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Current views on the function of the violaxanthin cycle (development of ideas put forward by D.I. Sapozhnikov)

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David Iosifovich Sapozhnikov (17.06.1911–23.11.1983), a well-known plant physiologist and evolutionist would have been 100 this year. Sapozhnikov investigated the role of carotenoids in plant life and acquired worldwide recognition for his discovery of the violaxanthin cycle. This review considers the most important Sapozhnikov’s results and hypotheses elaborated by subsequent research, as well as the modern concepts in this area of investigation.

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Abbreviations

Ax:

antheraxanthin

NPQ:

non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence

PSII:

photosystem II

VC:

violaxanthin cycle

VDE:

violaxanthin deepoxidase

Vx:

violaxanthin

ZE:

zeaxanthin epoxidase

Zx:

zeaxanthin

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Maslova, T.G., Markovskaya, E.F. Current views on the function of the violaxanthin cycle (development of ideas put forward by D.I. Sapozhnikov). Russ J Plant Physiol 59, 434–441 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443712030120

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