Signal transduction, redox-mediated enzyme regulation, and changes to the protein complexes involved in light energy harvesting and photochemical conversion are important aspects of light-driven metabolic adjustment. Furthermore, redox systems in plant cell compartments are differentially influenced by changes in light intensity and spectrum. Investigations into light-driven redox reactions occurring at the molecular level promise to influence rational redesigns of photosynthesis to sustainably meet current and future global demand for food and energy.
This Research Topic will provide an updated overview of recent and innovative findings regarding different aspects of basic bioenergetics underlying metabolic pathways, with a particular emphasis on the mechanisms regulating photosynthesis from molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological perspectives. Accordingly, we aim to collect original research manuscripts, methods papers, systematic reviews, mini-review perspectives, and opinions that focus on, but are not limited to, the themes listed below. Please note that all photosynthetic organisms fall within the scope of this collection.
• New genome editing technologies for reengineering photosynthetic organisms;
• Exploration and exploitation of natural genetic and epigenetic diversity of redox-active protein machinery associated with environmental adaptations;
• Functional characterization of genes involved in photosynthetic light-harvesting, photochemical conversion, and regeneration of photosynthetic protein complexes;
• Structural characterization of thylakoid-associated proteins from either the stromal side or the luminal side that are involved in the regulation and regeneration of protein complex dynamics under changing environmental conditions, be they biotic or abiotic;
• Bioinformatics and modeling approaches to elucidating the regulatory networks underlying diurnal light cycles in photosynthetic organisms (plants and microbes);
• Critical overviews of past, present, and future of photosynthetic research.
Keywords:
redox reactions, plant metabolism, photosynthesis, bioenergetics
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Signal transduction, redox-mediated enzyme regulation, and changes to the protein complexes involved in light energy harvesting and photochemical conversion are important aspects of light-driven metabolic adjustment. Furthermore, redox systems in plant cell compartments are differentially influenced by changes in light intensity and spectrum. Investigations into light-driven redox reactions occurring at the molecular level promise to influence rational redesigns of photosynthesis to sustainably meet current and future global demand for food and energy.
This Research Topic will provide an updated overview of recent and innovative findings regarding different aspects of basic bioenergetics underlying metabolic pathways, with a particular emphasis on the mechanisms regulating photosynthesis from molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological perspectives. Accordingly, we aim to collect original research manuscripts, methods papers, systematic reviews, mini-review perspectives, and opinions that focus on, but are not limited to, the themes listed below. Please note that all photosynthetic organisms fall within the scope of this collection.
• New genome editing technologies for reengineering photosynthetic organisms;
• Exploration and exploitation of natural genetic and epigenetic diversity of redox-active protein machinery associated with environmental adaptations;
• Functional characterization of genes involved in photosynthetic light-harvesting, photochemical conversion, and regeneration of photosynthetic protein complexes;
• Structural characterization of thylakoid-associated proteins from either the stromal side or the luminal side that are involved in the regulation and regeneration of protein complex dynamics under changing environmental conditions, be they biotic or abiotic;
• Bioinformatics and modeling approaches to elucidating the regulatory networks underlying diurnal light cycles in photosynthetic organisms (plants and microbes);
• Critical overviews of past, present, and future of photosynthetic research.
Keywords:
redox reactions, plant metabolism, photosynthesis, bioenergetics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.