Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Structure of photosystem I-LHCI-LHCII from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in State 2

  • Zihui Huang,
  • Liangliang Shen,
  • Wenda Wang,
  • Zhiyuan Mao,
  • Xiaohan Yi,
  • Tingyun Kuang,
  • Jian-Ren Shen,
  • Xing Zhang,
  • Guangye Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21362-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Photosystems (PS) I and II undergo state transitions to optimize photosynthesis and photoprotection. Here the authors report a cryo-electron microscopy structure of the state 2 PSI-LHCI-LHCII supercomplex from C. reinhardtii revealing subunit organization and possible pathways of energy transfer.