To quench or not to quench: Understanding the role of a cyanobacterial photosystem protein
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as blue-green algae, are the first organisms on earth that learned to extract electrons from water and convert sunlight to usable energy through photosynthesis. Using cyanobacteria as a model organism, the details of photosynthesis—the key process that supports all forms of advanced lives on earth—have been studied for many decades. And all studies, despite their differences, reveal one thing: that it is an astonishingly precise process, consisting of numerous small reactions run by many proteins and their combinations. However, the molecular-level details of many of these steps are still not understood very well.