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Rhodobacter capsulatus forms a compact crescent-shaped LH1–RC photocomplex

Authors :
Kazutoshi Tani
Ryo Kanno
Xuan-Cheng Ji
Itsusei Satoh
Yuki Kobayashi
Malgorzata Hall
Long-Jiang Yu
Yukihiro Kimura
Akira Mizoguchi
Bruno M. Humbel
Michael T. Madigan
Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2023.

Abstract

Rhodobacter capsulatus is a favored model organism for studying bacterial photosynthesis. Here the authors present a structure of its light-harvesting–reaction center complex, which reveals that it forms a crescent shape containing only 10 LH1 αβ-subunits.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
14
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.635dd96d2c024f4998d921e3d0509615
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36460-w