Coherence spectroscopy in the condensed phase: Insights into molecular structure, environment, and interactions

JC Dean, GD Scholes - Accounts of chemical research, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The role of coherences, or coherently excited superposition states, in complex
condensed-phase systems has been the topic of intense interest and debate for a number of …

Conformational regulation of multivalent terpyridine ligands for self-assembly of heteroleptic metallo-supramolecules

SC Wang, KY Cheng, JH Fu, YC Cheng… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A two-ligand system composed of the predesigned multivalent and complementary
terpyridine-based ligands was exploited to construct heteroleptic metallo-supramolecules …

Controllable phycobilin modification: an alternative photoacclimation response in cryptophyte algae

LC Spangler, M Yu, PD Jeffrey… - ACS Central Science, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cryptophyte algae are well-known for their ability to survive under low light conditions using
their auxiliary light harvesting antennas, phycobiliproteins. Mainly acting to absorb light …

Molecular structures reveal the origin of spectral variation in cryptophyte light harvesting antenna proteins

KA Michie, SJ Harrop, HW Rathbone, KE Wilk… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In addition to their membrane‐bound chlorophyll a/c light‐harvesting antenna, the
cryptophyte algae have evolved a unique phycobiliprotein antenna system located in the …

Scaffolding proteins guide the evolution of algal light harvesting antennas

HW Rathbone, KA Michie, MJ Landsberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Photosynthetic organisms have developed diverse antennas composed of
chromophorylated proteins to increase photon capture. Cryptophyte algae acquired their …

Discovery of Multiple Light-Harvesting States of the Photosynthetic Protein PE545

AC Norris, C Oberg, LC Spangler… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cryptophytes are photosynthetic microalga that flourish in a remarkable diversity of natural
environments by using pigment-containing proteins with absorption maxima tuned to each …

Determination of the protonation preferences of bilin pigments in cryptophyte antenna complexes

M Corbella, ZSD Toa, GD Scholes, FJ Luque… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The light-harvesting mechanisms of cryptophyte antenna complexes have attracted
considerable attention due to their ability to exhibit maximal photosynthetic activity under …

Observation of conformational dynamics in single light-harvesting proteins from cryptophyte algae

R Moya, AC Norris, LC Spangler, GD Scholes… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Photosynthetic organisms use pigment–protein complexes to capture the sunlight that
powers most life on earth. Within these complexes, the position of the embedded pigments is …

Revealing structural involvement of chromophores in algal light harvesting complexes using symmetry-adapted perturbation theory

ZSD Toa, JC Dean, GD Scholes - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The attribution of quantum beats observed in the time-resolved spectroscopy of
photosynthetic light-harvesting antennae to nontrivial quantum coherences has sparked a …

Molecular dissection of the soluble photosynthetic antenna from a cryptophyte alga

HW Rathbone, AJ Laos, KA Michie, H Iranmanesh… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Cryptophyte algae have a unique phycobiliprotein light-harvesting antenna that fills a
spectral gap in chlorophyll absorption, however, it is unclear how it transfers energy …