Protein structure controls light harvesting in photosynthetic light algae

蛋白质结构控制光合光藻的光捕获

• 批准号: DP150102580
• 负责人: Prof Paul Curmi
• 金额: $ 25.86万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP150102580
• 关键词: Protein; structure; controls; light; harvesting

The strange phenomena of quantum mechanics were not expected to play a direct role in life, however, it appears that quantum effects may be important in the efficient capture of sunlight for photosynthesis. The conditions for the emergence of quantum phenomena appear to be set by the structures of proteins. The aim of this project is to relate protein structure to the emergence of quantum effects in the light harvesting proteins of marine algae. Understanding the link between structure and quantum effects could improve our knowledge of how nature achieves its remarkable efficiency in utilising the energy from the sun. This is likely to foster new technologies that improve the efficiency of solar energy systems.

量子力学的奇怪现象并没有被期望在生命中发挥直接作用，然而，量子效应似乎在有效捕获阳光进行光合作用方面可能很重要。量子现象出现的条件似乎由蛋白质的结构决定。该项目的目的是将蛋白质结构与海藻捕光蛋白中量子效应的出现联系起来。理解结构和量子效应之间的联系可以提高我们对自然界如何在利用太阳能方面实现其显着效率的认识。这有可能促进提高太阳能系统效率的新技术。