The native architecture of a photosynthetic membrane. Bahatyrova, S., Frese, R. N., Siebert, C. A., Olsen, J. D., van der Werf, K. O., van Grondelle, R., Niederman, R. A., Bullough, P. A., Otto, C., & Hunter, C. N. Nature, 430(7003):1058--1062, August, 2004.
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In photosynthesis, the harvesting of solar energy and its subsequent conversion into a stable charge separation are dependent upon an interconnected macromolecular network of membrane-associated chlorophyll–protein complexes. Although the detailed structure of each complex has been determined, the size and organization of this network are unknown. Here we show the use of atomic force microscopy to directly reveal a native bacterial photosynthetic membrane. This first view of any multi-component membrane shows the relative positions and associations of the photosynthetic complexes and reveals crucial new features of the organization of the network: we found that the membrane is divided into specialized domains each with a different network organization and in which one type of complex predominates. Two types of organization were found for the peripheral light-harvesting LH2 complex. In the first, groups of 10–20 molecules of LH2 form light-capture domains that interconnect linear arrays of dimers of core reaction centre (RC)–light-harvesting 1 (RC–LH1–PufX) complexes; in the second they were found outside these arrays in larger clusters. The LH1 complex is ideally positioned to function as an energy collection hub, temporarily storing it before transfer to the RC where photochemistry occurs: the elegant economy of the photosynthetic membrane is demonstrated by the close packing of these linear arrays, which are often only separated by narrow 'energy conduits' of LH2 just two or three complexes wide.
@article{bahatyrova_native_2004,
	title = {The native architecture of a photosynthetic membrane},
	volume = {430},
	copyright = {© 2004 Nature Publishing Group},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v430/n7003/abs/nature02823.html},
	doi = {10.1038/nature02823},
	abstract = {In photosynthesis, the harvesting of solar energy and its subsequent conversion into a stable charge separation are dependent upon an interconnected macromolecular network of membrane-associated chlorophyll–protein complexes. Although the detailed structure of each complex has been determined, the size and organization of this network are unknown. Here we show the use of atomic force microscopy to directly reveal a native bacterial photosynthetic membrane. This first view of any multi-component membrane shows the relative positions and associations of the photosynthetic complexes and reveals crucial new features of the organization of the network: we found that the membrane is divided into specialized domains each with a different network organization and in which one type of complex predominates. Two types of organization were found for the peripheral light-harvesting LH2 complex. In the first, groups of 10–20 molecules of LH2 form light-capture domains that interconnect linear arrays of dimers of core reaction centre (RC)–light-harvesting 1 (RC–LH1–PufX) complexes; in the second they were found outside these arrays in larger clusters. The LH1 complex is ideally positioned to function as an energy collection hub, temporarily storing it before transfer to the RC where photochemistry occurs: the elegant economy of the photosynthetic membrane is demonstrated by the close packing of these linear arrays, which are often only separated by narrow 'energy conduits' of LH2 just two or three complexes wide.},
	language = {en},
	number = {7003},
	urldate = {2013-03-16TZ},
	journal = {Nature},
	author = {Bahatyrova, Svetlana and Frese, Raoul N. and Siebert, C. Alistair and Olsen, John D. and van der Werf, Kees O. and van Grondelle, Rienk and Niederman, Robert A. and Bullough, Per A. and Otto, Cees and Hunter, C. Neil},
	month = aug,
	year = {2004},
	keywords = {Biotechnology, Cell Cycle, Computational Biology, DNA, Ecology, Evolution, Genomics, Marine Biology, Metabolomics, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Proteomics, RNA, Signal Transduction, astronomy, astrophysics, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biology, cancer, cell signalling, climate change, development, developmental biology, drug discovery, earth science, environmental science, evolutionary biology, functional genomics, genetics, geophysics, immunology, interdisciplinary science, life, materials science, medical research, medicine, molecular interactions, nature, neurobiology, neuroscience, palaeobiology, pharmacology, physics, quantum physics, science, science news, science policy, structural biology, systems biology, transcriptomics},
	pages = {1058--1062}
}
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