The role of chirality and plastic crystallinity in the optical and mechanical properties of chlorosomes
| Autor: | Xinmeng Li, Francesco Buda, Huub J.M. de Groot, G. J. Agur Sevink |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | iScience, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 103618- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2589-0042 00710652 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103618 |
| Popis: | Summary: The most efficient light-harvesting antennae found in nature, chlorosomes, are molecular tubular aggregates (TMAs) assembled by pigments without protein scaffolds. Here, we discuss a classification of chlorosomes as a unique tubular plastic crystal and we attribute the robust energy transfer in chlorosomes to this unique nature. To systematically study the role of supramolecular tube chirality by molecular simulation, a role that has remained unresolved, we share a protocol for generating realistic tubes at atomic resolution. We find that both the optical and the mechanical behavior are strongly dependent on chirality. The optical-chirality relation enables a direct interpretation of experimental spectra in terms of overall tube chirality. The mechanical response shows that the overall chirality regulates the hardness of the tube and provides a new characteristic for relating chlorosomes to distinct chirality. Our protocol also applies to other TMA systems and will inspire other systematic studies beyond lattice models. |
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