Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Structural basis for different types of hetero-tetrameric light-harvesting complexes in a diatom PSII-FCPII supercomplex

  • Ryo Nagao,
  • Koji Kato,
  • Minoru Kumazawa,
  • Kentaro Ifuku,
  • Makio Yokono,
  • Takehiro Suzuki,
  • Naoshi Dohmae,
  • Fusamichi Akita,
  • Seiji Akimoto,
  • Naoyuki Miyazaki,
  • Jian-Ren Shen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29294-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins (FCPs) harvest light energy in diatoms. The authors analyzed a structure of PSII-FCPII supercomplex at high resolution by cryo-EM, which identified each FCP subunit and pigment network in the supercomplex.