Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Structure of the far-red light utilizing photosystem I of Acaryochloris marina

  • Tasuku Hamaguchi,
  • Keisuke Kawakami,
  • Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh,
  • Natsuko Inoue-Kashino,
  • Shigeru Itoh,
  • Kentaro Ifuku,
  • Eiki Yamashita,
  • Kou Maeda,
  • Koji Yonekura,
  • Yasuhiro Kashino

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22502-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Acaryochloris marina photosystem I (PSI) contains chlorophyll d and absorbs light in the far-red region of the spectrum. The structure of A. marina PSI reaction center reveals several unusual features, including pheophytin as the primary electron acceptor.