Photosynthetic organisms have evolved versatile electron transport chains that efficiently
convert solar energy into chemical energy. Researchers can engineer these electron …

The catalytic versatility of pentacoordinated iron is highlighted by the broad range of natural
and engineered activities of heme enzymes such as cytochrome P450s, which position a …

Biological pigment–protein complexes (PPCs) exhibit a remarkable ability to tune the optical
properties of biological excitons (bioexcitons) through specific pigment–protein interactions …

The electron-conducting circuitry of life represents an as-yet untapped resource of exquisite,
nanoscale biomolecular engineering. Here, we report the characterization and structure of a …

New technologies for efficient solar-to-fuel energy conversion will help facilitate a global shift
from dependence on fossil fuels to renewable energy. Nature uses photosynthetic reaction …

In photosynthesis, pigment–protein complexes achieve outstanding photoinduced charge
separation efficiencies through a set of strategies in which excited states delocalization over …

Hybrid complexes incorporating synthetic Mn-porphyrins into an artificial four-helix bundle
domain of bacterial reaction centers created a system to investigate new electron transfer …

Enzymes are essential catalysts for various chemical reactions in biological systems and
often rely on metal ions or cofactors to stabilize their structure or perform functions …

Many specific features of ultrafast electron transfer (ET) reactions in macromolecular
compounds can be attributed to nonequilibrium configurations of intramolecular vibrational …

Natural photosystems couple light harvesting to charge separation using a “special pair” of
chlorophyll molecules that accepts excitation energy from the antenna and initiates an …