Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Structure of a cyanobacterial photosystem I tetramer revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

  • Koji Kato,
  • Ryo Nagao,
  • Tian-Yi Jiang,
  • Yoshifumi Ueno,
  • Makio Yokono,
  • Siu Kit Chan,
  • Mai Watanabe,
  • Masahiko Ikeuchi,
  • Jian-Ren Shen,
  • Seiji Akimoto,
  • Naoyuki Miyazaki,
  • Fusamichi Akita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12942-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Photosystem I (PSI) is embedded in thylakoid membranes of photosynthetic organisms, converting light energy into chemical energy, and its oligomeric state varies among different organisms. Here the authors present the 3.3 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of the PSI tetramer from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.