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| Title | Structure and function of a huge photosystem I-fucoxanthin chlorophyll supercomplex from a coccolithophore. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Science, Vol. 389, Issue 6765, Page eadv2132, Year 2025 |
| Publish date | Sep 11, 2025 |
Authors | Lili Shen / Fei Ren / Yin-Chu Wang / Zhenhua Li / Mengyuan Zheng / Xiaoyi Li / Wenzheng Fan / Yanyan Yang / Min Sang / Cheng Liu / Guangye Han / Song Qin / Jianhua Fan / Lijin Tian / Tingyun Kuang / Jian-Ren Shen / Wenda Wang / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Photosystem I (PSI) is a pigment-protein complex, which converts light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis. Among photosynthetic organisms, PSI-LHC (light-harvesting complex) structures ...Photosystem I (PSI) is a pigment-protein complex, which converts light energy into chemical energy in photosynthesis. Among photosynthetic organisms, PSI-LHC (light-harvesting complex) structures exhibit substantial differences in their sizes, reflecting adaptation to different light environments. Here we report the structure of a PSI-fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c binding protein (FCPI) supercomplex from the coccolithophore (Eh) at 2.79-angstrom resolution by cryo-electron microscopy, which showed a huge Eh-PSI-FCPI supercomplex containing 38 peripheral Eh-FCPI antennae and a linker protein (EhLP) in addition to the PSI core. A network of 819 pigments was found in Eh-PSI-FCPI, which functions to capture and transfer light energy with 95% quantum efficiency. This elucidates how its modular Eh-FCPI arrangement contributes to the expansion of PSI cross section and efficient light harvesting. |
External links | Science / PubMed:40934304 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.79 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-61519, PDB-9jj8: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-CLA: ![]() ChemComp-PQN: ![]() ChemComp-LHG: ![]() ChemComp-BCR: ![]() ChemComp-DD6: ![]() ChemComp-SF4: ![]() ChemComp-DGD: ![]() ChemComp-LMG: ![]() ChemComp-SQD: ![]() ChemComp-A86: ![]() ChemComp-KC2: ![]() PDB-1eb1: ![]() PDB-1ecv: ![]() PDB-1eb4: |
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Keywords | PHOTOSYNTHESIS / PSI-FCPI supercomplex |
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