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- Naschberger, Andreas, et al.
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Algal photosystem I dimer and high-resolution model of PSI-plastocyanin complex
- 2022
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Ingår i: Nature Plants. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2055-0278. ; 8:10, s. 1191-1201
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Photosystem I (PSI) enables photo-electron transfer and regulates photosynthesis in the bioenergetic membranes of cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. Being a multi-subunit complex, its macromolecular organization affects the dynamics of photosynthetic membranes. Here we reveal a chloroplast PSI from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that is organized as a homodimer, comprising 40 protein subunits with 118 transmembrane helices that provide scaffold for 568 pigments. Cryogenic electron microscopy identified that the absence of PsaH and Lhca2 gives rise to a head-to-head relative orientation of the PSI–light-harvesting complex I monomers in a way that is essentially different from the oligomer formation in cyanobacteria. The light-harvesting protein Lhca9 is the key element for mediating this dimerization. The interface between the monomers is lacking PsaH and thus partially overlaps with the surface area that would bind one of the light-harvesting complex II complexes in state transitions. We also define the most accurate available PSI–light-harvesting complex I model at 2.3 Å resolution, including a flexibly bound electron donor plastocyanin, and assign correct identities and orientations to all the pigments, as well as 621 water molecules that affect energy transfer pathways.
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- Perez Boerema, Annemarie, 1991-
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Cryo-EM Studies of Macromolecular Complexes from Photosynthetic Organisms
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria convert light energy into chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis, fueling the planet and making life as we know it possible. Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the main photosynthetic complexes, responsible for this process. PSI uses the energy of light to transfer electrons from the soluble electron carrier plastocyanin, on the lumenal site of the thylakoid membrane, to ferrodoxin, on the stromal site of the membrane. Thus, playing a key role in the light dependent reactions. In order to survive many photosynthetic organisms need to be able to adapt to fluctuations in light and have adapted their photosynthetic machinery accordingly. In recent years many advances have been made in electron cryo-microscopy, making it possible to visualize many previously elusive photosynthetic complexes. This has brought a wealth of information on the structural adaptations of PSI.In plants and algae, PSI is hosted by the chloroplast, a specialized organelle that houses the photosynthetic reactions. In the chloroplast, key components of PSI are synthesized by the chloroplasts own translation machinery: the chloroplast ribosome. Translation in the chloroplast is remarkable as it has to synchronize translation in two different genetic compartments as well as adapt to fluctuations in light. A glimpse of how this machinery has evolved to be able to fulfill all of these duties can be obtained from its three dimensional structure and its chloroplast specific features. However, despite all this structural information providing valuable clues as to the functioning of these systems, there are still many aspects of how they play a role that still remain unknown.
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