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Review
. 2004 Dec;5(12):971-82.
doi: 10.1038/nrm1525.

The complex architecture of oxygenic photosynthesis

Nathan Nelson  1 , Adam Ben-Shem
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The complex architecture of oxygenic photosynthesis

Nathan Nelson et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Dec.

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  • Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Oct;6(10):818

Abstract

Oxygenic photosynthesis is the principal producer of both oxygen and organic matter on earth. The primary step in this process - the conversion of sunlight into chemical energy - is driven by four, multisubunit, membrane-protein complexes that are known as photosystem I, photosystem II, cytochrome b(6)f and F-ATPase. Structural insights into these complexes are now providing a framework for the exploration not only of energy and electron transfer, but also of the evolutionary forces that shaped the photosynthetic apparatus.

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