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Uncovering the interactions driving carotenoid binding in light-harvesting complexes

Published:2021 Issue:14 Volume:12 Page:5113-5122
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Mascoli Vincenzo¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Liguori Nicoletta¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Cupellini Lorenzo⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Elias Eduard¹²³⁴⁵,Mennucci Benedetta⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Croce Roberta¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy

2. Institute for Lasers, Life and Biophotonics

3. Faculty of Sciences

4. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5. Amsterdam

6. Department of Chemistry

7. University of Pisa

8. 56124 Pisa

9. Italy

Abstract

Carotenoids are essential constituents of plant light-harvesting complexes. This in silico study shows that carotenoid binding is mainly driven by van der Waals interactions with the surrounding chlorophylls rather than hydrogen bonds to the protein.

Funder

European Commission

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/SC/D1SC00071C

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