Natural organisms such as photosynthetic bacteria, algae, and plants employ complex
molecular machinery to convert solar energy into biochemical fuel. An important common …

Photosynthetic light harvesting exhibits near-unity quantum efficiency. The high efficiency is
achieved through a series of energy and charge transfer steps within a network of pigment …

One of the main questions in the membrane biology is the functional roles of membrane
heterogeneity and molecular localization. Although segregation and local enrichment of …

Introducing appropriate artificial components into natural biological systems could enrich the
original functionality. To expand the available wavelength range of photosynthetic bacterial …

Abstract Light-harvesting 2 (LH2) and reaction-centre light-harvesting 1 (RC-LH1)
complexes purified from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter (Rba.) sphaeroides …

Structural information on the circular arrangements of repeating pigment–polypeptide
subunits in antenna proteins of purple photosynthetic bacteria is a clue to a better …

Photoreaction centers facilitate the solar energy transduction at the heart of photosynthesis
and there is increasing interest in their incorporation into biohybrid devices for solar energy …

Here, we have developed a method of oriented reconstitution of the KcsA potassium
channel amenable to high-resolution AFM imaging. The solubilized full-length KcsA …

The KcsA potassium channel is a prototypical channel of bacterial origin, and the
mechanism underlying the pH-dependent gating has been studied extensively. With the …

Thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are the
powerhouse of photosynthesis, capturing solar energy and converting it into chemical …