A simple model describing the kinetics of the xanthophyll cycle
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J Sielewiesiuk1, W I Gruszecki
1Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
Biophysical Chemistry
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
A new kinetic model of the xanthophyll cycle is proposed. The model is based on the assumption that the light-dependent interconversion of the so-called available and unavailable violaxanthin constitutes the rate-limiting process of the cycle at intermediate, non-saturating light intensities. This assumption, together with the known properties of violaxanthin de-epoxidase, explains all specific features of the experimental facts.