Structure of a tetrameric photosystem I from a glaucophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa

Koji Kato; Ryo Nagao; Yoshifumi Ueno; Makio Yokono; Takehiro Suzuki; Tian-Yi Jiang; Naoshi Dohmae; Fusamichi Akita; Seiji Akimoto; Naoyuki Miyazaki; Jian-Ren Shen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29303-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Structure of a tetrameric photosystem I from a glaucophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa

Koji Kato,
Ryo Nagao,
Yoshifumi Ueno,
Makio Yokono,
Takehiro Suzuki,
Tian-Yi Jiang,
Naoshi Dohmae,
Fusamichi Akita,
Seiji Akimoto,
Naoyuki Miyazaki,
Jian-Ren Shen

Affiliations

Koji Kato: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Ryo Nagao: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Yoshifumi Ueno: Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Makio Yokono: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Takehiro Suzuki: Biomolecular Characterization Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Tian-Yi Jiang: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Naoshi Dohmae: Biomolecular Characterization Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Fusamichi Akita: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Seiji Akimoto: Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
Naoyuki Miyazaki: Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba
Jian-Ren Shen: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29303-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Photosystem I (PSI) harvest and transfer light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis. Here, authors analyzed its tetrameric structure from a glaucophyte alga by cryo-EM, providing insights into an evolutionary turning-point of PSI.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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