972 - 3978 .

Johnson MP, Davison PA, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2008 ) . The xanthophyll cycle pool size controls the kinetics of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis thaliana . FEBS Lett vol. 582 , ( 2 ) 262 - 266 .

Ruban AV, Berera R, Ilioaia C, van Stokkum IHM, Kennis JTM, Pascal AA, van Amerongen H, Robert B et al. ( 2007 ) . Identification of a mechanism of photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants . Nature vol. 450 , ( 7169 ) 575 - 578 .

Rehman S, Movasaghi Z, Tucker AT, Joel SP, Darr JA, Ruban AV, Rehman IU ( 2007 ) . Raman spectroscopic analysis of breast cancer tissues: identifying differences between normal, invasive ductal carcinoma and ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast tissue . J RAMAN SPECTROSC vol. 38 , ( 10 ) 1345 - 1351 .

Johnson MP, Havaux M, Triantaphylidès C, Ksas B, Pascal AA, Robert B, Davison PA, Ruban AV et al. ( 2007 ) . Elevated zeaxanthin bound to oligomeric LHCII enhances the resistance of Arabidopsis to photooxidative stress by a lipid-protective, antioxidant mechanism . J Biol Chem vol. 282 , ( 31 ) 22605 - 22618 .

van Oort B, van Hoek A, Ruban AV, van Amerongen H ( 2007 ) . Aggregation of Light-Harvesting Complex II leads to formation of efficient excitation energy traps in monomeric and trimeric complexes . FEBS LETT vol. 581 , ( 18 ) 3528 - 3532 .

van Oort B, van Hoek A, Ruban AV, van Amerongen H ( 2007 ) . Equilibrium between quenched and nonquenched conformations of the major plant light-harvesting complex studied with high-pressure time-resolved fluorescence . J PHYS CHEM B vol. 111 , ( 26 ) 7631 - 7637 .

Ilioaia C, Horton P, Ruban A ( 2007 ) . Aggregation-free conformational switch in LHCII complexes of higher plants . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 91 , ( 2-3 ) 253 - 253 .

Johnson M, Havaux M, Triantaphylides C, Ksas B, Pascal A, Robert B, Davison P, Ruban A et al. ( 2007 ) . Elevated zeaxanthin bound to oligomeric LHCII enhances the resistance of Arabidopsis to photo-oxidative stress by a lipid-protective, anti-oxidant mechanism . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 91 , ( 2-3 ) 319 - 319 .

Kovács L, Damkjaer J, Kereïche S, Ilioaia C, Ruban AV, Boekema EJ, Jansson S, Horton P ( 2006 ) . Lack of the light-harvesting complex CP24 affects the structure and function of the grana membranes of higher plant chloroplasts . Plant Cell vol. 18 , ( 11 ) 3106 - 3120 .

Ruban AV, Solovieva S, Lee PJ, Ilioaia C, Wentworth M, Ganeteg U, Klimmek F, Chow WS et al. ( 2006 ) . Plasticity in the composition of the light harvesting antenna of higher plants preserves structural integrity and biological function . J Biol Chem vol. 281 , ( 21 ) 14981 - 14990 .

Crouchman S, Ruban A, Horton P ( 2006 ) . PsbS enhances nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching in the absence of zeaxanthin . FEBS LETT vol. 580 , ( 8 ) 2053 - 2058 .

Guglielmi G, Lavaud J, Rousseau B, Etienne AL, Houmard J, Ruban AV ( 2005 ) . The light-harvesting antenna of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum - Evidence for a diadinoxanthin-binding subcomplex . FEBS J vol. 272 , ( 17 ) 4339 - 4348 .

Horton P, Wentworth M, Ruban A ( 2005 ) . Control of the light harvesting function of chloroplast membranes: The LHCII-aggregation model for non-photochemical quenching . FEBS LETT vol. 579 , ( 20 ) 4201 - 4206 .

Pascal AA, Liu ZF, Broess K, van Oort B, van Amerongen H, Wang C, Horton P, Robert B et al. ( 2005 ) . Molecular basis of photoprotection and control of photosynthetic light-harvesting . NATURE vol. 436 , ( 7047 ) 134 - 137 .

Horton P, Ruban A ( 2005 ) . Molecular design of the photosystem II light-harvesting antenna: photosynthesis and photoprotection . JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY . vol. 56 , 365 - 373 .

