List of works - Peter J Nixon

A Photosynthesis-Specific Rubredoxin-Like Protein Is Required for Efficient Association of the D1 and D2 Proteins during the Initial Steps of Photosystem II Assembly

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

A critical role for the Var2 FtsH homologue of Arabidopsis thaliana in the photosystem II repair cycle in vivo

scientific article (publication date: 18 January 2002)

A reaction center-dependent photoprotection mechanism in a highly robust photosystem II from an extremophilic red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae

scientific article

Accessibility controls selective degradation of photosystem II subunits by FtsH protease.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Artificial microRNA-mediated knockdown of pyruvate formate lyase (PFL1) provides evidence for an active 3-hydroxybutyrate production pathway in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

scientific article published on 9 June 2012

Aspartate 170 of the photosystem II reaction center polypeptide D1 is involved in the assembly of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Assembling and maintaining the Photosystem II complex in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.

scientific article published on 03 March 2012

Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins

scientific article published on 01 June 2022

Assignment of the Qy absorbance bands of photosystem II chromophores by low-temperature optical spectroscopy of wild-type and mutant reaction centers

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Association of Psb28 and Psb27 Proteins with PSII-PSI Supercomplexes upon Exposure of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to High Light.

scientific article published on 12 August 2016

Challenges and perspectives in commercializing plastid transformation technology.

scientific article

Chlorophyll f synthesis by a super-rogue photosystem II complex

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Cleavage after residue Ala352 in the C-terminal extension is an early step in the maturation of the D1 subunit of Photosystem II in Synechocystis PCC 6803.

scientific article

Contained and high-level production of recombinant protein in plant chloroplasts using a temporary immersion bioreactor.

scientific article published on 24 November 2010

Control of electron transport routes through redox-regulated redistribution of respiratory complexes ⬇️

scientific article published on June 25, 2012

Crystal structure of CyanoQ from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus and detection in isolated photosystem II complexes

scientific article

Crystal structure of the Psb27 assembly factor at 1.6 Å: implications for binding to Photosystem II ⬇️

scientific article published on December 23, 2011

Crystal structure of the Psb28 accessory factor of Thermosynechococcus elongatus photosystem II at 2.3 Å

scientific article

CyanoP is Involved in the Early Steps of Photosystem II Assembly in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 7 July 2016

Degradation of the Photosystem II D1 and D2 proteins in different strains of the cyanobacterium Synechocytis PCC 6803 varying with respect to the type and level of psbA transcript

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Directed alteration of the D1 polypeptide of photosystem II: evidence that tyrosine-161 is the redox component, Z, connecting the oxygen-evolving complex to the primary electron donor, P680.

scientific article

Discovery of a chlorophyll binding protein complex involved in the early steps of photosystem II assembly in Synechocystis.

scientific article

Electricity generation from digitally printed cyanobacteria.

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Enhancing photosynthesis in plants: the light reactions.

scientific article

Expression of a higher plant psbA gene in Synechocystis 6803 yields a functional hybrid photosystem II reaction center complex ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 1991

Expression of the affinity tags, glutathione-S-transferase and maltose-binding protein, in tobacco chloroplasts

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

FtsH is involved in the early stages of repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803.

scientific article published in September 2003

FtsH protease is required for induction of inorganic carbon acquisition complexes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

FtsH-mediated repair of the photosystem II complex in response to light stress.

scientific article

Functional Roles of D2-Lys317 and the Interacting Chloride Ion in the Water Oxidation Reaction of Photosystem II As Revealed by Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on July 16, 2013

Genetic analysis of the Hox hydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reveals subunit roles in association, assembly, maturation, and function.

scientific article

Growth and selection of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 using alternative nitrogen and phosphorus sources

scientific article published on 04 May 2019

Identification of a functional respiratory complex in chloroplasts through analysis of tobacco mutants containing disrupted plastid ndh genes

scientific article

Identification of psbA and psbD gene products, D1 and D2, as reaction centre proteins of photosystem 2.

scientific article published in July 1987

Identification of the Elusive Pyruvate Reductase of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chloroplasts

scientific article

Investigating the Production of Foreign Membrane Proteins in Tobacco Chloroplasts: Expression of an Algal Plastid Terminal Oxidase ⬇️

scientific article published on July 25, 2012

Investigating the early stages of photosystem II assembly in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: isolation of CP47 and CP43 complexes.

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Investigating the photoprotective role of cytochrome b-559 in photosystem II in a mutant with altered ligation of the haem

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Involvement of the HtrA family of proteases in the protection of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 from light stress and in the repair of photosystem II.

scientific article

Isolation and characterisation of the Photosystem two reaction centre complex from a double mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

scientific article published in February 1995

Kinetics and pathways of charge recombination in photosystem II.

scientific article

Localisation and interactions of the Vipp1 protein in cyanobacteria

scientific article published on 13 October 2014

Location, expression and orientation of the putative chlororespiratory enzymes, Ndh and IMMUTANS, in higher-plant plastids ⬇️

scientific article published on September 23, 2003

Modulation of Quantum Yield of Primary Radical Pair Formation in Photosystem II by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Affecting Radical Cations and Anions†

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Mutation of Residue Threonine-2 of the D2 Polypeptide and Its Effect on Photosystem II Function inChlamydomonas reinhardtii1 ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

NAB1 is an RNA binding protein involved in the light-regulated differential expression of the light-harvesting antenna of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

scientific article published on 11 November 2005

New advances in the production of edible plant vaccines: chloroplast expression of a tetanus vaccine antigen, TetC.

scientific article published on April 2004

Newly discovered Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901 is a robust cyanobacterial strain for high biomass production

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Open reading frame ssr2016 is required for antimycin A-sensitive photosystem I-driven cyclic electron flow in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 9 June 2005

Participation of the C-terminal region of the D1-polypeptide in the first steps in the assembly of the Mn4Ca cluster of photosystem II

scientific article published on 02 January 2007

Photosynthesis solutions to enhance productivity. ⬇️

scientific article published on September 2017

Photosynthetic water oxidation in cytochrome b(559) mutants containing a disrupted heme-binding pocket.

scientific article published on 04 June 2001

Pneumatic hydrodynamics influence transplastomic protein yields and biological responses during in vitro shoot regeneration of Nicotiana tabacum callus: Implications for bioprocess routes to plant-made biopharmaceuticals

scientific article published on January 2017

Probing the electric field across thylakoid membranes in cyanobacteria

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

Production of leafy biomass using temporary immersion bioreactors: an alternative platform to express proteins in transplastomic plants with drastic phenotypes

scientific article published on 22 December 2012

Protection against tetanus toxin using a plant-based vaccine

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Publisher Correction: Chlorophyll f synthesis by a super-rogue photosystem II complex

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Reduced Turnover of the D1 Polypeptide and Photoactivation of Electron Transfer in Novel Herbicide Resistant Mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 ⬇️

scientific article published on September 15, 1997

Remembering James Barber (1940–2020)

scientific article published on 09 May 2022

Reply. Chlororespiration: only half a story

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Role of FtsH2 in the repair of Photosystem II in mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 with impaired assembly or stability of the CaMn(4) cluster

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Role of the carboxy terminus of polypeptide D1 in the assembly of a functional water-oxidizing manganese cluster in photosystem II of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: assembly requires a free carboxyl group at C-terminal position 344

scientific article published on 01 November 1992

Site-directed mutations at D1-His198 and D1-Thr179 of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: deciphering the spectral properties of the PSII reaction centre.

scientific article published on March 2008

Site-directed mutations at D1-Thr179 of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 modify the spectroscopic properties of the accessory chlorophyll in the D1-branch of the reaction center.

scientific article

Structural and mutational analysis of band 7 proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Structure of Psb29/Thf1 and its association with the FtsH protease complex involved in photosystem II repair in cyanobacteria

scientific article published on September 2017

Sub-cellular location of FtsH proteases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 suggests localised PSII repair zones in the thylakoid membranes

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Subunit composition of CP43-less photosystem II complexes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: implications for the assembly and repair of photosystem II.

scientific article published on December 2012

Subunit organization of a synechocystis hetero-oligomeric thylakoid FtsH complex involved in photosystem II repair.

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Testing the Role of the N-Terminal Tail of D1 in the Maintenance of Photosystem II in Tobacco Chloroplasts

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

The FtsH protease slr0228 is important for quality control of photosystem II in the thylakoid membrane of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 14 November 2005

The Psb27 assembly factor binds to the CP43 complex of photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

The chloroplast Ndh complex mediates the dark reduction of the plastoquinone pool in response to heat stress in tobacco leaves.

scientific article published in June 1998

The chloroplast-encoded alpha subunit of cytochrome b-559 is required for assembly of the photosystem two complex in both the light and the dark in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

scientific article published in November 1998

The cyanobacterial homologue of HCF136/YCF48 is a component of an early photosystem II assembly complex and is important for both the efficient assembly and repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

The deg proteases protect Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 during heat and light stresses but are not essential for removal of damaged D1 protein during the photosystem two repair cycle

scientific article published on 15 August 2006

The exposed N-terminal tail of the D1 subunit is required for rapid D1 degradation during photosystem II repair in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

scientific article published on 28 September 2007

The function of D1-H332 in Photosystem II electron transport studied by thermoluminescence and chlorophyll fluorescence in site-directed mutants of Synechocystis 6803.

scientific article

The mTERF protein MOC1 terminates mitochondrial DNA transcription in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

scientific article published on 06 May 2013

The nucleus-encoded protein MOC1 is essential for mitochondrial light acclimation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

scientific article published on 23 September 2004

The plastid ndh genes code for an NADH-specific dehydrogenase: isolation of a complex I analogue from pea thylakoid membranes.

scientific article

The role of D1-Ala344 in charge stabilization and recombination in Photosystem II.

scientific article published on 20 October 2005

The role of the FtsH and Deg proteases in the repair of UV-B radiation-damaged Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803

scientific article published on 05 December 2006

Time-course global expression profiles of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during photo-biological H₂ production

scientific article

Two essential FtsH proteases control the level of the Fur repressor during iron deficiency in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

scientific article published on 19 September 2014

Using site-directed mutagenesis to probe the role of the D2 carotenoid in the secondary electron-transfer pathway of photosystem II.

scientific article published on 21 January 2013

Ycf48 involved in the biogenesis of the oxygen-evolving photosystem II complex is a seven-bladed beta-propeller protein.

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

List of works by Peter J Nixon

A Photosynthesis-Specific Rubredoxin-Like Protein Is Required for Efficient Association of the D1 and D2 Proteins during the Initial Steps of Photosystem II Assembly

A critical role for the Var2 FtsH homologue of Arabidopsis thaliana in the photosystem II repair cycle in vivo

A reaction center-dependent photoprotection mechanism in a highly robust photosystem II from an extremophilic red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Accessibility controls selective degradation of photosystem II subunits by FtsH protease.

Artificial microRNA-mediated knockdown of pyruvate formate lyase (PFL1) provides evidence for an active 3-hydroxybutyrate production pathway in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Aspartate 170 of the photosystem II reaction center polypeptide D1 is involved in the assembly of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster

Assembling and maintaining the Photosystem II complex in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria.

Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins

Assignment of the Qy absorbance bands of photosystem II chromophores by low-temperature optical spectroscopy of wild-type and mutant reaction centers

Association of Psb28 and Psb27 Proteins with PSII-PSI Supercomplexes upon Exposure of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 to High Light.

Challenges and perspectives in commercializing plastid transformation technology.

Chlorophyll f synthesis by a super-rogue photosystem II complex

Cleavage after residue Ala352 in the C-terminal extension is an early step in the maturation of the D1 subunit of Photosystem II in Synechocystis PCC 6803.

Contained and high-level production of recombinant protein in plant chloroplasts using a temporary immersion bioreactor.

Control of electron transport routes through redox-regulated redistribution of respiratory complexes ⬇️

Crystal structure of CyanoQ from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus and detection in isolated photosystem II complexes

Crystal structure of the Psb27 assembly factor at 1.6 Å: implications for binding to Photosystem II ⬇️

Crystal structure of the Psb28 accessory factor of Thermosynechococcus elongatus photosystem II at 2.3 Å

CyanoP is Involved in the Early Steps of Photosystem II Assembly in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

Degradation of the Photosystem II D1 and D2 proteins in different strains of the cyanobacterium Synechocytis PCC 6803 varying with respect to the type and level of psbA transcript

Directed alteration of the D1 polypeptide of photosystem II: evidence that tyrosine-161 is the redox component, Z, connecting the oxygen-evolving complex to the primary electron donor, P680.

Discovery of a chlorophyll binding protein complex involved in the early steps of photosystem II assembly in Synechocystis.

Electricity generation from digitally printed cyanobacteria.

Enhancing photosynthesis in plants: the light reactions.

Expression of a higher plant psbA gene in Synechocystis 6803 yields a functional hybrid photosystem II reaction center complex ⬇️

Expression of the affinity tags, glutathione-S-transferase and maltose-binding protein, in tobacco chloroplasts

FtsH is involved in the early stages of repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803.

FtsH protease is required for induction of inorganic carbon acquisition complexes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FtsH-mediated repair of the photosystem II complex in response to light stress.

Functional Roles of D2-Lys317 and the Interacting Chloride Ion in the Water Oxidation Reaction of Photosystem II As Revealed by Fourier Transform Infrared Analysis ⬇️

Genetic analysis of the Hox hydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reveals subunit roles in association, assembly, maturation, and function.

Growth and selection of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 using alternative nitrogen and phosphorus sources

Identification of a functional respiratory complex in chloroplasts through analysis of tobacco mutants containing disrupted plastid ndh genes

Identification of psbA and psbD gene products, D1 and D2, as reaction centre proteins of photosystem 2.

Identification of the Elusive Pyruvate Reductase of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Chloroplasts

Investigating the Production of Foreign Membrane Proteins in Tobacco Chloroplasts: Expression of an Algal Plastid Terminal Oxidase ⬇️

Investigating the early stages of photosystem II assembly in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: isolation of CP47 and CP43 complexes.

Investigating the photoprotective role of cytochrome b-559 in photosystem II in a mutant with altered ligation of the haem

Involvement of the HtrA family of proteases in the protection of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 from light stress and in the repair of photosystem II.

Isolation and characterisation of the Photosystem two reaction centre complex from a double mutant of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Kinetics and pathways of charge recombination in photosystem II.

Localisation and interactions of the Vipp1 protein in cyanobacteria

Location, expression and orientation of the putative chlororespiratory enzymes, Ndh and IMMUTANS, in higher-plant plastids ⬇️

Modulation of Quantum Yield of Primary Radical Pair Formation in Photosystem II by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Affecting Radical Cations and Anions†

Mutation of Residue Threonine-2 of the D2 Polypeptide and Its Effect on Photosystem II Function inChlamydomonas reinhardtii1 ⬇️

NAB1 is an RNA binding protein involved in the light-regulated differential expression of the light-harvesting antenna of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

New advances in the production of edible plant vaccines: chloroplast expression of a tetanus vaccine antigen, TetC.

Newly discovered Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901 is a robust cyanobacterial strain for high biomass production

Open reading frame ssr2016 is required for antimycin A-sensitive photosystem I-driven cyclic electron flow in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

Participation of the C-terminal region of the D1-polypeptide in the first steps in the assembly of the Mn4Ca cluster of photosystem II

Photosynthesis solutions to enhance productivity. ⬇️

Photosynthetic water oxidation in cytochrome b(559) mutants containing a disrupted heme-binding pocket.

Pneumatic hydrodynamics influence transplastomic protein yields and biological responses during in vitro shoot regeneration of Nicotiana tabacum callus: Implications for bioprocess routes to plant-made biopharmaceuticals

Probing the electric field across thylakoid membranes in cyanobacteria

Production of leafy biomass using temporary immersion bioreactors: an alternative platform to express proteins in transplastomic plants with drastic phenotypes

Protection against tetanus toxin using a plant-based vaccine

Publisher Correction: Chlorophyll f synthesis by a super-rogue photosystem II complex

Reduced Turnover of the D1 Polypeptide and Photoactivation of Electron Transfer in Novel Herbicide Resistant Mutants of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 ⬇️

Remembering James Barber (1940–2020)

Reply. Chlororespiration: only half a story

Role of FtsH2 in the repair of Photosystem II in mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 with impaired assembly or stability of the CaMn(4) cluster

Role of the carboxy terminus of polypeptide D1 in the assembly of a functional water-oxidizing manganese cluster in photosystem II of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: assembly requires a free carboxyl group at C-terminal position 344

Site-directed mutations at D1-His198 and D1-Thr179 of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: deciphering the spectral properties of the PSII reaction centre.

Site-directed mutations at D1-Thr179 of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 modify the spectroscopic properties of the accessory chlorophyll in the D1-branch of the reaction center.

Structural and mutational analysis of band 7 proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803.

Structure of Psb29/Thf1 and its association with the FtsH protease complex involved in photosystem II repair in cyanobacteria

Sub-cellular location of FtsH proteases in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 suggests localised PSII repair zones in the thylakoid membranes

Subunit composition of CP43-less photosystem II complexes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: implications for the assembly and repair of photosystem II.

Subunit organization of a synechocystis hetero-oligomeric thylakoid FtsH complex involved in photosystem II repair.

Testing the Role of the N-Terminal Tail of D1 in the Maintenance of Photosystem II in Tobacco Chloroplasts

The FtsH protease slr0228 is important for quality control of photosystem II in the thylakoid membrane of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

The Psb27 assembly factor binds to the CP43 complex of photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

The chloroplast Ndh complex mediates the dark reduction of the plastoquinone pool in response to heat stress in tobacco leaves.

The chloroplast-encoded alpha subunit of cytochrome b-559 is required for assembly of the photosystem two complex in both the light and the dark in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The cyanobacterial homologue of HCF136/YCF48 is a component of an early photosystem II assembly complex and is important for both the efficient assembly and repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.

The deg proteases protect Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 during heat and light stresses but are not essential for removal of damaged D1 protein during the photosystem two repair cycle

The exposed N-terminal tail of the D1 subunit is required for rapid D1 degradation during photosystem II repair in Synechocystis sp PCC 6803

The function of D1-H332 in Photosystem II electron transport studied by thermoluminescence and chlorophyll fluorescence in site-directed mutants of Synechocystis 6803.

The mTERF protein MOC1 terminates mitochondrial DNA transcription in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.