Abstract
A full atomic resolution model of an entire organelle, the photosynthetic chromatophore vesicle of a purple bacterium, is constructed and reveals how the photosynthetic apparatus is optimized for ATP production in low-light habitats.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1098-1111.e23 |
Journal | Cell |
Volume | 179 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 14 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
A.S. acknowledges start-up award funds from Arizona State University and grants from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; United States , Lightworks Foundation , and Flinn Foundation . E.T., A.A., C.M., A.S., C.C., B.I., I.T., D.C., J.E.S., and J.P. acknowledge NIH grants P41-GM104601 (PI: E.T.) and NIH R01-GM067887 (PI: E.T.). A.S., C.M., Z.L.-S., and A.A. acknowledge the Center for Physics of Living Cells ( NSF PHY-1430124 ). M.S. and Z.L.-S. also acknowledge NSF funding through MCB1616790 . T.V.P. acknowledges support from the Department of Chemistry , the School of Chemical Sciences , and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . C.C. acknowledges support from the Contrat Plan État Région (CPER) IT2MP and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Work in D.P.T.’s group is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) with further support from the Canada Research Chairs Program and Alberta Innovates Technology Futures . D.P.T. and K.H.D.M. acknowledge Compute Canada , funded by the Canada Foundation of Innovation and partners, for computational resources. U.K. acknowledges grant KL 1299/12-1 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). D.J.K.S., A.H., and C.N.H. acknowledge research grant BB/M000265/1 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK). C.N.H. was also supported by advanced award 338895 from the European Research Council . The study was also funded by the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an Energy Frontier Research Center supported by the Department of Energy , Office of Science , and Office of Basic Energy Sciences under award DE-SC0001035 (to C.N.H., K.S., and M.S.). This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is supported by the Office of Science , Department of Energy ( DE-AC05-00OR22725 ). A.S. acknowledges start-up award funds from Arizona State University and grants from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; United States, Lightworks Foundation, and Flinn Foundation. E.T. A.A. C.M. A.S. C.C. B.I. I.T. D.C. J.E.S. and J.P. acknowledge NIH grants P41-GM104601 (PI: E.T.) and NIH R01-GM067887 (PI: E.T.). A.S. C.M. Z.L.-S. and A.A. acknowledge the Center for Physics of Living Cells (NSF PHY-1430124). M.S. and Z.L.-S. also acknowledge NSF funding through MCB1616790. T.V.P. acknowledges support from the Department of Chemistry, the School of Chemical Sciences, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. C.C. acknowledges support from the Contrat Plan ?tat R?gion (CPER) IT2MP and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Work in D.P.T.?s group is supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) with further support from the Canada Research Chairs Program and Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. D.P.T. and K.H.D.M. acknowledge Compute Canada, funded by the Canada Foundation of Innovation and partners, for computational resources. U.K. acknowledges grant KL 1299/12-1 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). D.J.K.S. A.H. and C.N.H. acknowledge research grant BB/M000265/1 from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK). C.N.H. was also supported by advanced award 338895 from the European Research Council. The study was also funded by the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an Energy Frontier Research Center supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences under award DE-SC0001035 (to C.N.H. K.S. and M.S.). This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is supported by the Office of Science, Department of Energy (DE-AC05-00OR22725). Conceptualization, A.S. A.A. M.S. C.N.H. and K.S.; Methodology, A.S. M.S. C.M. A.A. U.K. C.C. D.P.T. Z.L.-S. and C.N.H.; Investigation, A.S. C.M. K.H.D.M. D.J.K.S. M.S. U.K. J.W.V. J.N. I.T. D.E.C. A.H. T.V.P. and M.I.M.; Writing ? Original Draft, A.S. A.A. K.H.D.M. M.S. C.C. Z.L.-S. E.T. and C.N.H.; Writing ? Review & Editing, J.W.V. J.N. A.S. A.A. C.C. K.H.D.M. M.S. U.K. D.P.T. E.T. D.J.K.S. and A.H.; Visualization, B.I. J.E.S. and A.S.; Funding Acquisition, A.S. E.T. Z.L.-S. A.A. and K.S.; Resources, A.S. J.C.P. J.E.S. A.A. Z.L.-S. and E.T.; Supervision, A.S. A.A. C.N.H. D.P.T. and K.S. The authors declare no competing interests.
Funders | Funder number |
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A.H. | |
C.C. | |
Contrat Plan ? | |
Contrat Plan État Région | |
Department of Chemistry | |
Energy Frontier Research Center | |
J.W.V. | |
Lightworks Foundation | |
M.S. U.K. | |
M.S. U.K. D.P.T. E.T. | |
NIH R01-GM067887 | NSF PHY-1430124, R01-GM067887 |
Oak | |
Office of Basic Energy Sciences | DE-SC0001035 |
Office of Science , Department of Energy | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
Office of Science, Department of Energy | |
Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center | |
School of Chemical Sciences | |
U.K. | KL 1299/12-1 |
U.K. C.C. D.P.T. Z.L.-S | |
National Institutes of Health | P41-GM104601 |
National Institutes of Health | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences | R01GM067887 |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences | |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | |
Flinn Foundation | |
Research Corporation for Science Advancement | |
National Sleep Foundation | MCB1616790 |
National Sleep Foundation | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Office of Science | |
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Arizona State University | |
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research | |
Compute Canada | |
M.S.I. Foundation | |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | |
Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures | |
Canada Foundation for Innovation | |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | BB/M000265/1, 338895 |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
European Regional Development Fund |
Keywords
- MD
- bioenergetics
- biological membranes
- charge transport
- chromatophore
- integrative model
- mitochondria
- molecular dynamics simulation
- optical spectroscopy
- photosynthesis