Robert B, Horton P, Pascal AA, Ruban AV ( 2004 ) . Insights into the molecular dynamics of plant light-harvesting proteins in vivo . TRENDS PLANT SCI vol. 9 , ( 8 ) 385 - 390 .

Romano PGN, Edvardsson A, Ruban AV, Andersson B, Vener AV, Gray JE, Horton P ( 2004 ) . Arabidopsis AtCYP20-2 is a light-regulated cyclophilin-type peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase associated with the photosynthetic membranes . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 134 , ( 4 ) 1244 - 1247 .

Snyder AM, Clark BM, Robert B, Ruban AV, Bungard RA ( 2004 ) . Carotenoid specificity of light-harvesting complex II binding sites - Occurrence of 9-cis-violaxanthin in the neoxanthin-binding site in the parasitic angiosperm Cuscuta reflexa . J BIOL CHEM vol. 279 , ( 7 ) 5162 - 5168 .

Wentworth M, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2004 ) . The functional significance of the monomeric and trimeric states of the photosystem II light harvesting complexes . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 43 , ( 2 ) 501 - 509 .

Ruban AV, Lavaud J, Rousseau B, Guglielmi G, Horton P, Etienne AL ( 2004 ) . The super-excess energy dissipation in diatom algae: comparative analysis with higher plants . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 82 , ( 2 ) 165 - 175 .

Palacios MA, Frese RN, Gradinaru CC, van Stokkum IHM, Premvardhan LL, Horton P, Ruban AV, van Grondelle R et al. ( 2003 ) . Stark spectroscopy of the light-harvesting complex II in different oligomerisation states . BBA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1605 , ( 1-3 ) 83 - 95 .

Andersson J, Wentworth M, Walters RG, Howard CA, Ruban AV, Horton P, Jansson S ( 2003 ) . Absence of the Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 proteins of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II - effects on photosynthesis, grana stacking and fitness . PLANT J vol. 35 , ( 3 ) 350 - 361 .

Qian P, Addlesee HA, Ruban AV, Wang PY, Bullough PA, Hunter CN ( 2003 ) . A reaction center-light-harvesting 1 complex (RC-LH1) from a Rhodospirillum rubrum mutant with altered esterifying pigments . J BIOL CHEM vol. 278 , ( 26 ) 23678 - 23685 .

Wentworth M, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2003 ) . Thermodynamic investigation into the mechanism of the chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in isolated photosystem II light-harvesting complexes . J BIOL CHEM vol. 278 , ( 24 ) 21845 - 21850 .

Ruban AV, Wentworth M, Yakushevska AE, Andersson J, Lee PJ, Keegstra W, Dekker JP, Boekema EJ et al. ( 2003 ) . Plants lacking the main light-harvesting complex retain photosystem II macro-organization . NATURE vol. 421 , ( 6923 ) 648 - 652 .

Yakushevska AE, Keegstra W, Boekema EJ, Dekker JP, Andersson J, Jansson S, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2003 ) . The structure of photosystem II in Arabidopsis: Localization of the CP26 and CP29 antenna complexes . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 42 , ( 3 ) 608 - 613 .

Heyes DJ, Ruban AV, Hunter CN ( 2003 ) . Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase: "Dark" reactions of a light-driven enzyme . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 42 , ( 2 ) 523 - 528 .

Doan JM, Schoefs B, Ruban AV, Etienne AL ( 2003 ) . Changes in the LHCI aggregation state during iron repletion in the unicellular red alga Rhodella violacea . FEBS LETT vol. 533 , ( 1-3 ) 59 - 62 .

Garab G, Cseh Z, Kovacs L, Rajagopal S, Varkonyi Z, Wentworth M, Mustardy L, Der A et al. ( 2002 ) . Light-induced trimer to monomer transition in the main light-harvesting antenna complex of plants: Thermo-optic mechanism . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 41 , ( 51 ) 15121 - 15129 .

Aspinall-O'Dea M, Wentworth M, Pascal A, Robert B, Ruban A, Horton P ( 2002 ) . In vitro reconstitution of the activated zeaxanthin state associated with energy dissipation in plants . P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 99 , ( 25 ) 16331 - 16335 .

