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==Improved Model of Plant Photosystem I==
<StructureSection load='2wsc' size='340' side='right'caption='[[2wsc]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.30&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2wsc]] is a 10 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabidopsis_thaliana Arabidopsis thaliana], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine_max Glycine max], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisum_sativum Pisum sativum] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinacia_oleracea Spinacia oleracea]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2WSC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2WSC FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.3&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=BCR:BETA-CAROTENE'>BCR</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CLA:CHLOROPHYLL+A'>CLA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=FRU:FRUCTOSE'>FRU</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GLC:ALPHA-D-GLUCOSE'>GLC</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=LMG:1,2-DISTEAROYL-MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDE'>LMG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=LMU:DODECYL-ALPHA-D-MALTOSIDE'>LMU</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PQN:PHYLLOQUINONE'>PQN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PRD_900003:sucrose'>PRD_900003</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2wsc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2wsc OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2wsc PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2wsc RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2wsc PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2wsc ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CAB6_ARATH CAB6_ARATH] The light-harvesting complex (LHC) functions as a light receptor, it captures and delivers excitation energy to photosystems with which it is closely associated.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Photosystem I functions as a sunlight energy converter, catalyzing one of the initial steps in driving oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, algae, and higher plants. Functionally, Photosystem I captures sunlight and transfers the excitation energy through an intricate and precisely organized antenna system, consisting of a pigment network, to the center of the molecule, where it is used in the transmembrane electron transfer reaction. Our current understanding of the sophisticated mechanisms underlying these processes has profited greatly from elucidation of the crystal structures of the Photosystem I complex. In this report, we describe the developments that ultimately led to enhanced structural information of plant Photosystem I. In addition, we report an improved crystallographic model at 3.3-A resolution, which allows analysis of the structure in more detail. An improved electron density map yielded identification and tracing of subunit PsaK. The location of an additional ten beta-carotenes as well as five chlorophylls and several loop regions, which were previously uninterpretable, are now modeled. This represents the most complete plant Photosystem I structure obtained thus far, revealing the locations of and interactions among 17 protein subunits and 193 non-covalently bound photochemical cofactors. Using the new crystal structure, we examine the network of contacts among the protein subunits from the structural perspective, which provide the basis for elucidating the functional organization of the complex.

Structure determination and improved model of plant photosystem I.,Amunts A, Toporik H, Borovikova A, Nelson N J Biol Chem. 2010 Jan 29;285(5):3478-86. Epub 2009 Nov 18. PMID:19923216<ref>PMID:19923216</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Photosystem I 3D structures|Photosystem I 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Arabidopsis thaliana]]
[[Category: Glycine max]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Pisum sativum]]
[[Category: Spinacia oleracea]]
[[Category: Amunts A]]
[[Category: Borovikov A]]
[[Category: Nelson N]]
[[Category: Toporik H]]