Publications: Photosynthesis
696. Overall energy conversion efficiency of a photosynthetic vesicle. Melih Sener, Johan Strümpfer, Abhishek Singharoy, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. eLife, 10.7554/eLife.09541, 2016. (30 pages).
672. Atomic detail visualization of photosynthetic membranes with GPU-accelerated ray tracing. John E. Stone, Melih Sener, Kirby L. Vandivort, Angela Barragan, Abhishek Singharoy, Ivan Teo, Joao V. Ribeiro, Barry Isralewitz, Bo Liu, Boon Chong Goh, James C. Phillips, Craig MacGregor-Chatwin, Matthew P. Johnson, Lena F. Kourkoutis, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. Parallel Computing, 55:17-27, 2016.
649. Multiple-replica strategies for free-energy calculations in NAMD: Multiple-walker adaptive biasing force and walker selection rules. Jeffrey Comer, James Phillips, Klaus Schulten, and Christophe Chipot. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 10:5276-5285, 2014.
642. On the different types of vibrations interacting with electronic excitations in the PE545 and FMO antenna systems. Mortaza Aghtar, Johann Strümpfer, Carsten Olbrich, Klaus Schulten, and Ulrich Kleinekathoefer. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5:3131-3137, 2014.
631. Light harvesting by lamellar chromatophores in Rhodospirillum Photometricum. Danielle Chandler, Johan Strümpfer, Melih Sener, Simon Scheuring, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 106:2503-2510, 2014.
627. Integration of energy and electron transfer processes in the photosynthetic membrane of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides. Michaël L. Cartron, John D. Olsen, Melih Sener, Philip J. Jackson, Amanda A. Brindley, Pu Qian, Mark J. Dickman, Graham J. Leggett, Klaus Schulten, and C. Neil Hunter. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, 1837:1769-1780, 2014.
619. Structure, function, and quantum dynamics of pigment-protein complexes. Ioan Kosztin and Klaus Schulten. In Masoud Mohseni, Yasser Omar, Greg Engel, and Martin B. Plenio, editors, Quantum Effects in Biology, pp. 123-143. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
611. The FMO complex in a glycerol-water mixture. Mortaza Aghtar, Johan Strümpfer, Carsten Olbrich, Klaus Schulten, and Ulrich Kleinekathoefer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117:7157-7163, 2013.
590. Excited state dynamics in photosynthetic reaction center and light harvesting complex 1. Johan Strümpfer and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Chemical Physics, 137:065101, 2012. (8 pages).
587. Open quantum dynamics calculations with the hierarchy equations of motion on parallel computers. Johan Strümpfer and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 8:2808-2816, 2012.
576. How quantum coherence assists photosynthetic light harvesting. Johan Strumpfer, Melih Sener, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3:536-542, 2012.
570. Oligomerization state of photosynthetic core complexes is correlated with the dimerization affinity of a transmembrane helix. Jen Hsin, Loren LaPointe, Alla Kazy, Christophe Chipot, Alessandro Senes, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133:14071-14081, 2011.
569. Theory and simulation of the environmental effects on FMO electronic transitions. Carsten Olbrich, Johan Strümpfer, Klaus Schulten, and Ulrich Kleinekathoefer. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2:1771-1776, 2011.
566. From atomistic modeling to excitation transfer and two-dimensional spectra of the FMO light-harvesting complex. Carsten Olbrich, Thomas L. C. Jansen, Jörg Liebers, Mortaza Aghtar, Johan Strümpfer, Klaus Schulten, Jasper Knoester, and Ulrich Kleinekathoefer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115(26):8609-8621, 2011.
556. The effect of correlated bath fluctuations on exciton transfer. Johan Strümpfer and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134:095102, 2011. (9 pages).
549. Förster energy transfer theory as reflected in the structures of photosynthetic light harvesting systems. Melih Sener, Johan Strümpfer, Jen Hsin, Danielle Chandler, Simon Scheuring, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. ChemPhysChem, 12:518-531, 2011.
