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To investigate whether a milder enhancement of photosynthetic control can protect photosystem I without compromising photosynthetic performance, we introduced a series of amino acid substitutions into the Rieske subunit of the cytochrome b6f complex using Target-activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)-mediated base editing. Among these, the E143K mutation partially oxidized photosystem I and improved photosynthetic induction in the pgr5-2 background more effectively than the pgr1 mutation. Although the E143K mutation had little effect on electron transport parameters in the wild-type background, it significantly reduced the proton motive force. 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