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Antenna ring around photosystem I

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  • T. S. Bibby

    (Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)

  • J. Nield

    (Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)

  • F. Partensky

    (Observatoire Océanologique de Roscoff, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Université Paris 6)

  • J. Barber

    (Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine)

Abstract

The oceanic picoplankton Prochlorococcus — probably the most abundant photosynthetic organism on our planet1,2 — can grow at great depths where light intensity is very low3. We have found that the chlorophyll-binding proteins in a deep-living strain of this oxyphotobacterium form a ring around a trimer of the photosystem I (PS I) photosynthetic reaction centre, a clever arrangement that maximizes the capture of light energy in such dim conditions.

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  • T. S. Bibby & J. Nield & F. Partensky & J. Barber, 2001. "Antenna ring around photosystem I," Nature, Nature, vol. 413(6856), pages 590-590, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:413:y:2001:i:6856:d:10.1038_35098153
    DOI: 10.1038/35098153
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