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Zou MJ#*, Sun S#, Wang GL, Yan YH, Ji W, Wang-Otomo ZY, Yu LJ*. 2025. Probing the Dual Role of Ca2+ in the Allochromatium tepidum LH1-RC Complex by Constructing and Analyzing Ca2+-Bound and Ca2+-Free LH1 Complexes. Biomolecules, 15(1): 124.
Hou YY#, Wang WQ#, Liu ZY, Yu LJ*, Zhao L*. 2025. Boosting microalgae-based carbon sequestration with the artificial CO2 concentration system. Crit Rev Biotechnol, 15: 1-19
Li YQ, Yan YH, Gao RY, Zou JW, Wu YL, Yue XY, Lu Y, Wang XP, Chen MQ, Li QW, Wang HY, Wang P, Yu LJ*, Zheng JR, Zhang JP*. 2025. Triplet excitation dynamics of photosynthetic light-harvesting antennae: mechanistic insights into the conjugation regulated carotenoid functionality. Phys Chem Chem Phys, 27(23): 12462-12473.
Deng BC, Hou YY, Lu SH, Yan SH, Guo ZL, Liu ZY Wang XQ, Jia CH, Wang WJ, Yu LJ*, Zhao L*. 2025. The electrochemical ion membrane system (EIMs) enhanced light reactions of photosynthesis with intermittent electrical stimulation. Chem Commun (Camb) 61(3)
Yan YH, Wang GL, Yue XY, Ma F, Madigan MT, Wang-Otomo ZY, Zou MJ, Yu LJ (2024). Molecular structure and characterization of the Thermochromatium tepidum light-harvesting 1 photocomplex produced in a foreign host. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1865 (3): 149050.
Wang XP, Yu B, Qi CH, Wang GL, Zou M, Zhang C, Yu LJ, Ma F (2024). Energy Transfer and Exciton Relaxation in B880-B800-RC Complex through Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15 (13): 3619-3626.
Tani K, Kanno R, Harada A, Kobayashi Y, Minamino A, Takenaka S, Nakamura N, Ji XC, Purba ER, Hall M, Yu LJ, Madigan MT, Mizoguchi A, Iwasaki K, Humbel BM, Kimura Y, Wang-Otomo ZY (2024). High-resolution structure and biochemical properties of the LH1-RC photocomplex from the model purple sulfur bacterium, Allochromatium vinosum. Commun Biol. 7 (1): 176.
Qi CH, Wang GL, Wang FF, Wang J, Wang XP, Zou MJ, Ma F, Madigan MT, Kimura Y, Wang-Otomo ZY, Yu LJ (2024). Structural insights into the unusual core photocomplex from a triply extremophilic purple bacterium, Halorhodospira halochloris. J. Integr. Plant Biol.
Li X, Li Z, Wang F, Zhao S, Xu C, Mao Z, Duan J, Feng Y, Yang Y, Shen L, Wang G, Yang Y, Yu LJ, Sang M, Han G, Wang X, Kuang T, Shen JR, Wang W (2024). Structures and organizations of PSI-AcpPCI supercomplexes from red tidal and coral symbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 121 (7): e2315476121.
Li H, Nakajima Y, Nango E, Owada S, Yamada D, Hashimoto K, Luo F, Tanaka R, Akita F, Kato K, Kang J, Saitoh Y, Kishi S, Yu H, Matsubara N, Fujii H, Sugahara M, Suzuki M, Masuda T, Kimura T, Thao TN, Yonekura S, Yu LJ, Tosha T, Tono K, Joti Y, Hatsui T, Yabashi M, Kubo M, Iwata S, Isobe H, Yamaguchi K, Suga M, Shen JR (2024). Oxygen-evolving photosystem II structures during S1–S2–S3 transitions. Nature
Hao JF, Qi CH, Yu BY, Wang HY, Gao RY, Yamano N, Ma F, Wang P, Xin YY, Zhang CF, Yu LJ, Zhang JP (2024). Light-Quality-Adapted Carotenoid Photoprotection in the Photosystem of Roseiflexus castenholzii. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 15 (12): 3470-3477.
Zhao S, Shen L, Li X, Tao Q, Li Z, Xu C, Zhou C, Yang Y, Sang M, Han G, Yu LJ, Kuang T, Shen JR, Wang W (2023). Structural insights into photosystem II supercomplex and trimeric FCP antennae of a centric diatom Cyclotella meneghiniana. Nat Commun. 14 (1): 8164.
Tani K, Kanno R, Ji XC, Satoh I, Kobayashi Y, Hall M, Yu LJ, Kimura Y, Mizoguchi A, Humbel BM, Madigan MT, Wang-Otomo ZY (2023). Rhodobacter capsulatus forms a compact crescent-shaped LH1-RC photocomplex. Nat Commun. 14 (1): 846.
Hao JF, Yamano N, Qi CH, Zhang Y, Ma F, Wang P, Yu LJ, Zhang JP (2023). Carotenoid-Mediated Long-Range Energy Transfer in the Light Harvesting-Reaction Center Complex from Photosynthetic Bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii. J Phys Chem B. 127 (48): 10360-10369.