Lipid molecules bound to membrane proteins are resolved in some high-resolution
structures of membrane proteins. An analysis of these structures provides a framework …

This review describes the recent knowledge about tightly bound lipids in membrane protein
structures and deduces general principles of the binding interactions. Bound lipids are …

Recent experiments suggest that electronic energy transfer in photosynthetic pigment-
protein complexes involves long-lived quantum coherence among electronic excitations of …

All 13 lipids, including two cardiolipins, one phosphatidylcholine, three
phosphatidylethanolamines, four phosphatidylglycerols and three triglycerides, were …

Phosphoglycerolipids are abundant membrane constituents in prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells. However, glycoglycerolipids are the predominant lipids in chloroplasts of plants and …

The naturally widespread process of electron transfer from metal reducing bacteria to
extracellular solid metal oxides entails unique biomolecular machinery optimized for long …

The recent availability of X-ray crystallographic structures of Photosystem II (PSII) together
with refined steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic analyses of site-directed mutants …

Most life on Earth is powered, directly or indirectly, by photosynthetic light harvesting.
Photosynthetic organisms feature supramolecular assemblies containing hundreds of …

Hydrogen bonding is a fundamental element in protein structure and function. Breaking a
single hydrogen bond may impair the stability of a protein. We report an infrared vibrational …

The photosynthetic unit (PSU) of purple photosynthetic bacteria consists of a network of
bacteriochlorophyll–protein complexes that absorb solar energy for eventual conversion to …