Structure of a biohybrid photosystem I-platinum nanoparticle solar fuel catalyst

Gisriel, Christopher J.; Malavath, Tirupathi; Qiu, Tianyin; Menzel, Jan Paul; Batista, Victor S.; Brudvig, Gary W.; Utschig, Lisa M.

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-53476-y

Structure of a biohybrid photosystem I-platinum nanoparticle solar fuel catalyst

Journal Article · Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53476-y· OSTI ID:2475856

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Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Biohybrid solar fuel catalysts leverage natural light-driven enzymes to produce valuable fuel products. One useful biological platform for such a system is photosystem I, a pigment-protein complex that captures sunlight and converts it into chemical energy with near unity quantum efficiency, which generates low potential reducing equivalents for metabolism. Realizing and understanding the molecular basis for an approach that utilizes those electrons and stores solar energy as a fuel is therefore appealing. Here, we report the 2.27-Å global resolution cryo-EM structure of a photosystem I complex with bound platinum nanoparticles that catalyzes light-driven H₂ production. The platinum nanoparticle binding sites and possible stabilizing interactions are described. Overall, the investigation reveals a direct structural look at a photon-to-fuels photosynthetic biohybrid system.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FG02-05ER15646; SC0001423

OSTI ID:: 2475856

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2574174

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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