Wysocka, A, Kulik, N, Shukla, MK, Opatíková, M, Kouřil, R, Jackson, PJ, Brindley, AA, Janouškovec, J, Kiss, E, Hitchcock, A, Komenda, J, Hunter, CN, Sobotka, R*: High-light-inducible proteins control associations between chlorophyll synthase and the Photosystem II biogenesis factor Ycf39. Plant Physiology 198(2), kiaf213, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf213

Qi, M, Taunt, HN, Bečková, M, Xia, Z, Trinugroho, JP, Komenda, J, Nixon, PJ*: Enhancing the production of chlorophyll f in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Physiologia Plantarum 177(2), e70169, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70169

Komenda, J, Sobotka, R, Nixon, PJ*: The biogenesis and maintenance of PSII: Recent advances and current challenges. Plant Cell 36(10), 3997-4013, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae082

Krynická, V, Komenda, J*: The Role of FtsH Complexes in the Response to Abiotic Stress in Cyanobacteria. Plant and Cell Physiology 65(7), 1103-1114, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcae042

Rahimzadeh Karvansara, P, Komenda, J, Kopriva, S: Sulfur metabolism in cyanobacteria. In: Progress in Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Academic Press, 117-157, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13231-5.00018-0

Koník, P, Skotnicová, P, Gupta, S, Tichý, M, Sharma, S, Komenda, J, Sobotka, R, Krynická, V*: The cyanobacterial FtsH4 protease controls accumulation of protein factorsinvolved in the biogenesis of photosystem I. BBA - Bioenergetics 1865(1), 149017, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2023.149017

Zhao, Z, Vercellino, I, Knoppová, J, Sobotka, R, Murray, JW, Nixon, PJ*, Sazanov, LA*, Komenda, J*: The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis. Nature Communications 14, 4681, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6

Masuda, T, Bečková, M, Turóczy, Z, Pilný, J, Sobotka, R, Trinugroho, JP, Nixon, PJ, Prášil, O*, Komenda, J*: Accumulation of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II Containing the 'Rogue' D1 Subunit Is Controlled by FtsH Protease and Synthesis of the Standard D1 Protein. Plant and Cell Physiology 64(6), 660-673, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad027

Masuda, T*, Inomura, K, Gao, M, Armin, G, Kotabová, E, Bernát, G, Lawrenz-Kendrick, E, Lukeš, M, Bečková, M, Steinbach, G, Komenda, J, Prášil, O*: The balance between photosynthesis and respiraton explains the niche differentiation between Crocosphaera and Cyanothece. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21, 58-65, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.029

Krynická, V*, Skotnicová, P, Jackson, PJ, Barnett, S, Yu, Jianfeng, Wysocka, A, Kaňa, R, Dickman, MJ, Nixon, PJ, Hunter, CN, Komenda, J: FtsH4 protease controls biogenesis of the PSII complex by dual regulation of high light-inducible proteins. Plant Communications 4(1), 100502, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100502

Masojídek, J*, Ranglová, K, Bečková, M, Torzillo, G, Knoppová, J, Benavides, AMS, Charvát, F, Komenda, J: Outdoor photoacclimation of two Chlorella strains characterized by normal and reduced light-harvesting antennas: photosynthetic activity and chlorophyll-protein organization. Journal of Applied Phycology 34(5), 2339-2353, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02803-1

Rahimzadeh-Karvansara, P, Pascual-Aznar, G, Bečková, M, Komenda, J*: Psb34 protein modulates binding of high-light-inducible proteins to CP47-containing photosystem II assembly intermediates in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynthesis Research 152(3), 333-346, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00908-9

Knoppová, J, Sobotka, R, Yu, J, Bečková, M, Pilný, J, Trinugroho, JP, Csefalvay, L, Bína, D, Nixon, PJ, Komenda, J*: Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins. Plant Physiology 189(2), 790-804, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac045

Hitchcock, A, Hunter, CN, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J, Dann, M, Leister, D*: Redesigning the photosynthetic light reactions to enhance photosynthesis – the PhotoRedesign consortium. Plant Journal 109(1), 23-34, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15552

Bečková, M, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J*: Photosystem II antenna modules CP43 and CP47 do not form a stable ‘no reaction centre complex’ in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Photosynthesis Research 152(3), 363-371, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00896-w

Chiu, YF, Fu, HY, Skotnicová, P, Lin, KM, Komenda, J*, Chu, HA*: Tandem gene amplification restores photosystem II accumulation in cytochrome b₅₅₉ mutants of cyanobacteria. New Phytologist 233(2), 766-780, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17785

Linhartová, M, Skotnicová, P, Hakkila, K, Tichý, M, Komenda, J, Knoppová, J, Gilabert, JF, Guallar, V, Tyystjärvi, T, Sobotka, R*: Mutations Suppressing the Lack of Prepilin Peptidase Provide Insights Into the Maturation of the Major Pilin Protein in Cyanobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 756912, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.756912

Pascual-Aznar, G, Konert, G, Bečková, M, Kotabová, E, Gardian, Z, Knoppová, J, Bučinská, L, Kaňa, R, Sobotka, R, Komenda, J*: Psb35 Protein Stabilizes the CP47 Assembly Module and Associated High-Light Inducible Proteins during the Biogenesis of Photosystem II in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Plant and Cell Physiology 62(1), 178-190, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa148

Knoppová, J, Yu, J, Janouškovec, J, Halada, P, Nixon, PJ, Whitelegge, JP, Komenda, J*: The Photosystem II Assembly Factor Ycf48 from the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Is Lipidated Using an Atypical Lipobox Sequence. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(7), 3733, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073733

Kaňa, R*, Steinbach, G, Sobotka, R, Vámosi, G, Komenda, J: Fast Diffusion of the Unassembled PetC1-GFP Protein in the Cyanobacterial Thylakoid Membrane. Life 11(1), 15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11010015