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A protein in the spotlight

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The photocurrent of a single photosynthetic protein can be measured by using a scanning probe tip as both an electrode and a localized light source.

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Figure 1: Measuring the photocurrent of a single PS I protein.

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  1. Nicolas Plumeré is at the Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany,

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