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A quantitative understanding of the photosynthetic machinery depends largely on quantities, such as concentrations, sizes, absorption wavelengths, redox potentials, and rate constants. The present contribution is a collection of numbers and quantities related mainly to photosynthesis in higher plants. All numbers are taken directly from a literature or database source and the corresponding reference is provided. The numerical values, presented in this paper, provide ranges of values, obtained in specific experiments for specific organisms. However, the presented numbers can be useful for understanding the principles of structure and function of photosynthetic machinery and for guidance of future research.

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Abbreviations

Chl:

Chlorophyll

PS:

Photosystem

LHC:

Light-harvesting complex

OEC:

Oxygen evolving complex

cyt b 6 f :

Cytochrome b 6 f complex

PQ:

Plastoquinone

Pc:

Plastocyanin

Fd:

Ferredoxin

FNR:

Ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase

PPFD:

Photosynthetic photon flux density

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ET was financially supported by the Academy of Finland. TA and AR were supported by the Russian Federal Target Programme (8077 and 14.512.11.0097). IK was supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (projects 12-07-33036 and 12-04-31839).

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    Taras K. Antal, Ilya B. Kovalenko & Andrew B. Rubin

  2. Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Taras K. Antal & Esa Tyystjärvi

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Antal, T.K., Kovalenko, I.B., Rubin, A.B. et al. Photosynthesis-related quantities for education and modeling. Photosynth Res 117, 1–30 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-013-9945-8

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