Understanding the photophysics and structural organization of photosynthetic proteins using model lipid membranes assembled from natural plant thylakoids
S. A. Meredith, T. Yoneda, A. M. Hancock, S. D. Connell, S. D. Evans, K. Morigaki, P. G. Adams
This paper develops hybrid membranes from natural photosynthetic membranes and synthetic lipids to study the relationship between light-harvesting protein organization and photophysical properties, finding altered fluorescence lifetimes and potential issues with current electron transfer assays.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2020Biophysics