Augmenting light coverage for photosynthesis through YFP-enhanced charge separation at the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre

Autor: Katie J. Grayson, Kaitlyn M. Faries, Xia Huang, Pu Qian, Preston Dilbeck, Elizabeth C. Martin, Andrew Hitchcock, Cvetelin Vasilev, Jonathan M. Yuen, Dariusz M. Niedzwiedzki, Graham J. Leggett, Dewey Holten, Christine Kirmaier, C. Neil Hunter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13972
Popis: Photosynthesis uses only a limited range of solar radiation. Here, Graysonet al. genetically incorporated the yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) chromophore into a bacterial photosystem, and show that energy harvested by reaction centre–YFP complexes can augment photosynthesis in vivo.
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