title: Light-harvesting complex. Rings of light.
abstract: The atomic structure of the bacterial light-harvesting complex helps to explain how the energy of sunlight is efficiently absorbed and transferred between bacteriochlorophyll molecules towards the reaction centre.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D008027:Light; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D010860:Pigments, Biological