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Atoms to phenotypes: Molecular design principles of cellular energy metabolism

  • Abhishek Singharoy
  • , Christopher Maffeo
  • , Karelia H. Delgado-Magnero
  • , David J. K. Swainsbury
  • , Melih Sener
  • , Ulrich Kleinekathöfer
  • , John W. Vant
  • , Jonathan Nguyen
  • , Andrew Hitchcock
  • , Barry Isralewitz
  • , Ivan Teo
  • , Danielle E. Chandler
  • , John E. Stone
  • , James C. Phillips
  • , Taras V. Pogorelov
  • , M. Ilaria Mallus
  • , Christophe Chipot
  • , Zaida Luthey-Schulten
  • , D. Peter Tieleman
  • , C. Neil Hunter
  • Emad Tajkhorshid, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Klaus Schulten

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Abstract

A full atomic resolution model of an entire organelle, the photosynthetic chromatophore vesicle of a purple bacterium, is constructed and reveals how the photosynthetic apparatus is optimized for ATP production in low-light habitats.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1098-1111.e23
Number of pages14
JournalCell
Volume179
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • bioenergetics
  • biological membranes
  • charge transport
  • chromatophore
  • integrative model
  • MD
  • mitochondria
  • molecular dynamics simulation
  • optical spectroscopy
  • photosynthesis

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