Far-red chlorophyll d clusters extend photosystem I absorption toward the red limit
Thomas J. Oliver, Eduard Elias, Giovanni Consoli, Ho Fong Leong, Violeta Cordón-Preciado, Andrea Fantuzzi, Tanai Cardona, A. William Rutherford, Roberta Croce · 2026
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Thomas Oliver and co-authors push photosynthesis toward the red edge in this 2026 study. A sea microbe called Acaryochloris marina lives on far-red light using a special pigment, but its best-known strain oddly lacks the lowest-energy pigments in one of its two light-harvesting systems.
A second strain proved different. Using fast light measurements and a detailed 3D structure of the system, the team found two kinds of far-red pigment clusters letting it absorb out to 760 nanometres. They mapped all 96 pigments and found a new helper part that steadies the structure. The tuning parts appear across the group, offering design ideas for crops that sip infrared light.
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| CREATOR | Thomas J. Oliver, Eduard Elias, Giovanni Consoli, Ho Fong Leong, Violeta Cordón-Preciado, Andrea Fantuzzi, Tanai Cardona, A. William Rutherford, Roberta Croce |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47952 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |