Light-harvesting by antenna-containing rhodopsins in pelagic Asgard archaea
Gali Tzlil, Marı́a del Carmen Marı́n, Yuma Matsuzaki, Probal Nag, Shota Itakura, Yosuke Mizuno, Shunya Murakoshi, Tatsuki Tanaka, Shirley Larom, Masae Konno, Rei Abe‐Yoshizumi, Ana Molina-Márquez, Daniela Bárcenas-Pérez, José Cheel, Michal Koblížek, , Oded Béjà
The paper reports light energy transfer from hydroxylated carotenoids to heimdallarchaeial rhodopsins in marine archaea, showing light-harvesting capabilities in archaea similar to bacterial rhodopsins.
Nature Microbiology · May 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology