Table 1.
Abbreviations used in the text
| BN/PAGE | Blue Native/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| CAB | Chlorophyll-a/b-binding |
| CaMn4 | Calcium/manganese metal cluster of PSII that catalyses oxygen evolution |
| CM | Cytoplasmic membrane |
| CtpA | C-Terminal D1 processing protease |
| Cyt b-559 | Cytochrome b-559 |
| Cyt c-550 | Cytochrome c-550 or PsbV |
| HLIPS | High-light-induced proteins, a synonym for SCPs |
| iD1 | Intermediate form of D1 after removal of part of the C-terminal extension |
| LMM | Low molecular mass |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| P680+ | Chlorophyll cation in PSII that oxidizes Yz |
| pD1 | Precursor form of D1 with complete C-terminal extension |
| PQ | Plastoquinone |
| POR | Protochlorophyllide reductase |
| QA | Bound plastoquinone electron acceptor in PSII |
| RC | PSII reaction centre-like complex containing D1, D2 and Cyt b-559 but lacking CP47 and CP43 |
| RC47 | PSII core complexes lacking CP43 |
| RCC1 | Monomeric PSII core complex |
| RCC2 | Dimeric PSII core complex |
| SCPs | Small CAB-like proteins |
| TM | Thylakoid membrane |
| Yz | A redox-active tyrosine in PSII, at position D1-Tyr161, that oxidizes the CaMn4 cluster |