Led by Ritsuko Fujii at Osaka Metropolitan University, and working with Genji Kurisu and Keiichi Namba (Osaka University) and Jun Minagawa (NIBB), this study elucidated the high-resolution cryo-EM structure of the prasinophyte photosynthetic antenna Lhcp trimer, uncovering pigment-based structural features linked to the evolutionary transition of photosynthesis from marine algae to land plants.

【Press release】https://www.saitama-u.ac.jp/topics_archives/202510201400.html
【Journal】Communications Biology
【Title】Distinctive and functional pigment arrangements in Lhcp, a prasinophytespecific photosynthetic light-harvesting complex
【Authors】Soichiro Seki*, Masato Kubota, Nami Yamano, Eunchul Kim, Asako Ishii, Tomoko Miyata, Hideaki Tanaka, Richard J. Cogdell, Jian-Ping Zhang, Keiichi Namba, Genji Kurisu, Jun Minagawa & Ritsuko Fujii*
【URL】https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504605122