[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast laser spectroscopy uncovers mechanisms of light energy conversion in photosynthesis and sustainable energy materials

D Zigmantas, T Polívka, P Persson… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The invention of the laser in 1960 gave us the ruby laser, which generally produced chaotic
pulses of light. Six years later, in 1966, a concept called passive mode-locking applied to …

Structural Diversity in Eukaryotic Photosynthetic Light Harvesting

M Iwai, D Patel-Tupper, KK Niyogi - Annual Review of Plant …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Photosynthesis has been using energy from sunlight to assimilate atmospheric CO2 for at
least 3.5 billion years. Through evolution and natural selection, photosynthetic organisms …

Photosynthesis re-wired on the pico-second timescale

TK Baikie, LT Wey, JM Lawrence, H Medipally… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Photosystems II and I (PSII, PSI) are the reaction centre-containing complexes
driving the light reactions of photosynthesis; PSII performs light-driven water oxidation and …

Structural basis for the absence of low-energy chlorophylls in a photosystem I trimer from Gloeobacter violaceus

K Kato, T Hamaguchi, R Nagao, K Kawakami, Y Ueno… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Photosystem I (PSI) is a multi-subunit pigment-protein complex that functions in light-
harvesting and photochemical charge-separation reactions, followed by reduction of NADP …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

PJ Jackson, A Hitchcock, AA Brindley… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
Quantifying cellular components is a basic and important step for understanding how a cell
works, how it responds to environmental changes, and for re-engineering cells to produce …

[HTML][HTML] Recent technical advances in sample preparation for single-particle cryo-EM

Y Xu, S Dang - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryo-sample preparation is a vital step in the process of obtaining high-resolution structures
of macromolecules by using the single-particle cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) method; …

Isolation and characterization of trimeric and monomeric PSI cores from Acaryochloris marina MBIC11017

R Nagao, H Ogawa, N Tsuboshita, K Kato… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
Photosystem I (PSI) catalyzes light-induced electron-transfer reactions and has been
observed to exhibit various oligomeric states and different energy levels of chlorophylls …

[HTML][HTML] Structural diversity of photosystem I and its light-harvesting system in eukaryotic algae and plants

T Bai, L Guo, M Xu, L Tian - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the most efficient photoelectric apparatus in nature, converting
solar energy into condensed chemical energy with almost 100% quantum efficiency. The …

In Vivo Assembly of Photosystem I‐Hydrogenase Chimera for In Vitro PhotoH2 Production

P Wang, A Frank, J Appel, M Boehm… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic hydrogen (photoH2) production is an elegant approach to storing solar
energy. The most efficient strategy is to couple the hydrogen‐producing enzyme, the …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity among cyanobacterial photosystem I oligomers

M Chen, X Liu, Y He, N Li, J He, Y Zhang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Unraveling the oligomeric states of the photosystem I complex is essential to understanding
the evolution and native mechanisms of photosynthesis. The molecular composition and …