Structural insights into photosynthetic cyclic electron transport

S Zhang, B Zou, P Cao, X Su, F Xie, X Pan, M Li - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
During photosynthesis, light energy is utilized to drive sophisticated biochemical chains of
electron transfers, converting solar energy into chemical energy that feeds most life on earth …

Hydrogen storage as liquid solar fuels

YH Hong, YM Lee, W Nam, S Fukuzumi - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Because hydrogen (H2) is an explosive gas and the volumetric energy density is quite low, it
is highly desired to develop liquid or solid solar fuels as safe hydrogen storage alternatives …

Structural adaptations of photosynthetic complex I enable ferredoxin-dependent electron transfer

JM Schuller, JA Birrell, H Tanaka, T Konuma… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Photosynthetic complex I enables cyclic electron flow around photosystem I, a regulatory
mechanism for photosynthetic energy conversion. We report a 3.3-angstrom-resolution cryo …

Structure of the green algal photosystem I supercomplex with a decameric light-harvesting complex I

M Suga, SI Ozawa, K Yoshida-Motomura, F Akita… - Nature Plants, 2019 - nature.com
In plants and green algae, the core of photosystem I (PSI) is surrounded by a peripheral
antenna system consisting of light-harvesting complex I (LHCI). Here we report the cryo …

Structure of the complex I-like molecule NDH of oxygenic photosynthesis

TG Laughlin, AN Bayne, JF Trempe, DF Savage… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I (PSI) is a mechanism by which photosynthetic
organisms balance the levels of ATP and NADPH necessary for efficient photosynthesis …

Molecular photocatalytic water splitting by mimicking photosystems I and II

YH Hong, YM Lee, W Nam… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In nature, water is oxidized by plastoquinone to evolve O2 and form plastoquinol in
Photosystem II (PSII), whereas NADP+ is reduced by plastoquinol to produce NADPH and …

Cyanobacterial in vivo solar hydrogen production using a photosystem I–hydrogenase (PsaD-HoxYH) fusion complex

J Appel, V Hueren, M Boehm, K Gutekunst - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Photosynthetically produced hydrogen is an attractive, sustainable fuel. Semiartificial in vitro
techniques have been successfully implemented in which hydrogenases were attached to …

Structural basis for assembly and function of a diatom photosystem I-light-harvesting supercomplex

R Nagao, K Kato, K Ifuku, T Suzuki… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) play a pivotal role in collecting solar
energy for photochemical reactions in photosynthesis. One of the major LHCs are …

Structure of a photosystem I-ferredoxin complex from a marine cyanobacterium provides insights into far-red light photoacclimation

CJ Gisriel, DA Flesher, G Shen, J Wang, MY Ho… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Far-red light photoacclimation exhibited by some cyanobacteria allows these organisms to
use the far-red region of the solar spectrum (700–800 nm) for photosynthesis. Part of this …

Structural insights into NDH-1 mediated cyclic electron transfer

C Zhang, J Shuai, Z Ran, J Zhao, Z Wu, R Liao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
NDH-1 is a key component of the cyclic-electron-transfer around photosystem I (PSI CET)
pathway, an important antioxidant mechanism for efficient photosynthesis. Here, we report a …