2023
Helical allophycocyanin nanotubes absorb far-red light in a thermophilic cyanobacterium
Gisriel C, Elias E, Shen G, Soulier N, Flesher D, Gunner M, Brudvig G, Croce R, Bryant D. Helical allophycocyanin nanotubes absorb far-red light in a thermophilic cyanobacterium. Science Advances 2023, 9: eadg0251. PMID: 36961897, PMCID: PMC10038336, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg0251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFar-red lightLight-harvesting proteinsLight-harvesting phycobiliproteinsCryo-electron microscopyStructure-function relationshipsLow-light environmentsAP complexesThermophilic cyanobacteriumLow lightBiological plasticityPhotosystem I.Likely associatesAllophycocyaninParalogsEnhanced abilityCyanobacteriaCyanobacteriumAcclimationSubunitsPhycobiliproteinsProteinResource accessibilityDiversityAssemblesChlorophyll
2005
Construction and Characterization of Genetically Modified Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Photosystem II Core Complexes Containing Carotenoids with Shorter π-Conjugation than β-Carotene*
Bautista J, Tracewell C, Schlodder E, Cunningham F, Brudvig G, Diner B. Construction and Characterization of Genetically Modified Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Photosystem II Core Complexes Containing Carotenoids with Shorter π-Conjugation than β-Carotene*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280: 38839-38850. PMID: 16159754, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504953200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBeta CaroteneCarotenoidsCationsChlorophyllChromatographyChromatography, High Pressure LiquidElectronsGene DeletionLightManganeseModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularMutationOxidation-ReductionOxidoreductasesOxygenPhotosynthetic Reaction Center Complex ProteinsPhotosystem II Protein ComplexPigmentationRhodobacter capsulatusSpectrophotometrySpectrophotometry, InfraredSynechocystisTemperatureTime FactorsTyrosineConceptsPhytoene desaturase geneII core complexesDesaturase genePS II core complexesSynechocystis spCore complexPS II assemblyCarotene desaturase genePhotosystem II core complexPCC 6803Rhodobacter capsulatusWild typeMutant strainRedox functionPhotosystem IISecondary electron transfer pathwayGenesElectron transfer pathwayLight-induced formationCarotenoidsSpChlorophyllConjugated pi-electron systemPathwayComplexes