Developing an Essential Research Platform for the Molecular Engineering of Photosystem II

开发光系统 II 分子工程的重要研究平台

• 批准号: FT0990972
• 负责人: A/Prof Warwick Hillier
• 金额: $ 45.68万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-12-01 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT0990972
• 关键词: Developing; Essential; Research; Platform; Molecular

Sunlight reaching the earth is used by plants and algae to drive photosynthesis and to store chemical energy. Possibly the most fundamental contribution photosynthesis makes to earth is to generate gaseous oxygen, the result of solar driven water-splitting chemistry. However, the mechanism behind water-splitting is not exactly known. In this proposal we will construct a new model cyanobacteria host to study water splitting. The host organism will be genetically modified to enable mechanistic questions of water oxidation to be tested and will provide new and pure forms of isolated protein. This model organism will provide team of international researchers with a remarkable tool new to study photosynthesis.

到达地球的阳光被植物和藻类用来驱动光合作用和储存化学能。光合作用对地球最基本的贡献可能是产生气态氧，这是太阳能驱动的水分解化学的结果。 然而，水分解背后的机制并不确切。在本研究中，我们将构建一个新的模式蓝藻宿主来研究水裂解。 宿主生物体将被遗传修饰，以使水氧化的机械问题能够被测试，并将提供新的和纯形式的分离蛋白质。 这种模式生物将为国际研究人员提供一个研究光合作用的新工具。