The molecular pH-response mechanism of the plant light-stress sensor PsbS

Photosystem II subunit S (PsbS) senses thylakoid lumen acidification when plants are exposed to excess light. Here the authors use NMR and IR spectroscopy to show that low pH causes repositioning of an amphipathic helix and folding of a loop involving critical pH sensing glutamate residues in PsbS.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maithili Krishnan-Schmieden, Patrick E. Konold, John T. M. Kennis, Anjali Pandit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22530-4