Cryo-EM structure of a plant photosystem II supercomplex with light-harvesting protein Lhcb8 and α-tocopherol

• Authors: OPATIKOVA Monika; SEMCHONOK Dmitry A; KOPECNY David; ILIK Petr; POSPISIL Pavel; ILIKOVA Iva; ROUDNICKÝ Pavel; ZELJKOVIC Sanja Cavar; TARKOWSKI Petr; KYRILIS Fotis L; HAMDI Farzad; KASTRITIS Panagiotis L; KOURIL Roman
• Year of publication: 2023
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: NATURE PLANTS
• MU Faculty or unit: Central European Institute of Technology
• web: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01483-0
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01483-0
• Keywords: photosynthesis; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL QUINONE COMPLEX; photosystem II; LHCII; CryoEM
• Description: The study presents the structure of photosystem II supercomplex from Picea abies solved by cryo-electron microscopy and describes its unique features-the presence of light-harvesting protein Lhcb8 and an & alpha;-tocopherol molecule with potential physiological function.

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