Photosystem I

I. Grotjohann; Petra Fromme

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-378630-2.00287-5

Photosystem I

I. Grotjohann, Petra Fromme

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Abstract

Photosystem I (PSI) is one of the key players in the process of oxygenic photosynthesis. This large membrane protein complex utilizes light energy to transfer electrons from the lumenal electron carriers plastocyanin or cytochrome c₆ across the photosynthetic membrane to the stromal/cytosolic electron carriers ferredoxin or flavodoxin. The resulting proton gradient is used for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production by the ATP synthase, while the electrons end up in carbon fixation. With a molecular weight of 1 million Da, trimeric cyanobacterial PSI is one of the largest membrane protein complexes with known structure. About one-third of its molecular weight comes from cofactors, mainly chlorophylls, and also carotenoids, phylloqinones, and iron-sulfur clusters.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	503-507
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123786319
ISBN (Print)	9780123786302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-378630-2.00287-5
State	Published - Feb 15 2013

Keywords

Charge separation
Chlorophyll
Cytochrom c
Electrochemical gradient
Electron transfer chain
Excitation energy transfer
Ferredoxin
Flavodoxin
Iron-sulfur cluster
Oxygenic photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Photosystem
Photosystem I
Phylloquinone
Plastocyanin
PSI

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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