Thylakoid plasticity primes photoprotection in diatoms
David Pérez Compte, Dimitri Tolleter, Clarisse Uwizeye, Cécile Giustini, Lydia Pernet, Daphna Fenel, Christine Moriscot, Wojciech Wietrzyñski, Renáta Ünnep, Gergely Nagy, Győző Garab, Pierre‐Henri Jouneau, Guy Schoehn, Anja Krieger‐Liszkay, Benjamin D. Engel, , Serena Flori
This study identifies three photoprotective mechanisms in diatoms under light stress: detachment of oxygen-evolving complex proteins, NPQ in the antenna, and energy spillover between photosystems.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry