Dynamic Modeling of a 100-Million-Atom Organelle at the Source of Life (Cell)

In this issue of Cell, Singharoy et al. present a rate kinetic model for the chromatophore of photosynthetic purple bacteria generated from molecular dynamics simulations. It shows that the chromatophore`s architecture is optimized for producing bioenergy under low light typical of the natural bacterial habitat while minimizing photodamage under stress conditions.