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Professor Roberto Bassi

Laboratorio di Fotosintesi
Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico
Verona University
Strada Le Grazie 15
Verona, 37134 Italy
Tel: +39-45-802-7916; Fax: +39-45-802-7929
E-mail: Roberto.Bassi@univr.it
http://www.dbt.univr.it/dol/main?ent=persona&id=82&lang=en
Area of expertise: Primary and secondary metabolism; stress and defense; structural biology and biophysics; photosynthesis
Editorial board member until: Apr. 30, 2010
   
Selected Publications:
   
  • Arnoux P, Morosinotto T, Saga G, Bassi R, Pignol D (2009) A structural basis for the pH-dependent xanthophyll cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 21, 2036-2044.
  • Lemeille S, Willig A, Depège-Fargeix N, Delessert C, Bassi R, Rochaix JD (2009) Analysis of the chloroplast protein kinase Stt7 during state transitions. PLoS Biol. 7, e45.
  • Mozzo M, Mantelli M, Passarini F, Caffarri S, Croce R, Bassi R (2009) Functional analysis of Photosystem I light-harvesting complexes (Lhca) gene products of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1797, 212-221.
  • Frenkel M, Külheim C, Jänkänpää HJ, Skogström O, Dall'Osto L, Agren J, Bassi R, Moritz T, Moen J, Jansson S (2009) Improper excess light energy dissipation in Arabidopsis results in a metabolic reprogramming. BMC Plant Biol. 9, 12.
  • Ahn TK, Avenson TJ, Ballottari M, Cheng YC, Niyogi KK, Bassi R, Fleming GR (2008) Architecture of a charge-transfer state regulating light harvesting in a plant antenna protein. Science 320, 794-797.
  • Ahn TK, Avenson TJ, Peers G, Li ZR, Dall'Osto L, Bassi R, Niyogi KK, Fleming GR (2008) Investigating energy partitioning during photosynthesis using an expanded quantum yield convention. Chem. Phys. 357, 151-158.
  • Cheng YC, Ahn TK, Avenson TJ, Zigmantas D, Niyogi KK, Ballottari M, Bassi R, Fleming GR (2008) Kinetic modeling of charge-transfer quenching in the CP29 minor complex. J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 13418-13423.
  • Avenson TJ, Ahn TK, Niyogi KK, Ballottari M, Bassi R, Fleming GR (2008) Lutein can act as a switchable charge-transfer quencher in the CP26 light-harvesting complex. J. Biol. Chem. 284, 2830-2835.
  • de Bianchi S, Dall'Osto L, Tognon G, Morosinotto T, Bassi R (2008) Minor antenna proteins CP24 and CP26 affect the interactions between photosystem II subunits and the electron transport rate in grana membranes of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20, 1012-1028.
  • Mozzo M, Dall'Osto L, Hienerwadel R, Bassi R, Croce R (2008) Photoprotection in the antenna complexes of photosystem II: role of individual xanthophylls in chlorophyll triplet quenching. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 6184-6192.
  • Slavov C, Ballottari M, Morosinotto T, Bassi R, Holzwarth AR (2008) Trap-limited charge separation kinetics in higher plant photosystem I complexes. Biophys. J. 94, 3601-3612.
  • Avenson TJ, Ahn TK, Zigmantas D, Niyogi KK, Li ZR, Ballottari M, Bassi R, Fleming GR (2008) Zeaxanthin radical cation formation in minor light-harvesting complexes of higher plant antenna. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 3550-3558.
  • Caffarri S, Passarini F, Bassi R, Croce R (2007) A specific binding site for neoxanthin in the monomeric antenna proteins CP26 and CP29 of Photosystem II. FEBS Lett. 581, 4704-4710.
  • Ballottari M, Dall'Osto L, Morosinotto T, Bassi R (2007) Contrasting behavior of higher plant photosystem I and II antenna systems during acclimation. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 8947-8958.
  • Dall'Osto L, Fiore A, Cazzaniga S, Giuliano G, Bassi R (2007) Different roles of alpha- and beta-branch xanthophylls in photosystem assembly and photoprotection. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 35056-35068.
  • Frigerio S, Campoli C, Zorzan S, Fantoni LI, Crosatti C, Drepper F, Haehnel W, Cattivelli L, Morosinotto T, Bassi R (2007) Photosynthetic antenna size in higher plants is controlled by the plastoquinone redox state at the post-transcriptional rather than transcriptional level. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 29457-29469.
  • Matsubara S, Morosinotto T, Osmond CB, Bassi R (2007) Short- and long-term operation of the lutein-epoxide cycle in light-harvesting antenna complexes. Plant Physiol. 144, 926-941.
  • Croce R, Mozzo M, Morosinotto T, Romeo A, Hienerwadel R, Bassi R (2007) Singlet and triplet state transitions of carotenoids in the antenna complexes of higher-plant photosystem I. Biochemistry 46, 3846-3855.
  • Jensen PE, Bassi R, Boekema EJ, Dekker JP, Jansson S, Leister D, Robinson C, Scheller HV (2007) Structure, function and regulation of plant photosystem I. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1767, 335-352.
  • Dall'Osto L, Cazzaniga S, North H, Marion-Poll A, Bassi R (2007) The Arabidopsis aba4-1 mutant reveals a specific function for neoxanthin in protection against photooxidative stress. Plant Cell 19, 1048-1064.
  • Tzvetkova-Chevolleau T, Franck F, Alawady AE, Dall'Osto L, Carrière F, Bassi R, Grimm B, Nussaume L, Havaux M (2007) The light stress-induced protein ELIP2 is a regulator of chlorophyll synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J.  50, 795-809.
  • Croce R, Chojnicka A, Morosinotto T, Ihalainen JA, van Mourik F, Dekker JP, Bassi R, van Grondelle R (2007) The low-energy forms of photosystem I light-harvesting complexes: spectroscopic properties and pigment-pigment interaction characteristics. Biophys. J. 93, 2418-2428.
  • Georgakopoulou S, van der Zwan G, Bassi R, van Grondelle R, van Amerongen H, Croce R (2007) Understanding the changes in the circular dichroism of light harvesting complex II upon varying its pigment composition and organization. Biochemistry 46, 4745-4754.
  • Havaux M, Dall'osto L, Bassi R (2007) Zeaxanthin has enhanced antioxidant capacity with respect to all other xanthophylls in arabidopsis leaves and functions independent of binding to PSII antennae. Plant Physiol. 145, 1506-1520.
  • Morosinotto T, Bassi R, Frigerio S, Finazzi G, Morris E, Barber J (2006) Biochemical and structural analyses of a higher plant photosystem II supercomplex of a PSI-less mutant of barley: consequences of an extreme over reduction of the plastoquinone pool. FEBS J. 273, 4616-4630.
  • Fiore A, Dall'osto L, Fraser PD, Bassi R, Giuliano G (2006) Elucidation of the beta-carotene hydroxylation pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 580, 4718-4722.
  • Dall'Osto L, Lico C, Alric J, Giuliano G, Havaux M, Bassi R (2006) Lutein is needed for efficient chlorophyll triplet quenching in the major LHCII antenna complex of higher plants and effective photoprotection in vivo under strong light. BMC Plant Biol. 6, 32.
  • Finazzi G, Johnson GN, Dall'Osto L, Zito F, Bonente G, Bassi R, Wollman FA (2006) Nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochemistry  45, 1490-1498.
  • Forti G, Agostiano A, Barbato R, Bassi R, Brugnoli E, Finazzi G, Garlaschi FM, Jennings RC, Melandri BA, Trotta M, Venturoli G, Zanetti G, Zannoni D, Zucchelli G (2006) Photosynthesis research in Italy: a review. Photosyn. Res. 88, 211-240.
  • Mozzo M, Morosinotto T, Bassi R, Croce R (2006) Probing the structure of Lhca3 by mutation analysis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1757, 1607-1613.
  • Dall'Aglio Elena, TRANSCRIPTIONAL MODIFICATIONS IN BARLEY EMBRYOS CAUSED BY SEED-BORNE PATHOGEN FUNGI INFECTION
  • Svensson JT, Crosatti C, Campoli C, Bassi R, Stanca AM, Close TJ, Cattivelli L (2006) Transcriptome analysis of cold acclimation in barley albina and xantha mutants. Plant Physiol. 141, 257-270.