Challenges facing an understanding of the nature of low-energy excited states in photosynthesis

JR Reimers, M Biczysko, D Bruce, DF Coker… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
While the majority of the photochemical states and pathways related to the biological
capture of solar energy are now well understood and provide paradigms for artificial device …

Long-wavelength chlorophylls in photosystem I of cyanobacteria: origin, localization, and functions

NV Karapetyan, YV Bolychevtseva, NP Yurina… - Biochemistry …, 2014 - Springer
The structural organization of photosystem I (PSI) complexes in cyanobacteria and the origin
of the PSI antenna long-wavelength chlorophylls and their role in energy migration, charge …

Understanding photosynthetic light-harvesting: a bottom up theoretical approach

T Renger, F Müh - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
We discuss a bottom up approach for modeling photosynthetic light-harvesting. Methods are
reviewed for a full structure-based parameterization of the Hamiltonian of pigment–protein …

Structural basis for the absence of low-energy chlorophylls in a photosystem I trimer from Gloeobacter violaceus

K Kato, T Hamaguchi, R Nagao, K Kawakami, Y Ueno… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Photosystem I (PSI) is a multi-subunit pigment-protein complex that functions in light-
harvesting and photochemical charge-separation reactions, followed by reduction of NADP …

Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster

O Çoruh, A Frank, H Tanaka, A Kawamoto… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
A high-resolution structure of trimeric cyanobacterial Photosystem I (PSI) from
Thermosynechococcus elongatus was reported as the first atomic model of PSI almost 20 …

Structure-based calculations of optical spectra of photosystem I suggest an asymmetric light-harvesting process

J Adolphs, F Müh, MEA Madjet… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Optical line shape theory is combined with a quantum-chemical/electrostatic calculation of
the site energies of the 96 chlorophyll a pigments and their excitonic couplings to simulate …

Isolation and characterization of trimeric and monomeric PSI cores from Acaryochloris marina MBIC11017

R Nagao, H Ogawa, N Tsuboshita, K Kato… - Photosynthesis …, 2023 - Springer
Photosystem I (PSI) catalyzes light-induced electron-transfer reactions and has been
observed to exhibit various oligomeric states and different energy levels of chlorophylls …

Deciphering the influence of short-range electronic couplings on optical properties of molecular dimers: application to “special pairs” in photosynthesis

MEA Madjet, F Müh, T Renger - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The excited states of chromophore dimers are, in general, delocalized, and the transition
energies and transition dipoles are different from those of the monomers. The intermolecular …

Structure and Function of Intact Photosystem 1 Monomers from the Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus,

E El-Mohsnawy, MJ Kopczak, E Schlodder… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Until now, the functional and structural characterization of monomeric photosystem 1 (PS1)
complexes from Thermosynechococcus elongatus has been hampered by the lack of a fully …

Reversible down-regulation of photosystems I and II leads to fast photosynthesis recovery after long-term drought in Jatropha curcas

H Sapeta, M Yokono, A Takabayashi… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Jatropha curcas is a drought-tolerant plant that maintains its photosynthetic pigments under
prolonged drought, and quickly regains its photosynthetic capacity when water is available …