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ArticleNature plants2020

Structure of a minimal photosystem I from the green alga Dunaliella salina.

Annemarie Perez-Boerema, Daniel Klaiman, Ido Caspy, Sigal Y Netzer-El, Alexey Amunts, Nathan Nelson

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Article in Nature plants, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Annemarie Perez-Boerema *Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-5838
Daniel Klaiman *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-6591
Ido Caspy *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-1017
Sigal Y Netzer-ElDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Alexey AmuntsScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Solna, Sweden. amunts@scilifelab.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5302-1740
Nathan NelsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. nelson@post.tau.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-7265
Tel Aviv University · ILScience for Life Laboratory · SEStockholm University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar energy harnessed by oxygenic photosynthesis supports most of the life forms on Earth. In eukaryotes, photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts and is achieved by membrane-embedded macromolecular complexes that contain core and peripheral antennae with multiple pigments. The structure of photosystem I (PSI) comprises the core and light-harvesting (LHCI) complexes, which together form PSI-LHCI. Here we determined the structure of PSI-LHCI from the salt-tolerant green alga Dunaliella salina using X-ray crystallography and electron cryo-microscopy. Our results reveal a previously undescribed configuration of the PSI core. It is composed of only 7 subunits, compared with 14-16 subunits in plants and the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and forms the smallest known PSI. The LHCI is poorly conserved at the sequence level and binds to pigments that form new energy pathways, and the interactions between the individual Lhca1-4 proteins are weakened. Overall, the data indicate the PSI of D. salina represents a different type of the molecular organization that provides important information for reconstructing the plasticity and evolution of PSI.

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Algal ProteinsChlorophyceaeCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayPhotosystem I Protein ComplexPlant ProteinsAlgal ProteinsPhotosystem I Protein ComplexPlant Proteins

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