Molecular asymmetry of a photosynthetic supercomplex from green sulfur bacteria

Cryo-EM reveals an asymmetric bacterial photosynthetic supercomplex built upon a homodimeric reaction center core. The structure provides mechanistic insights into light excitation transfer and a possible evolutionary transition intermediate of photosynthetic machinery.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryan Puskar, Chloe Du Truong, Kyle Swain, Saborni Chowdhury, Ka-Yi Chan, Shan Li, Kai-Wen Cheng, Ting Yu Wang, Yu-Ping Poh, Yuval Mazor, Haijun Liu, Tsui-Fen Chou, Brent L. Nannenga, Po-Lin Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33505-4
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Summary:Cryo-EM reveals an asymmetric bacterial photosynthetic supercomplex built upon a homodimeric reaction center core. The structure provides mechanistic insights into light excitation transfer and a possible evolutionary transition intermediate of photosynthetic machinery.
ISSN:2041-1723