Researchers capture higher resolution imagery of photosynthetic large light harvesting complex I
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Okayama University in Japan has succeeded in capturing higher resolution imagery of the large light harvesting complex I (LLHCI)—a core that surrounds photosystem I, which is one of two large pigment-protein complexes responsible for photosynthesis. In their paper published in the journal Science, Xiaochun Qin, Michihiro Suga, Tingyun Kuang and Jian-Ren Shen discuss their research and what they found when examining their shaper images. Roberta Croce of VU University Amsterdam offers a Perspectives piece on the work done by the team and what it means for better understanding how photosynthesis works.