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

Christopher J. Gisriel, Tirupathi Malavath, Tianyin Qiu, Jan Paul Menzel, Victor S. Batista, Gary W. Brudvig () and Lisa M. Utschig ()
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Christopher J. Gisriel: Yale University
Tirupathi Malavath: Argonne National Laboratory
Tianyin Qiu: Yale University
Jan Paul Menzel: Yale University
Victor S. Batista: Yale University
Gary W. Brudvig: Yale University
Lisa M. Utschig: Argonne National Laboratory

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2024
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