Ruban AV, Pascal A, Lee PJ, Robert B, Horton P ( 2002 ) . Molecular configuration of xanthophyll cycle carotenoids in photosystem II antenna complexes . J BIOL CHEM vol. 277 , ( 45 ) 42937 - 42942 .

Heyes DJ, Ruban AV, Wilks HM, Hunter CN ( 2002 ) . Enzymology below 200 K: the kinetics and thermodynamics of the photochemistry catalyzed by protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A vol. 99 , ( 17 ) 11145 - 11150 .

Ruban AV, Pascal AA, Robert B, Horton P ( 2002 ) . Activation of zeaxanthin is an obligatory event in the regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting . J Biol Chem vol. 277 , ( 10 ) 7785 - 7789 .

Ruban AV, Wentworth M, Horton P ( 2001 ) . Kinetic analysis of nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. 1. Isolated chloroplasts . Biochemistry vol. 40 , ( 33 ) 9896 - 9901 .

Wentworth M, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2001 ) . Kinetic analysis of nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. 2. Isolated light-harvesting complexes . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 40 , ( 33 ) 9902 - 9908 .

Ruban AV, Pascal AA, Robert B, Horton P ( 2001 ) . Configuration and dynamics of xanthophylls in light-harvesting antennae of higher plants - Spectroscopic analysis of isolated light-harvesting complex of photosystem II and thylakoid membranes . J BIOL CHEM vol. 276 , ( 27 ) 24862 - 24870 .

Zubko MK, Zubko EI, Ruban AV, Adler K, Mock HP, Misera S, Gleba YY, Grimm B ( 2001 ) . Extensive developmental and metabolic alterations in cybrids Nicotiana tabacum (plus Hyoscyamus niger) are caused by complex nucleo-cytoplasmic incompatibility . PLANT J vol. 25 , ( 6 ) 627 - 639 .

Horton P, Aspinall-O’Dea M, Davison P, Lee P, Wentworth M, RUBAN A ( 2001 ) . Dynamic behaviour of the light harvesting antenna of photosystem II . Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis . Conference: 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis ( Brisbane )

Horton P, Murchie EH, Ruban AV, Walters RG ( 2001 ) . Increasing rice photosynthesis by manipulation of the acclimation and adaptation to light . RICE BIOTECHNOLOGY: IMPROVING YIELD, STRESS TOLERANCE AND GRAIN QUALITY . Editors: Goode, J, Chadwick, D , vol. 236 , 117 - 134 .

Yakushevska AE, RUBAN A, Jensen PA, van Roon H, Niyogi K, Horton E, Boekema EJ ( 2001 ) . Supermolecular organization of photosystem II and its associated light-harvesting antenna in the wild-type and npq4 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana . Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis . Conference: 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis ( Brisbane )

Horton P, Ruban AV, Wentworth M ( 2000 ) . Allosteric regulation of the light-harvesting system of photosystem II . PHILOS T ROY SOC B vol. 355 , ( 1402 ) 1361 - 1370 .

Ruban AV, Pascal AA, Robert B ( 2000 ) . Xanthophylls of the major photosynthetic light-harvesting complex of plants: identification, conformation and dynamics . FEBS LETT vol. 477 , ( 3 ) 181 - 185 .

Wentworth M, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 2000 ) . Chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in isolated light harvesting complexes induced by zeaxanthin . FEBS LETT vol. 471 , ( 1 ) 71 - 74 .

RUBAN A ( 2000 ) . Control of light harvesting in the photosynthetic membrane of plants . Ukrainian Botanical Journal vol. 57 , 368 - 379 .

Ruban AV, Lee PJ, Wentworth M, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1999 ) . Determination of the stoichiometry and strength of binding of xanthophylls to the photosystem II light harvesting complexes . J BIOL CHEM vol. 274 , ( 15 ) 10458 - 10465 .

Bungard RA, Ruban AV, Hibberd JM, Press MC, Horton P, Scholes JD ( 1999 ) . Unusual carotenoid composition and a new type of xanthophyll cycle in plants . P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 96 , ( 3 ) 1135 - 1139 .

Ruban AV, Horton P ( 1999 ) . The xanthophyll cycle modulates the kinetics of nonphotochemical energy dissipation in isolated light-harvesting complexes, intact chloroplasts, and leaves of spinach . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 119 , ( 2 ) 531 - 542 .

