Electrostatic charge controls the lowest LH1 Q

Authors :: Yukihiro, Kimura
Shingo, Nojima
Kazuna, Nakata
Takuya, Yamashita
Xiang-Ping, Wang
Shinji, Takenaka
Seiji, Akimoto
Masayuki, Kobayashi
Michael T, Madigan
Zheng-Yu, Wang-Otomo
Long-Jiang, Yu
Source :: Biochimica et biophysica acta. Bioenergetics. 1862(11)
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Halorhodospira (Hlr.) halochloris is a unique phototrophic purple bacterium because it is a triple extremophile-the organism is thermophilic, alkalophilic, and halophilic. The most striking photosynthetic feature of Hlr. halochloris is that the bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) b-containing core light-harvesting (LH1) complex surrounding its reaction center (RC) exhibits its LH1 Q