Inter-subunit energy transfer processes in a minimal plant photosystem II supercomplex

HL Nguyen, TN Do, K Zhong, P Akhtar, TLC Jansen… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Photosystem II (PSII) is an integral part of the photosynthesis machinery, in which several
light-harvesting complexes rely on inter-complex excitonic energy transfer (EET) processes …

How can Phycobilisome, the unique light harvesting system in certain algae working highly efficiently: The connection in between structures and functions

R Liu, ZH Zhen, W Li, B Ge, S Qin - Progress in Biophysics and Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Algae, which are ubiquitous in ecosystems, have evolved a variety of light-harvesting
complexes to better adapt to diverse habitats. Phycobilisomes/phycobiliproteins, unique to …

Resonant Vibrational Enhancement of Downhill Energy Transfer in the C-Phycocyanin Chromophore Dimer

S Sohoni, PJE Wu, Q Shen, LT Lloyd… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Energy transfer between electronically coupled photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna
pigments is frequently assisted by protein and chromophore nuclear motion. This energy …

Intramolecular charge transfer and the function of vibronic excitons in photosynthetic light harvesting

WF Beck - Photosynthesis Research, 2024 - Springer
A widely discussed explanation for the prevalence of pairs or clusters of closely spaced
electronic chromophores in photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins is the presence of …

Energetic landscape and terminal emitters of phycobilisome cores from quantum chemical modeling

L Cupellini, M Gwizdala… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phycobilisomes (PBs) are giant antenna supercomplexes of cyanobacteria that use
phycobilin pigments to capture sunlight and transfer the collected energy to membrane …

Vibrational Relaxation Completes the Excitation Energy Transfer and Localization of Vibronic Excitons in Allophycocyanin α8484

PJE Wu, S Sohoni, GS Engel - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phycobilisomes are light-harvesting complexes that play a key role in photosynthesis in
cyanobacteria, which generate more than 40% of the world's oxygen. The near-unity …

Incoherent ultrafast energy transfer in phycocyanin 620 from Thermosynechococcus vulcanus revealed by polarization-controlled two dimensional electronic …

J Wang, R Zhu, J Zou, H Liu, H Meng, Z Zhen… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Phycocyanin 620 (PC 620) is the outermost light-harvesting complex in phycobilisome of
cyanobacteria, engaged in light collection and energy transfer to the core antenna …

Entropy as a Design Principle in the Photosystem II Supercomplex

JL Hall, S Yang Jr, DT Limmer, GR Fleming - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Photosystem II (PSII) can achieve near-unity quantum efficiency of light harvesting in ideal
conditions and can dissipate excess light energy as heat to prevent formation of reactive …

Excitonic energy transfer processes in photosynthetic systems studied with two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy

L Nguyen - 2024 - research.rug.nl
In photosynthesis, excitonic energy transfer (EET) processes amongst pigment-protein
complexes have a significant role in determining the overall efficiency of the photosynthesis …

[PDF][PDF] Photosynthetic enhancement of algae to increase food production

D Brief - biotreks.org
Currently, approximately nine million people die of hunger annually. This number will only
rise in the coming years due to global warming, limited farm area, rapidly increasing …