Polychromatic solar energy conversion in pigment-protein chimeras that unite the two kingdoms of (bacterio)chlorophyll-based photosynthesis

Juntai Liu; Vincent M. Friebe; Raoul N. Frese; Michael R. Jones

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15321-w

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Polychromatic solar energy conversion in pigment-protein chimeras that unite the two kingdoms of (bacterio)chlorophyll-based photosynthesis

Juntai Liu,
Vincent M. Friebe,
Raoul N. Frese,
Michael R. Jones

Affiliations

Juntai Liu: School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, University Walk
Vincent M. Friebe: Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam
Raoul N. Frese: Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam
Michael R. Jones: School of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, University Walk

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15321-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The spectra of light used by photosynthetic organisms are determined by their pigmentation colour palettes. Here Liu et al. show that a genetically-encoded chimera of light-harvesting proteins from plants and reaction centres from purple bacteria allows for polychromatic solar energy harvesting.

Published in Nature Communications

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