Light-harvesting complex. Rings of light

Curr Biol. 1995 Aug 1;5(8):826-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00163-1.

Abstract

The atomic structure of the bacterial light-harvesting complex helps to explain how the energy of sunlight is efficiently absorbed and transferred between bacteriochlorophyll molecules towards the reaction centre.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriochlorophylls / metabolism*
  • Binding Sites
  • Light
  • Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
  • Photosynthesis
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / chemistry*
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / metabolism
  • Pigments, Biological / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation
  • Solar Energy

Substances

  • Bacteriochlorophylls
  • Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
  • Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins
  • Pigments, Biological