Planteome: Term Details for "nonphotochemical quenching" (GO:0010196)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0010196
Name: nonphotochemical quenching
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process by which excess light energy absorbed by chlorophyll and not used to drive photosynthesis is emitted as heat. This process helps maintain the balance between dissipation and utilization of light energy to minimize generation of oxidizing molecules, thereby protecting the plant against photo-oxidative damage. Source: PMID:10938857, PMID:10667783
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0010196 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to nonphotochemical quenching.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to nonphotochemical quenching.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for nonphotochemical quenching.
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