Natural strategies for photosynthetic light harvesting

R Croce, H Van Amerongen - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms are crucial for life on Earth as they provide food and oxygen and
are at the basis of most energy resources. They have a large variety of light-harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] Phycobiliproteins: Structural aspects, functional characteristics, and biotechnological perspectives

J Dagnino-Leone, CP Figueroa, ML Castañeda… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are fluorescent proteins of various colors, including fuchsia, purple-
blue and cyan, that allow the capture of light energy in auxiliary photosynthetic complexes …

Generalized biomolecular modeling and design with RoseTTAFold All-Atom

R Krishna, J Wang, W Ahern, P Sturmfels, P Venkatesh… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Deep-learning methods have revolutionized protein structure prediction and design but are
presently limited to protein-only systems. We describe RoseTTAFold All-Atom (RFAA), which …

Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states

MA Domínguez-Martín, PV Sauer, H Kirst, M Sutter… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Phycobilisome (PBS) structures are elaborate antennae in cyanobacteria and red algae,.
These large protein complexes capture incident sunlight and transfer the energy through a …

[HTML][HTML] Valuable pigments from microalgae: phycobiliproteins, primary carotenoids, and fucoxanthin

G Chini Zittelli, R Lauceri, C Faraloni… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
Phycobiliproteins, carotenoids and fucoxanthin are photosynthetic pigments extracted from
microalgae and cyanobacteria with great potential biotechnological applications, as healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM and femtosecond spectroscopic studies provide mechanistic insight into the energy transfer in CpcL-phycobilisomes

L Zheng, Z Zhang, H Wang, Z Zheng, J Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phycobilisomes (PBS) are the major light harvesting complexes of photosynthesis in the
cyanobacteria and red algae. CpcL-PBS is a type of small PBS in cyanobacteria that …

[HTML][HTML] Phycocyanin: a potential drug for cancer treatment

L Jiang, Y Wang, Q Yin, G Liu, H Liu, Y Huang… - Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phycocyanin isolated from marine organisms has the characteristics of high efficiency and
low toxicity, and it can be used as a functional food. It has been reported that phycocyanin …

Phycobilisomes supply excitations to both photosystems in a megacomplex in cyanobacteria

H Liu, H Zhang, DM Niedzwiedzki, M Prado, G He… - Science, 2013 - science.org
In photosynthetic organisms, photons are captured by light-harvesting antenna complexes,
and energy is transferred to reaction centers where photochemical reactions take place. We …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in production, purification and applications of phycobiliproteins

RR Sonani, RP Rastogi, R Patel… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An obligatory sunlight requirement for photosynthesis has exposed cyanobacteria to
different quantity and quality of light. Cyanobacteria can exhibit efficient photosynthesis over …

A 12 Å carotenoid translocation in a photoswitch associated with cyanobacterial photoprotection

RL Leverenz, M Sutter, A Wilson, S Gupta, A Thurotte… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Pigment-protein and pigment-pigment interactions are of fundamental importance to the light-
harvesting and photoprotective functions essential to oxygenic photosynthesis. The orange …