De novo protein design of photochemical reaction centers - Nature.com

De novo development of a simplified photosynthetic reaction center protein can clarify practical engineering principles needed to build enzymes for efficient energy conversion. Here, the authors develop an artificial photosynthetic reaction center that functi…

Engineering electron tunneling rates Natural photosynthetic reaction centers achieve photochemical charge separation by anchoring a light-activated pigment between two electron transfer chains. One … [+21629 chars]

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