544. The light-harvesting apparatus in purple photosynthetic bacteria, introduction to a quantum biological device. Johan Strümpfer, Jen Hsin, Melih Sener, Danielle Chandler, and Klaus Schulten. In Benoit Roux, editor, Molecular Machines, chapter 2, pp. 19-48. World Scientific Press, 2011.
542. Quest for spatially correlated fluctuations in the FMO light-harvesting complex. Carsten Olbrich, Johan Strümpfer, Klaus Schulten, and Ulrich Kleinekathoefer. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115:758-764, 2011.
531. Energy transfer dynamics in an RC-LH1-PufX tubular photosynthetic membrane. Jen Hsin, Johan Strümpfer, Melih Sener, Pu Qian, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. New Journal of Physics, 12:085005, 2010. (19 pages).
524. Photosynthetic vesicle architecture and constraints on efficient energy harvesting. Melih Sener, Johan Strumpfer, John A. Timney, Arvi Freiberg, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 99:67-75, 2010.
519. Self-assembly of photosynthetic membranes. Jen Hsin, Danielle E. Chandler, James Gumbart, Christopher B. Harrison, Melih Sener, Johan Strumpfer, and Klaus Schulten. ChemPhysChem, 11:1154-1159, 2010.
514. Light harvesting complex II B850 excitation dynamics. Johan Strümpfer and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Chemical Physics, 131:225101, 2009. (9 pages).
511. A glycophorin A-like framework for the dimerization of photosynthetic core complexes. Jen Hsin, Chris Chipot, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131:17096-17098, 2009.
507. Membrane curvature induced by aggregates of LH2s and monomeric LH1s. Danielle E. Chandler, James Gumbart, John D. Stack, Christophe Chipot, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 97:2978-2984, 2009.
499. Protein-induced membrane curvature investigated through molecular dynamics flexible fitting. Jen Hsin, James Gumbart, Leonardo G. Trabuco, Elizabeth Villa, Pu Qian, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 97:321-329, 2009.
491. Structural model and excitonic properties of the dimeric RC-LH1-PufX complex from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides. Melih K. Sener, Jen Hsin, Leonardo G. Trabuco, Elizabeth Villa, Pu Qian, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. Chemical Physics, 357:188-197, 2009.
477. Intrinsic curvature properties of photosynthetic proteins in chromatophores. Danielle Chandler, Jen Hsin, Christopher B. Harrison, James Gumbart, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 95:2822-2836, 2008.
471. From atomic-level structure to supramolecular organization in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria. Melih K. Sener and Klaus Schulten. In C. Neil Hunter, Fevzi Daldal, Marion C. Thurnauer, and J. Thomas Beatty, editors, The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria, volume 28 of Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, pp. 275-294. Springer, 2008.
455. Atomic level structural and functional model of a bacterial photosynthetic membrane vesicle. Melih K. Sener, John D. Olsen, C. Neil Hunter, and Klaus Schulten. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 104:15723-15728, 2007.
434. Possible pathway for ubiquinone shuttling in R. Rubrum revealed by molecular dynamics simulation. Andrew Aird, Jörg Wrachtrup, Klaus Schulten, and Carsten Tietz. Biophysical Journal, 92:23-33, 2007.
433. Molecular dynamics methods for bioelectronic systems in photosynthesis. Ioan Kosztin and Klaus Schulten. In Thijs Aartsma and Joerg Matysik, editors, Biophysical Techniques in Photosynthesis II, volume 26 of Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, pp. 445-464. Springer, Dordrecht, 2008.
396. Comparison of the light harvesting networks of plant and cyanobacterial photosystem I. Melih K. Sener, Craig Jolley, Adam Ben-Shem, Petra Fromme, Nathan Nelson, Roberta Croce, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 89:1630-1642, 2005.
382. Physical principles of efficient excitation transfer in light harvesting. Melih Sener and Klaus Schulten. In David L. Andrews, editor, Energy Harvesting Materials, pp. 1-26. World Scientific, Singapore, 2005.
375. Role of water in transient cytochrome c2 docking. Felix Autenrieth, Emad Tajkhorshid, Klaus Schulten, and Zaida Luthey-Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108:20376-20387, 2004.
359. Excitation migration in trimeric cyanobacterial photosystem I. Melih K. Sener, Sanghyun Park, Deyu Lu, Ana Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz, Petra Fromme, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Chemical Physics, 120:11183-11195, 2004.
331. Robustness and optimality of light harvesting in cyanobacterial photosystem I. Melih K. Sener, Deyu Lu, Thorsten Ritz, Sanghyun Park, Petra Fromme, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106:7948-7960, 2002.
320. Excitons in a photosynthetic light-harvesting system: A combined molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry and polaron model study. Ana Damjanović, Ioan Kosztin, Ulrich Kleinekathoefer, and Klaus Schulten. Physical Review E, 65:031919, 2002. (24 pages).
317. Photosynthetic apparatus of purple bacteria. Xiche Hu, Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, Felix Autenrieth, and Klaus Schulten. Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 35:1-62, 2002.
316. The quantum physics of photosynthesis. Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, and Klaus Schulten. ChemPhysChem, 3:243-248, 2002.
315. A general random matrix approach to account for the effect of static disorder on the spectral properties of light harvesting systems. Melih Sener and Klaus Schulten. Physical Review E, 65:031916, 2002. (12 pages).
311. Kinetics of excitation migration and trapping in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria. Thorsten Ritz, Sanghyun Park, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105:8259-8267, 2001.
306. Physik der Photosynthese. Thorsten Ritz and Klaus Schulten. Physikalische Blaetter, 57:49-53, 2001.
301. Efficient light harvesting through carotenoids. Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, Klaus Schulten, Jian-Ping Zhang, and Yasushi Koyama. Photosynthesis Research, 66:125-144, 2000.
297. Electron transfer: Exploiting thermal motion. Klaus Schulten. Science, 290:61-62, 2000.
296. Excitation transfer in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein of Amphidinium Carterae. Ana Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 79:1695-1705, 2000.
288. Excitation energy trapping by the reaction center of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides. Ana Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz, and Klaus Schulten. Int. J. Quantum Chem., 77:139-151, 2000.
283. Steered molecular dynamics simulation of the Rieske subunit motion in the cytochrome bc1 complex. Sergei Izrailev, Antony R. Crofts, Edward A. Berry, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 77:1753-1768, 1999.
271. Light-harvesting and photoprotection by carotenoids: Structure-based calculations for photosynthetic antenna systems. Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, and Klaus Schulten. In G. Garab, editor, Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects (Proceedings of the XIth International Congress on Photosynthesis), volume 1, pp. 487-490, Dordrecht, 1998. Kluwer Academic Publications.
269. Electronic excitations in aggregates of bacteriochlorophylls. Marshall G. Cory, Michael C. Zerner, Xiche Hu, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 102:7640-7650, 1998.
268. From simplicity to complexity and back: Function, architecture and mechanism of light harvesting systems in photosynthetic bacteria. Klaus Schulten. In H. Frauenfelder, J. Deisenhofer, and P. G. Wolynes, editors, Simplicity and Complexity in Proteins and Nucleic Acids, pp. 227-253, Berlin, 1999. Dahlem University Press. (pdf available from author upon request).
264. Energy transfer between carotenoids and bacteriochlorophylls in a light harvesting protein. Ana Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz, and Klaus Schulten. Physical Review E, 59:3293-3311, 1999.
263. A model for the light-harvesting complex I (B875) of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides. Xiche Hu and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 75:683-694, 1998.
259. Architecture and function of the light harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria. Xiche Hu, Ana Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz, and Klaus Schulten. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 95:5935-5941, 1998.
254. Excitons and excitation transfer in the photosynthetic unit of purple bacteria. Thorsten Ritz, Xiche Hu, Ana Damjanović, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Luminescence, 76-77:310-321, 1998.
248. How nature harvests sunlight. Xiche Hu and Klaus Schulten. Physics Today, 50:28-34, 1997.
240. Pigment organization and transfer of electronic excitation in the purple bacteria. Xiche Hu, Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 101:3854-3871, 1997.
225. The crystal structure of the light harvesting complex II (B800-850) from Rhodospirillum Molischianum. Juergen Koepke, Xiche Hu, Cornelia Muenke, Klaus Schulten, and Hartmut Michel. Structure, 4:581-597, 1996.
208. Predicting the structure of the light-harvesting complex II of Rhodospirillum Molischianum. Xiche Hu, Dong Xu, Kenneth Hamer, Klaus Schulten, Jürgen Koepke, and Hartmut Michel. Protein Science, 4:1670-1682, 1995.
203. Prediction of the structure of an integral membrane protein-the light-harvesting complex II of Rhodospirillum Molischianum. Xiche Hu, Dong Xu, Kenneth Hamer, Klaus Schulten, Jürgen Koepke, and Hartmut Michel. In K.M. Merz and B. Roux, editors, Biological Membranes: A Molecular Perspective From Computation and Experiment, pp. 503-533. Birkhäuser, Cambridge, MA, 1996.
202. Knowledge-based structure prediction of the light-harvesting complex II of Rhodospirillum Molischianum. Xiche Hu, Dong Xu, Kenneth Hamer, Klaus Schulten, Jürgen Koepke, and Hartmut Michel. In P. M. Pardalos, D. Shalloway, and G. Xue, editors, Global Minimization of Nonconvex Energy Functions: Molecular Conformation and Protein Folding, pp. 97-122. American Mathematical Society, Providence, R.I., 1996.
176. Multi-mode coupling of protein motion to electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center: Spin-boson theory based on a classical molecular dynamics simulation. Dong Xu and Klaus Schulten. In J. Breton and A. Vermeglio, editors, The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: II. Structure, Spectroscopy and Dynamics, NATO Science Series A: Life Sciences, pp. 301-312. Plenum Press, New York, 1992.
166. Coupling of protein motion to electron transfer in a photosynthetic reaction center: Investigating the low temperature behaviour in the framework of the spin-boson model. Dong Xu and Klaus Schulten. Chemical Physics, 182:91-117, 1994.
146. Coupling of protein motion to electron transfer: Molecular dynamics and stochastic quantum mechanics study of photosynthetic reaction centers. Klaus Schulten and Markus Tesch. Chemical Physics, 158:421-446, 1991.
134. Molecular dynamics simulation of electron transfer in proteins: Theory and application to QA → QB transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center. Marco Nonella and Klaus Schulten. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 95:2059-2067, 1991.
123. Chromophore-protein interactions and the function of the photosynthetic reaction center: A molecular dynamics study. Herbert Treutlein, Klaus Schulten, Axel Brünger, Martin Karplus, J. Deisenhofer, and H. Michel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 89:75-79, 1992.
101. Molecular dynamics simulation of the primary processes in the Photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Herbert Treutlein, Christoph Niedermeier, Klaus Schulten, J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel, Axel Brünger, and Martin Karplus. In A. Pullman et al., editors, Transport Through Membranes: Carriers, Channels and Pumps, pp. 513-525. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1988.
91. Electrostatic control of electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Herbert Treutlein, Klaus Schulten, Christoph Niedermeier, J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel, and D. Devault. In J. Breton and A. Verméglio, editors, The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure and Dynamics, volume 149 of NATO Science Series A: Life Sciences, pp. 369-377. Plenum, New York, 1988.
90. Molecular dynamics simulation of the primary processes in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Herbert Treutlein, Klaus Schulten, J. Deisenhofer, H. Michel, Axel Brünger, and Martin Karplus. In J. Breton and A. Verméglio, editors, The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center: Structure and Dynamics, volume 149 of NATO Science Series A: Life Sciences, pp. 139-150. Plenum, New York, 1988.
84. Spectroscopic determinants in the reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas viridis. Joseph Eccles, Barry Honig, and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 53:137-144, 1988.
14. Electron transfer and spin exchange contributing to the magnetic field dependence of the primary photochemical reaction of bacterial photosynthesis. Hans-Joachim Werner, Klaus Schulten, and Albert Weller. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 502:255-268, 1978.