Solar utilization beyond photosynthesis

J Lv, J Xie, AGA Mohamed, X Zhang, Y Feng… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis is an efficient biochemical process which converts solar energy into
energy-rich carbohydrates. By understanding the key photoelectrochemical processes and …

ROS production and signalling in chloroplasts: cornerstones and evolving concepts

CH Foyer, G Hanke - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as singlet oxygen, superoxide (O2●−) and hydrogen
peroxide (H2O2) are the markers of living cells. Oxygenic photosynthesis produces ROS in …

Investigation of hydrated channels and proton pathways in a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of mammalian complex I

DN Grba, I Chung, HR Bridges, ANA Agip, J Hirst - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Respiratory complex I, a key enzyme in mammalian metabolism, captures the energy
released by reduction of ubiquinone by NADH to drive protons across the inner …

Architecture of bacterial respiratory chains

VRI Kaila, M Wikström - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Bacteria power their energy metabolism using membrane-bound respiratory enzymes that
capture chemical energy and transduce it by pumping protons or Na+ ions across their cell …

A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I

V Kravchuk, O Petrova, D Kampjut… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Complex I is the first enzyme in the respiratory chain, which is responsible for energy
production in mitochondria and bacteria. Complex I couples the transfer of two electrons …

Cryo-EM and femtosecond spectroscopic studies provide mechanistic insight into the energy transfer in CpcL-phycobilisomes

L Zheng, Z Zhang, H Wang, Z Zheng, J Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phycobilisomes (PBS) are the major light harvesting complexes of photosynthesis in the
cyanobacteria and red algae. CpcL-PBS is a type of small PBS in cyanobacteria that …

[HTML][HTML] Cytochrome b6f–Orchestrator of photosynthetic electron transfer

LA Malone, MS Proctor, A Hitchcock, CN Hunter… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytochrome b 6 f (cytb 6 f) lies at the heart of the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic
photosynthesis, where it serves as a link between photosystem II (PSII) and photosystem I …

Molecular basis of the electron bifurcation mechanism in the [FeFe]-hydrogenase complex HydABC

A Katsyv, A Kumar, P Saura… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electron bifurcation is a fundamental energy coupling mechanism widespread in
microorganisms that thrive under anoxic conditions. These organisms employ hydrogen to …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of respiratory complex I–An emerging blueprint for the mechanism

D Kampjut, LA Sazanov - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex I is one of the major respiratory complexes, conserved from bacteria to mammals. It
oxidises NADH, reduces quinone and pumps protons across the membrane, thus playing a …

Architecture of the chloroplast PSI–NDH supercomplex in Hordeum vulgare

L Shen, K Tang, W Wang, C Wang, H Wu, Z Mao, S An… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase-like (NDH) complex is composed of at least 29
subunits and has an important role in mediating photosystem I (PSI) cyclic electron transport …