Chlorophyll reconstitution of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes.

ABSTRACT: Light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) play crucial roles in efficient photoenergy conversion and photoprotection of photosynthetic systems. In LHCs, functional pigments such as chlorophylls (Chls), bacteriochlorophylls (BChls), and carotenoids are sophisticatedly assembled with the help of polypeptides. The pigment assemblies in LHCs control the site-energy of each pigment, excitonic interactions among pigments, and excitation energy gradient in the protein matrix, as well as the formation and stability of the protein structure. In vitro reconstitution of LHCs is promising in understanding these structural and functional mechanisms of LHCs. In this review, we summarize two strategies of pigment reconstitution of LHCs; one is the formation of LHCs from a mixture of photosynthetic pigments and d

SUBMITTER: Saga Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12661315 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature