title: Enhancing the light harvesting capability of a photosynthetic reaction center by a tailored molecular fluorophore.
abstract: Light machine: The simplest photosynthetic protein able to convert sunlight into other energy forms is covalently functionalized with a tailored organic dye to obtain a fully functional hybrid complex that outperforms the natural system in light harvesting and conversion ability.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Milano
authors.forename: Rocco Roberto
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tangorra
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hassan Omar
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ragni
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Operamolla
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agostiano
authors.forename: Gianluca M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Farinola
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trotta
mesh_terms: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000737:chemistry; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D014451:Ubiquinone; C024989:coenzyme Q10