Zolotareva EK, Podorvanov VV, Tereshchenko AF, Horton P, RUBAN A ( 1999 ) . Energy-dependent tritium incorporation into LHCII proteins of chloroplasts . Dokl. Ac. Sci. Ukr.SSR vol. 96 , 1135 - 1139 .

Horton P, RUBAN A, Young AJ ( 1999 ) . Regulation of the structure and function of the light harvesting complexes of photosystem II by the xanthophyll cycle . The photochemistry of carotenoids , Editors: Frank, HA , vol. 8 , Kluwer Academic Pub

Ruban AV, Phillip D, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1998 ) . Excited-state energy level does not determine the differential effect of violaxanthin and zeaxanthin on chlorophyll fluorescence quenching in the isolated light-harvesting complex of photosystem II . PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL vol. 68 , ( 6 ) 829 - 834 .

Ruban AV, Pesaresi P, Wacker U, Irrgang KDJ, Bassi R, Horton P ( 1998 ) . The relationship between the binding of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in the light-harvesting proteins of photosystem II . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 37 , ( 33 ) 11586 - 11591 .

Flachmann R, RUBAN A, Horton P ( 1998 ) . All-or-nothing rule for the assembly of photosystem II: an analytical study in severely chlorophyll-deficient tobacco plants . Photosynthesis: mechanisms and effects . Conference: Xth Photosynthesis congress ( Montpelier )

Connelly JP, RUBAN A, Horton P ( 1998 ) . Pressure induced fluorescence quenching in plant light harvesting complex II . High pressure food science, bioscience and chemistry , Editors: Isaacs, NS, Group, EHPR, Britain, RSOCG , Egully.com

Farber A, Young AJ, Ruban AV, Horton P, Jahns P ( 1997 ) . Dynamics of xanthophyll-cycle activity in different antenna subcomplexes in the photosynthetic membranes of higher plants - The relationship between zeaxanthin conversion and nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 115 , ( 4 ) 1609 - 1618 .

Young AJ, Phillip D, Ruban AV, Horton P, Frank HA ( 1997 ) . The xanthophyll cycle and carotenoid-mediated dissipation of excess excitation energy in photosynthesis . PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY . vol. 69 , 2125 - 2130 .

Ruban AV, Calkoen F, Kwa SLS, vanGrondelle R, Horton P, Dekker JP ( 1997 ) . Characterisation of LHC II in the aggregated state by linear and circular dichroism spectroscopy . BBA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1321 , ( 1 ) 61 - 70 .

Ruban AV, Phillip D, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1997 ) . Carotenoid-dependent oligomerization of the major chlorophyll a/b light harvesting complex of photosystem II of plants . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 36 , ( 25 ) 7855 - 7859 .

Connelly JP, Muller MG, Hucke M, Gatzen G, Mullineaux CW, Ruban AV, Horton P, Holzwarth AR ( 1997 ) . Ultrafast spectroscopy of trimeric light-harvesting complex II from higher plants . J PHYS CHEM B vol. 101 , ( 10 ) 1902 - 1909 .

Walters RG, Ruban AV, Horton P ( 1996 ) . Identification of proton-active residues in a higher plant light-harvesting complex . P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 93 , ( 24 ) 14204 - 14209 .

Phillip D, Ruban AV, Horton P, Asato A, Young AJ ( 1996 ) . Quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in the major light-harvesting complex of photosystem II: A systematic study of the effect of carotenoid structure . P NATL ACAD SCI USA vol. 93 , ( 4 ) 1492 - 1497 .

Ruban AV, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1996 ) . Dynamic properties of the minor chlorophyll a/b binding proteins of photosystem II, an in vitro model for photoprotective energy dissipation in the photosynthetic membrane of green plants . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 35 , ( 3 ) 674 - 678 .

Horton P, Ruban AV, Walters RG ( 1996 ) . Regulation of light harvesting in green plants . ANNU REV PLANT PHYS vol. 47 , 655 - 684 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1995 ) . AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUSTAINED COMPONENT OF NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN ISOLATED-CHLOROPLASTS AND LEAVES OF SPINACH . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 108 , ( 2 ) 721 - 726 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P, ROBERT B ( 1995 ) . RESONANCE RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY OF THE PHOTOSYSTEM-II LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX OF GREEN PLANTS - A COMPARISON OF TRIMERIC AND AGGREGATED . BIOCHEMISTRY-US vol. 34 , ( 7 ) 2333 - 2337 .

