Phycobilisome (PBS) structures are elaborate antennae in cyanobacteria and red algae,.
These large protein complexes capture incident sunlight and transfer the energy through a …

The invention of the laser in 1960 gave us the ruby laser, which generally produced chaotic
pulses of light. Six years later, in 1966, a concept called passive mode-locking applied to …

The task to simulate realistic absorption spectra of electronic transitions in pigment
molecules takes the form of the art of optimization, particularly if one must choose between …

Our analysis of the X-ray crystal structure of canthaxanthin (CAN) showed that its ketolated β-
ionone rings can adopt two energetically equal, but structurally distinct puckers. Quantum …

Cyanobacteria use large antenna complexes called phycobilisomes (PBSs) for light
harvesting. However, intense light triggers non-photochemical quenching, where the orange …

Here, we propose a possible photoactivation mechanism of a 35-kDa blue light-triggered
photoreceptor, the Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP), suggesting that the reaction involves …

Orange Carotenoid protein (OCP) is the only known photoreceptor which uses carotenoid
for its activation. It is found exclusively in cyanobacteria, where it functions to control light …

Higher plants defend themselves from bursts of intense light via the mechanism of Non-
Photochemical Quenching (NPQ). It involves the Photosystem II (PSII) antenna protein …

The excited states of carotenoids have been a subject of numerous studies. While a majority
of these reports target the excited state dynamics initiated by the excitation of the S2 state …

STARD3, a steroidogenic acute regulatory lipid transfer protein, was identified as a key
xanthophyll-binding protein in the human retina. STARD3 and its homologs in invertebrates …