Substrate effects on the formation process, structure and physicochemical properties of supported lipid bilayers

R Tero - Materials, 2012 - mdpi.com
Supported lipid bilayers are artificial lipid bilayer membranes existing at the interface
between solid substrates and aqueous solution. Surface structures and properties of the …

Investigation of photosynthetic membrane structure using atomic force microscopy

LN Liu, S Scheuring - Trends in plant science, 2013 - cell.com
Photosynthetic processes, including light capture, electron transfer, and energy conversion,
are not only ensured by the activities of individual photosynthetic complexes but also …

Directional photonic wire mediated by homo-forster resonance energy transfer on a DNA origami platform

F Nicoli, A Barth, W Bae, F Neukirchinger… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Elaborating efficient strategies and deepening the understanding of light transport at the
nanoscale is of great importance for future designs of artificial light-harvesting assemblies …

The nonbilayer lipid MGDG and the major light-harvesting complex (LHCII) promote membrane stacking in supported lipid bilayers

D Seiwert, H Witt, S Ritz, A Janshoff, H Paulsen - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The thylakoid membrane of algae and land plants is characterized by its intricate
architecture, comprising tightly appressed membrane stacks termed grana. The …

Photosynthetic model membranes of natural plant thylakoid embedded in a patterned polymeric lipid bilayer

T Yoneda, Y Tanimoto, D Takagi, K Morigaki - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are the
powerhouse of photosynthesis, capturing solar energy and converting it into chemical …

Model Lipid Membranes Assembled from Natural Plant Thylakoids into 2D Microarray Patterns as a Platform to Assess the Organization and Photophysics of Light …

SA Meredith, T Yoneda, AM Hancock, SD Connell… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Natural photosynthetic “thylakoid” membranes found in green plants contain a large network
of light‐harvesting (LH) protein complexes. Rearrangement of this photosynthetic …

Influence of phospholipid composition on self-assembly and energy-transfer efficiency in networks of light-harvesting 2 complexes

A Sumino, T Dewa, T Noji, Y Nakano… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the photosynthetic membrane of purple bacteria networks of light-harvesting 2 (LH2)
complexes capture the sunlight and transfer the excitation energy. In order to investigate the …

Construction and structural analysis of tethered lipid bilayer containing photosynthetic antenna proteins for functional analysis

A Sumino, T Dewa, T Takeuchi, R Sugiura… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The construction and structural analysis of a tethered planar lipid bilayer containing bacterial
photosynthetic membrane proteins, light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2), and light-harvesting …

Lipid-Controlled Stabilization of Charge-Separated States (P+QB) and Photocurrent Generation Activity of a Light-Harvesting–Reaction Center Core Complex (LH1-RC) from …

T Noji, M Matsuo, N Takeda, A Sumino… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The photosynthetic light-harvesting–reaction center core complex (LH1-RC) is a natural
excitonic and photovoltaic device embedded in a lipid membrane. In order to apply LH1 …

Reversible Changes in the Structural Features of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex 2 by Removal and Reconstitution of B800 Bacteriochlorophyll a Pigments

Y Saga, K Hirota, H Asakawa, K Takao, T Fukuma - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2) is an integral membrane protein in purple photosynthetic
bacteria. This protein possesses two types of bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a, termed B800 and …