RUBAN AV, DEKKER JP, HORTON P, VANGRONDELLE R ( 1995 ) . TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE FROM THE LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX II OF HIGHER-PLANTS . PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL vol. 61 , ( 2 ) 216 - 221 .

Phillip D, Ruban AV, Horton P, Asato A, Young AJ ( 1995 ) . Carotenoid S-1 energy level and quenching in LCHIIb . PHOTOSYNTHESIS: FROM LIGHT TO BIOSPHERE, VOL IV . Editors: Mathis, P , 39 - 42 .

Ruban AV, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1995 ) . Quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in the minor chlorophyll A/B binding proteins of photosystem II . PHOTOSYNTHESIS: FROM LIGHT TO BIOSPHERE, VOL I . Editors: Mathis, P , 295 - 298 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1995 ) . REGULATION OF NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN PLANTS . AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY . vol. 22 , 221 - 230 .

Pascal AA, Ruban AV, Young AJ, Horton P ( 1995 ) . The effect on pH on LHCII . PHOTOSYNTHESIS: FROM LIGHT TO BIOSPHERE, VOL I . Editors: Mathis, P , 247 - 250 .

WALTERS RG, RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1994 ) . HIGHER-PLANT LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEXES LHCIIA AND LHCIIC ARE BOUND BY DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE DURING INHIBITION OF ENERGY-DISSIPATION . EUR J BIOCHEM vol. 226 , ( 3 ) 1063 - 1069 .

HORTON P, RUBAN AV, WALTERS RG ( 1994 ) . REGULATION OF LIGHT-HARVESTING IN GREEN PLANTS - INDICATION BY NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 106 , ( 2 ) 415 - 420 .

RUBAN AV, YOUNG A, HORTON P ( 1994 ) . MODULATION OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING IN ISOLATED LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II . BBA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1186 , ( 1-2 ) 123 - 127 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1994 ) . SPECTROSCOPY OF NONPHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN LEAVES - EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II IN THE REGULATION OF ENERGY-DISSIPATION . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 40 , ( 2 ) 181 - 190 .

MULLINEAUX CW, RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1994 ) . PROMPT HEAT RELEASE ASSOCIATED WITH DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT QUENCHING IN SPINACH THYLAKOID MEMBRANES . BBA-BIOENERGETICS vol. 1185 , ( 1 ) 119 - 123 .

RUBAN AV, YOUNG AJ, PASCAL AA, HORTON P ( 1994 ) . THE EFFECTS OF ILLUMINATION ON THE XANTHOPHYLL COMPOSITION OF THE PHOTOSYSTEM-II LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEXES OF SPINACH THYLAKOID MEMBRANES . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 104 , ( 1 ) 227 - 234 .

Horton P, RUBAN A ( 1994 ) . The role of LHCII in energy quenching . Photoinhibition of photosynthesis , Editors: Baker, NR, Bowyer, JR , Garland Science

NOCTOR G, RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1993 ) . MODULATION OF DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN SPINACH-CHLOROPLASTS . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1183 , ( 2 ) 339 - 344 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P, YOUNG AJ ( 1993 ) . AGGREGATION OF HIGHER-PLANT XANTHOPHYLLS - DIFFERENCES IN ABSORPTION-SPECTRA AND IN THE DEPENDENCY ON SOLVENT POLARITY . J PHOTOCH PHOTOBIO B vol. 21 , ( 2-3 ) 229 - 234 .

RUBAN AV, YOUNG AJ, HORTON P ( 1993 ) . INDUCTION OF NONPHOTOCHEMICAL ENERGY-DISSIPATION AND ABSORBENCY CHANGES IN LEAVES - EVIDENCE FOR CHANGES IN THE STATE OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING SYSTEM OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II IN-VIVO . PLANT PHYSIOL vol. 102 , ( 3 ) 741 - 750 .

HORTON P, RUBAN AV ( 1993 ) . DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT QUENCHING OF THE FO-LEVEL OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN SPINACH LEAVES . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1142 , ( 1-2 ) 203 - 206 .

