A distinct double-ring LH1–LH2 photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph

Abstract Halorhodospira (Hlr.) halophila strain BN9622 is an extremely halophilic and alkaliphilic phototrophic purple sulfur bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake in the Libyan Desert whose total salinity exceeded 35% at pH 10.7. Here we present a cryo-EM structure of the native LH1–LH2 co-com...

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Main Authors: Kazutoshi Tani, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, Risa Kojima, Masaharu Kondo, Ryo Kanno, Issei Satoh, Mai Kawakami, Naho Hiwatashi, Kazuna Nakata, Sakiko Nagashima, Kazuhito Inoue, Yugo Isawa, Ryoga Morishita, Shinichi Takaichi, Endang R. Purba, Malgorzata Hall, Long-Jiang Yu, Michael T. Madigan, Akira Mizoguchi, Bruno M. Humbel, Yukihiro Kimura, Yutaka Nagasawa, Takehisa Dewa, Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55811-9
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