Structure of the light-harvesting antenna (Cf-LHCII) in Codium fragile (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Structure of the light-harvesting antenna (Cf-LHCII) in Codium fragile

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At the L1 site, the pigment siphonein (orange) binds close to a cluster of chlorophyll molecules (Chl a610–a612, green), enabling efficient energy quenching.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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