... accordingly to the lack of most of the pigment binding sites present in the other Lhc proteins [20,47] Results from Aspinall-O'Dea and coauthors, indicating zeaxanthin binding to PsbS in vitro ... than in the npq4 mutant [9,20] This indicates that the function of PsbS in qE activation is dominant compared to that one of zeaxanthin in the presence of ∆pH Indeed, the absence of both PsbS ... native PsbS protein does not bind chlorophylls or carotenoids, differently from others Lhc proteins, which maintain full pigment binding in the same conditions [47] Alternatively, the binding of...