Structure and function of photosystems I and II

N Nelson, CF Yocum - Annu. Rev. Plant Biol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Oxygenic photosynthesis, the principal converter of sunlight into chemical energy on earth,
is catalyzed by four multi-subunit membrane-protein complexes: photosystem I (PSI) …

Helical membrane protein folding, stability, and evolution

JL Popot, DM Engelman - Annual review of biochemistry, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Helical membrane protein folding and oligomerization can be usefully
conceptualized as involving two energetically distinct stages—the formation and subsequent …

[HTML][HTML] Energy transfer and trap** in photosystem I

B Gobets, R Van Grondelle - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2001 - Elsevier
The primary processes in all photosynthetic systems involve the absorption of energy from
(sun) light by chromophores in a light harvesting antenna, and the subsequent transfer of …

Structure and membrane organization of photosystem II in green plants

B Hankamer, J Barber… - Annual review of plant …, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Photosystem II (PSII) is the pigment protein complex embedded in the thylakoid
membrane of higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that uses solar energy to drive the …

Three-dimensional structure of the plant photosystem II reaction centre at 8 Å resolution

KH Rhee, EP Morris, J Barber, W Kühlbrandt - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Photosystem II is a multisubunit enzyme complex involved in plant photosynthesis. It uses
solar energy to catalyse the breakdown of water to reducing equivalents and molecular …

A common ancestor for oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthetic systems: a comparison based on the structural model of photosystem I

WD Schubert, O Klukas, W Saenger, HT Witt… - Journal of molecular …, 1998 - Elsevier
The 4 Å structural model of photosystem I (PSI) has elucidated essential features of this
protein complex. Inter alia, it demonstrates that the core proteins of PSI, PsaA and PsaB …

Time-resolved fluorescence emission measurements of photosystem I particles of various cyanobacteria: a unified compartmental model

B Gobets, IHM van Stokkum, M Rögner, J Kruip… - Biophysical journal, 2001 - cell.com
Abstract Photosystem I (PS-I) contains a small fraction of chlorophylls (Chls) that absorb at
wavelengths longer than the primary electron donor P700. The total number of these long …

Photosystem I at 4 Å resolution represents the first structural model of a joint photosynthetic reaction centre and core antenna system

N Krauß, WD Schubert, O Klukas, P Fromme… - nature structural …, 1996 - nature.com
The 4 Å X-ray structure model of trimeric photosystem I of the cyanobacterium
Synechococcus elongatus reveals 31 transmembrane, nine surface and three stromal α …

Photosystem I of Synechococcus elongatus at 4 Å resolution: comprehensive structure analysis

WD Schubert, O Klukas, N Krauß, W Saenger… - Journal of molecular …, 1997 - Elsevier
An improved structural model of the photosystem I complex from the thermophilic
cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is described at 4 Å resolution. This represents …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of photosystem I–from symmetry through pseudosymmetry to asymmetry

A Ben-Shem, F Frolow, N Nelson - FEBS letters, 2004 - Elsevier
The evolution of photosystem (PS) I was probably initiated by the formation of a
homodimeric reaction center similar to the one currently present in green bacteria. Gene …