Paper Citing NAMD - Abstract
Hsin, Jen; Chandler, Danielle E.; Gumbart, James; Harrison, Christopher B.; Sener, Melih; Strumpfer, Johan; Schulten, Klaus
Self-Assembly of Photosynthetic Membranes
CHEMPHYSCHEM, 11:1154-1159, APR 26 2010
Bacterial photosynthetic membranes, also known as chromatophores, are tightly packed with integral membrane proteins that work together to carry out photosynthesis. Chromatophores display a wide range of cellular morphologies; spherical, tubular, and lamellar chromatophores have all been observed in different bacterial species, or with different protein constituents. Through recent computational modeling and simulation, it has been demonstrated that the light-harvesting complexes abundant in chromatophores induce local membrane curvature via multiple mechanisms. These protein complexes assemble to generate a global curvature and sculpt the chromatophores into various cellular-scale architectures.
