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==De novo designed chlorophyll dimer protein with Zn pheophorbide a methyl ester matching geometry of purple bacterial special pair, SP1-ZnPPaM==
<StructureSection load='7unj' size='340' side='right'caption='[[7unj]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.00&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[7unj]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_construct Synthetic construct]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=7UNJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=7UNJ 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]] 2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=OE9:[methyl+9-ethenyl-14-ethyl-3-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxophorbine-21-carboxylatato(2-)-kappa~4~N~23~,N~24~,N~25~,N~26~]zinc'>OE9</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</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=7unj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=7unj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/7unj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=7unj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/7unj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=7unj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Natural photosystems couple light harvesting to charge separation using a 'special pair' of chlorophyll molecules that accepts excitation energy from the antenna and initiates an electron-transfer cascade. To investigate the photophysics of special pairs independently of the complexities of native photosynthetic proteins, and as a first step toward creating synthetic photosystems for new energy conversion technologies, we designed C(2)-symmetric proteins that hold two chlorophyll molecules in closely juxtaposed arrangements. X-ray crystallography confirmed that one designed protein binds two chlorophylls in the same orientation as native special pairs, whereas a second designed protein positions them in a previously unseen geometry. Spectroscopy revealed that the chlorophylls are excitonically coupled, and fluorescence lifetime imaging demonstrated energy transfer. The cryo-electron microscopy structure of a designed 24-chlorophyll octahedral nanocage with a special pair on each edge closely matched the design model. The results suggest that the de novo design of artificial photosynthetic systems is within reach of current computational methods.

De novo design of proteins housing excitonically coupled chlorophyll special pairs.,Ennist NM, Wang S, Kennedy MA, Curti M, Sutherland GA, Vasilev C, Redler RL, Maffeis V, Shareef S, Sica AV, Hua AS, Deshmukh AP, Moyer AP, Hicks DR, Swartz AZ, Cacho RA, Novy N, Bera AK, Kang A, Sankaran B, Johnson MP, Phadkule A, Reppert M, Ekiert D, Bhabha G, Stewart L, Caram JR, Stoddard BL, Romero E, Hunter CN, Baker D Nat Chem Biol. 2024 Jun 3. doi: 10.1038/s41589-024-01626-0. PMID:38831036<ref>PMID:38831036</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Synthetic construct]]
[[Category: Ennist NM]]
[[Category: Kennedy MA]]
[[Category: Stoddard BL]]