Herbicides in Photosynthesis Research

摘要: Photosynthesis and herbicide research have a long common history. Soon after the introduction of new group highly effective herbicides in 1956, substituted aryl ureas, their mode action was recognized to be inhibition light-driven electron flow photosynthetic oxygen evolution. Many subsequent successful commercial herbicides, including those from other chemical classes, act by this mechanism. The study interaction with system at molecular level is prime example how rapidly advances unraveling mechanism photosynthesis can translated into practical uses. At same time continued valuable efficient tools research. In past were instrumental establishing many principal features biochemistry biophysics photosynthesis, particular role plastoquinone, which displaced its binding pocket one protein subunits photosystem II. Their further use elucidating biology illustrated recent importance herbicide-tolerant mutants for determining structural aspects We will review present state provide model orientation within three dimensional structure target, D1