Paper Citing NAMD - Abstract
Chandler, Danielle E.; Struempfer, Johan; Sener, Melih; Scheuring, Simon; Schulten, Klaus
Light Harvesting by Lamellar Chromatophores in Rhodospirillum photometricum
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 106:2503-2510, JUN 3 2014
Purple photosynthetic bacteria harvest light using pigment-protein complexes which are often arranged in pseudo-organelles called chronnatophores. A model of a chromatophore from Rhodospirillum photometricum was constructed based on atomic force microscopy data. Molecular-dynamics simulations and quantum-dynamics calculations were performed to characterize the intercomplex excitation transfer network and explore the interplay between close-packing and light-harvesting efficiency.
