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The structure of a plant photosystem I supercomplex at 3.4 Å resolution

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  • Alexey Amunts

    (The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, The Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel)

  • Omri Drory

    (The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, The Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel)

  • Nathan Nelson

    (The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, The Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel)

Abstract

All higher organisms on Earth receive energy directly or indirectly from oxygenic photosynthesis performed by plants, green algae and cyanobacteria. Photosystem I (PSI) is a supercomplex of a reaction centre and light-harvesting complexes. It generates the most negative redox potential in nature, and thus largely determines the global amount of enthalpy in living systems. We report the structure of plant PSI at 3.4 Å resolution, revealing 17 protein subunits. PsaN was identified in the luminal side of the supercomplex, and most of the amino acids in the reaction centre were traced. The crystal structure of PSI provides a picture at near atomic detail of 11 out of 12 protein subunits of the reaction centre. At this level, 168 chlorophylls (65 assigned with orientations for Qx and Qy transition dipole moments), 2 phylloquinones, 3 Fe4S4 clusters and 5 carotenoids are described. This structural information extends the understanding of the most efficient nano-photochemical machine in nature.

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  • Alexey Amunts & Omri Drory & Nathan Nelson, 2007. "The structure of a plant photosystem I supercomplex at 3.4 Å resolution," Nature, Nature, vol. 447(7140), pages 58-63, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:447:y:2007:i:7140:d:10.1038_nature05687
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05687
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