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
2001
Photosynthetic Water Oxidation in Cytochromeb 559 Mutants Containing a Disrupted Heme-binding Pocket*
Morais F, Kühn K, Stewart D, Barber J, Brudvig G, Nixon P. Photosynthetic Water Oxidation in Cytochromeb 559 Mutants Containing a Disrupted Heme-binding Pocket*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2001, 276: 31986-31993. PMID: 11390403, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103935200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceCarrier ProteinsChlamydomonas reinhardtiiCytochrome b GroupDNA PrimersElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyHeme-Binding ProteinsHemeproteinsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationOxidation-ReductionPhotosynthesisPhotosynthetic Reaction Center Complex ProteinsPhotosystem II Protein ComplexWaterConceptsPhotosynthetic oxygen evolutionMethionine mutantsWild typeAlpha subunitLight-saturated ratePhotosystem two complexWild-type levelsHeme of cytochromePhotosynthetic water oxidationHeme-binding pocketOxygen evolutionChloroplast mutantsPSII supercomplexesHistidine axial ligandsChlamydomonas reinhardtiiGlutamine mutantTyrosine mutantsMutantsType levelsRedox roleHemeSubunitsOxygen evolution activityTyrosineComplexes