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Increases absorption cross-section and funnels excitation to the reaction centers; also a site of photoprotective quenching.
The light-driven electron transport and photophosphorylation half of oxygenic photosynthesis, as a taxon-neutral decomposition: light harvesting by the antenna, water oxidation at photosystem II, plastoquinol oxidation and proton translocation by the cytochrome b6f complex, the inter-photosystem mobile carrier, P700 photo-oxidation and ferredoxin reduction at photosystem I, NADPH production by ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase, and ATP synthesis from the proton-motive force. Phrased as functions, complexes and pathway segments rather than a fixed gene list, so it can represent cyanobacterial, algal and plant implementations. Carbon fixation is a separate module (MODULE:calvin_benson_bassham_cycle), which consumes the ATP and NADPH this module supplies. Photoprotection and cyclic/pseudocyclic electron balancing stay with the parent MODULE:oxygenic_photosynthesis, since they regulate the ratio between the two halves rather than belonging to either. Anoxygenic photosynthesis (single reaction center, non-water electron donors) is out of scope.
Extracted from MODULE:oxygenic_photosynthesis, which now includes this module by reference, so that each module stays small enough to read and can be reused on its own. Identifiers are grounded only where verified against the local GO term cache, GOlr, or UniProt; descriptors without a `term` are deliberate (no confident identifier yet) rather than oversights. Representative UniProt members are concrete orienting examples, not exhaustive or species-restricting claims.
All recommended fields populated.
✗ none found
No MODULE:thylakoid_light_reactions deep-research report alongside the module YAML.
5 leaf node(s) with no concrete protein grounding:
✓ every declared conforms_to bundle matches its template motif.
✓ every PRECEDES step chains, or its break is acknowledged via chaining_status.
0 gene-function check(s) reflected in core functions · 0 conflict(s) · 3 evidence or coverage gap(s) (8 comparison(s))
Retained noncore functions are reported separately; they do not require promotion to core functions. Support from representative genes does not establish conservation across the whole family. Missing reviews or identifiers leave a claim unverified.
| Annoton | Participant | Function | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| psii_water_oxidation | PROTEIN_COMPLEX Gene |
oxygen evolving activity GO:0010242 |
Participant Unchecked
No direct UniProt participant to compare. Abstract selectors and complex-wide activities cannot be inferred from donor or subunit gene reviews. |
| b6f_plastoquinol_plastocyanin_reductase | PROTEIN_COMPLEX Gene |
plastoquinol--plastocyanin reductase activity GO:0009496 |
Participant Unchecked
No direct UniProt participant to compare. Abstract selectors and complex-wide activities cannot be inferred from donor or subunit gene reviews. |
| psi_ferredoxin_reduction | PROTEIN_COMPLEX Gene |
light-driven plastocyanin:ferredoxin oxidoreduction No function ID |
Participant Unchecked
No direct UniProt participant to compare. Abstract selectors and complex-wide activities cannot be inferred from donor or subunit gene reviews. |
| fnr_activity | ANY_WITH_FUNCTION Gene |
ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase activity GO:0004324 |
Participant Unchecked
No direct UniProt participant to compare. Abstract selectors and complex-wide activities cannot be inferred from donor or subunit gene reviews. |
| photophosphorylation | PROTEIN_COMPLEX Gene |
proton-transporting ATP synthase activity, rotational mechanism GO:0046933 |
Participant Unchecked
No direct UniProt participant to compare. Abstract selectors and complex-wide activities cannot be inferred from donor or subunit gene reviews. |
| antenna_chlorophyll_binding | light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding (LHC) family Family |
chlorophyll binding for excitation energy transfer GO:0016168 |
Family Id Missing
The family has no identifier linking it to a curated family review. |
| plastocyanin_electron_transfer | plastocyanin Family |
electron transfer activity GO:0009055 |
Family Id Missing
The family has no identifier linking it to a curated family review. |
| cytc6_electron_transfer | cytochrome c6 Family |
electron transfer activity GO:0009055 |
Family Id Missing
The family has no identifier linking it to a curated family review. |
1 complete review(s) · 1 with deep research · 3 missing review · 0 reviewed but lacking deep research
| Gene | Review | Complete | Deep research |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinach PsbO (oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 1) P12359 | ✗ | — | — |
| Synechocystis cytochrome f (petA) P26287 | ✗ | — | — |
| psaC Q00914 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| wheat Rieske Fe-S subunit (petC) Q7X9A6 | ✗ | — | — |
Increases absorption cross-section and funnels excitation to the reaction centers; also a site of photoprotective quenching.
Uses light energy to oxidize water at the Mn4CaO5 cluster, reducing plastoquinone and releasing O2 and lumenal protons.
Links PSII to PSI, oxidizing plastoquinol and reducing the mobile carrier while translocating protons via the Q-cycle; frequently rate-limiting for linear electron transport.
Soluble lumenal carrier shuttling electrons from cytochrome b6f to photosystem I; the carrier used is lineage- and metal-availability-dependent.
Many cyanobacteria and algae switch between plastocyanin and cytochrome c6 depending on copper/iron availability.