Horton P, Ruban AV ( 1993 ) . ΔpH-dependent quenching of the F<inf>o</inf> level of chlorophyll fluorescence in spinach leaves . BBA - Bioenergetics vol. 1142 , ( 1-2 ) 203 - 206 .

HORTON P, RUBAN AV ( 1992 ) . REGULATION OF PHOTOSYSTEM-II . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 34 , ( 3 ) 375 - 385 .

HORTON P, RUBAN A, WALTERS R ( 1992 ) . INHIBITION OF DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT CONTROL OF CHLOROPLAST LIGHT HARVESTING BY BINDING OF DCCD TO LHCII . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 34 , ( 1 ) 121 - 121 .

RUBAN AV, WALTERS RG, HORTON P ( 1992 ) . THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF THE CONTROL OF EXCITATION-ENERGY DISSIPATION IN CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANES - INHIBITION OF DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT QUENCHING OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE BY DICYCLOHEXYLCARBODIIMIDE . FEBS LETT vol. 309 , ( 2 ) 175 - 179 .

RUBAN AV, HORTON P ( 1992 ) . MECHANISM OF DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT DISSIPATION OF ABSORBED EXCITATION-ENERGY BY PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANES .1. SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ISOLATED LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEXES . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1102 , ( 1 ) 30 - 38 .

RUBAN AV, REES D, PASCAL AA, HORTON P ( 1992 ) . MECHANISM OF DELTA-PH-DEPENDENT DISSIPATION OF ABSORBED EXCITATION-ENERGY BY PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANES .2. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LHCII AGGREGATION INVITRO AND QE IN ISOLATED THYLAKOIDS . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1102 , ( 1 ) 39 - 44 .

Horton P, RUBAN A, Walters R ( 1992 ) . DELTA-pH-Dependent control of chloroplast light harvesting by binding of DCCD to LHCII . Research in photosynthesis . Conference: IXth Congress in Photosynthesis ( Nagoya ) vol. 1 , 311 - 314 .

HORTON P, RUBAN AV, REES D, PASCAL AA, NOCTOR G, YOUNG AJ ( 1991 ) . CONTROL OF THE LIGHT-HARVESTING FUNCTION OF CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANES BY AGGREGATION OF THE LHCII CHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN COMPLEX . FEBS LETT vol. 292 , ( 1-2 ) 1 - 4 .

RUBAN AV, REES D, NOCTOR GD, YOUNG A, HORTON P ( 1991 ) . LONG-WAVELENGTH CHLOROPHYLL SPECIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AMPLIFICATION OF HIGH-ENERGY-STATE EXCITATION QUENCHING IN HIGHER-PLANTS . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1059 , ( 3 ) 355 - 360 .

RUBAN AV, TRACH VV ( 1991 ) . HEAT-INDUCED REVERSIBLE CHANGES IN PHOTOSYSTEM-1 ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION OF PEA-CHLOROPLASTS AND SUB-CHLOROPLAST PREPARATIONS - EVIDENCE FROM EXCITATION FLUORESCENCE-SPECTRA . PHOTOSYNTH RES vol. 29 , ( 3 ) 157 - 169 .

RUBAN AV ( 1991 ) . THE USE OF EXCITATION FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY IN THE STUDY OF SHORT-TERM CHLOROPLAST MEMBRANE REORGANIZATION . BIOCHIM BIOPHYS ACTA vol. 1058 , ( 3 ) 411 - 415 .

RUBAN A, Fedorenko YP ( 1991 ) . The energy redistribution between photosystems induced by chloroplast protein phosphorylation . Sov. Plant Physiol. vol. 38 , 58 - 63 .

RUBAN A, Trach VV ( 1989 ) . Temperature-induced reorganization of chloroplast membrane system under short-term heat-treatment . Dokl. Ac.Sci. USSR vol. 309 , 988 - 991 .

RUBAN A ( 1988 ) . Energy transfer in vicinity of the reaction center of PSI . Ukrainian Botanical Journal vol. 45 , 24 - 27 .

RUBAN A ( 1986 ) . Dependency of the energy transfer in PSI upon formation conditions of the photosynthetic apparatus . Dokl. Ac. Sci. Ukr.SSR vol. 289 , 76 - 78 .