An LH1–RC photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph provides insight into origins of two photosynthesis proteins

Kazutoshi Tani; Ryo Kanno; Keigo Kurosawa; Shinichi Takaichi; Kenji V. P. Nagashima; Malgorzata Hall; Long-Jiang Yu; Yukihiro Kimura; Michael T. Madigan; Akira Mizoguchi; Bruno M. Humbel; Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04174-2

Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

An LH1–RC photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph provides insight into origins of two photosynthesis proteins

Kazutoshi Tani,
Ryo Kanno,
Keigo Kurosawa,
Shinichi Takaichi,
Kenji V. P. Nagashima,
Malgorzata Hall,
Long-Jiang Yu,
Yukihiro Kimura,
Michael T. Madigan,
Akira Mizoguchi,
Bruno M. Humbel,
Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo

Affiliations

Kazutoshi Tani: Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
Ryo Kanno: Imaging Section, Research Support Division, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Keigo Kurosawa: Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University
Shinichi Takaichi: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka
Kenji V. P. Nagashima: Research Institute for Integrated Science, Kanagawa University
Malgorzata Hall: Imaging Section, Research Support Division, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Long-Jiang Yu: Photosynthesis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yukihiro Kimura: Department of Agrobioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kobe University
Michael T. Madigan: School of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University
Akira Mizoguchi: Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
Bruno M. Humbel: Imaging Section, Research Support Division, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)
Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo: Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04174-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The cryo-EM structure of the unusual light-harvesting 1–reaction center (LH1–RC) complex from Rpi. globiformis, the most acidophilic anaerobic purple bacteria, is presented, characterized and compared to other photosynthetic bacteria.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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