The complex architecture of oxygenic photosynthesis.
Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal producer of both oxygen and organic matter on earth. The primary step in this process - the conversion of sunlight into chemical energy - is driven by four, multisubunit, membrane-protein complexes that are known as photosystem I, photosystem II, cytochrome b(6)f and F-ATPase. Structural insights into these complexes are now providing a framework for the exploration not only of energy and electron transfer, but also of the evolutionary forces that shaped the photosynthetic apparatus.
Nelson
Nathan
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Department of Biochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. nelson@post.tau.ac.il
Ben-Shem
Adam
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D020418:Algal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D020418:Algal Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D021122:Protein Subunits; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D010100:Oxygen