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Three-dimensional structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution

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  • Patrick Jordan

    (Institut für Chemie/Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Petra Fromme

    (Institut für Chemie
    Technische Universität Berlin)

  • Horst Tobias Witt

    (Institut für Chemie
    Technische Universität Berlin)

  • Olaf Klukas

    (Institut für Chemie/Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Wolfram Saenger

    (Institut für Chemie/Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin)

  • Norbert Krauß

    (Institut für Chemie/Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin
    Institut für Biochemie, Universitätsklinikum Charité)

Abstract

Life on Earth depends on photosynthesis, the conversion of light energy from the Sun to chemical energy. In plants, green algae and cyanobacteria, this process is driven by the cooperation of two large protein–cofactor complexes, photosystems I and II, which are located in the thylakoid photosynthetic membranes. The crystal structure of photosystem I from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus described here provides a picture at atomic detail of 12 protein subunits and 127 cofactors comprising 96 chlorophylls, 2 phylloquinones, 3 Fe4S4 clusters, 22 carotenoids, 4 lipids, a putative Ca2+ ion and 201 water molecules. The structural information on the proteins and cofactors and their interactions provides a basis for understanding how the high efficiency of photosystem I in light capturing and electron transfer is achieved.

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  • Patrick Jordan & Petra Fromme & Horst Tobias Witt & Olaf Klukas & Wolfram Saenger & Norbert Krauß, 2001. "Three-dimensional structure of cyanobacterial photosystem I at 2.5 Å resolution," Nature, Nature, vol. 411(6840), pages 909-917, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:411:y:2001:i:6840:d:10.1038_35082000
    DOI: 10.1038/35082000
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