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Publications: P Tanai Cardona Londono

Kim TD, Pretorius D, Murray JW, Cardona T ( 2025 ) . Exploring the Structural Diversity and Evolution of the <scp>D1</scp> Subunit of Photosystem <scp>II</scp> Using <scp>AlphaFold</scp> and Foldtree . Physiologia Plantarum vol. 177 , ( 3 ) Article e70284 ,
Jiang H-W, Gisriel CJ, Cardona T, Flesher DA, Brudvig GW, Ho M-Y ( 2025 ) . Structure and evolution of photosystem I in the early-branching cyanobacterium\n <i>Anthocerotibacter panamensis</i> . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences vol. 122 , ( 20 ) Article e2427090122 ,
Kim TD, Pretorius D, Murray JW, Cardona T ( 2025 ) . Exploring the structural diversity and evolution of the D1 subunit of photosystem II using AlphaFold and Foldtree .
Jiang H-W, Gisriel CJ, Cardona T, Flesher DA, Brudvig GW, Ho M-Y ( 2024 ) . Structure and evolution of Photosystem I in the early-branching cyanobacterium<i>Anthocerotibacter panamensis</i> .
Eckardt NA, Allahverdiyeva Y, Alvarez CE, Büchel C, Burlacot A, Cardona T, Chaloner E, Engel BD et al. ( 2024 ) . Lighting the way: Compelling open questions in photosynthesis research . The Plant Cell vol. 36 , ( 10 ) 3914 - 3943 .
Gisriel CJ, Bryant DA, Brudvig GW, Cardona T ( 2023 ) . Molecular diversity and evolution of far-red light-acclimated photosystem I . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 14 , Article 1289199 ,
Oliver T, Kim TD, Trinugroho JP, Cordón-Preciado V, Wijayatilake N, Bhatia A, Rutherford AW, Cardona T ( 2023 ) . The Evolution and Evolvability of Photosystem II . Annual Review of Plant Biology vol. 74 , ( 1 ) 225 - 257 .
Cardona T, Nixon P ( 2023 ) . Meeting reports . The Biochemist vol. 45 , ( 1 ) 39 - 39 .
Murphy DJ, Cardona T ( 2023 ) . Photosynthetic Life Origin, Evolution, and Future .
Kim TD, Oliver T, Trinugroho JP, Cordón-Preciado V, Bianchini G, Rutherford AW, Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Cardona T ( 2022 ) . Evolution and evolvability of photosystem II . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1863 , Article 148828 , 148828 - 148828 .
Gisriel CJ, Cardona T, Bryant DA, Brudvig GW ( 2022 ) . Molecular Evolution of Far-Red Light-Acclimated Photosystem II . Microorganisms vol. 10 , ( 7 ) 1270 - 1270 .
Antonaru LA, Cardona T, Larkum AWD, Nürnberg DJ ( 2022 ) . Correction to: Global distribution of a chlorophyll <i>f</i> cyanobacterial marker . The ISME Journal vol. 16 , ( 6 ) 1680 - 1680 .
Saw JH, Cardona T, Montejano G ( 2021 ) . Complete Genome Sequencing of a Novel<i>Gloeobacter</i>Species from a Waterfall Cave in Mexico . Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 13 , ( 12 ) Article evab264 ,
Gisriel CJ, Azai C, Cardona T ( 2021 ) . Recent advances in the structural diversity of reaction centers . Photosynthesis Research vol. 149 , ( 3 ) 329 - 343 .
Oliver T, Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Larkum AW, Rutherford AW, Cardona T ( 2021 ) . Time-resolved comparative molecular evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1862 , ( 6 ) Article 148400 , 148400 - 148400 .
Antonaru LA, Cardona T, Larkum AWD, Nürnberg DJ ( 2020 ) . Global distribution of a chlorophyll <i>f</i> cyanobacterial marker . The ISME Journal vol. 14 , ( 9 ) 2275 - 2287 .
Oliver T, Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Larkum AW, Rutherford AW, Cardona T ( 2020 ) . Time-resolved comparative molecular evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis .
Sánchez‐Baracaldo P, Cardona T ( 2019 ) . On the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis and Cyanobacteria . New Phytologist vol. 225 , ( 4 ) 1440 - 1446 .
Cardona T, Rutherford AW ( 2019 ) . Evolution of Photochemical Reaction Centres: More Twists? . Trends in Plant Science vol. 24 , ( 11 ) 1008 - 1021 .
Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H ( 2019 ) . Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum Candidatus Eremiobacterota (WPS-2) . Frontiers in Microbiology vol. 10 , Article 1658 ,
Cardona T ( 2019 ) . Thinking twice about the evolution of photosynthesis . Open Biology vol. 9 , ( 3 ) Article 180246 ,
Ward LM, Cardona T, Holland-Moritz H ( 2019 ) . Evolutionary Implications of Anoxygenic Phototrophy in the Bacterial Phylum<i>Candidatus</i>Palusbacterota (WPS-2) .
Cardona T, Rutherford AW ( 2018 ) . Evolution of photochemical reaction centres: more twists? .
Cardona T, Sánchez‐Baracaldo P, Rutherford AW, Larkum AW ( 2018 ) . Early Archean origin of Photosystem <scp>II</scp> . Geobiology vol. 17 , ( 2 ) 127 - 150 .
( 2018 ) . Photochemistry beyond the red limit in chlorophyll f–containing photosystems . Science vol. 360 , ( 6394 ) 1210 - 1213 .
Cardona T, Shao S, Nixon PJ ( 2018 ) . Enhancing photosynthesis in plants: the light reactions . Essays in Biochemistry vol. 62 , ( 1 ) 85 - 94 .
Cardona T ( 2018 ) . Early Archean origin of heterodimeric Photosystem I . Heliyon vol. 4 , ( 3 ) Article e00548 , e00548 - e00548 .
Shao S, Cardona T, Nixon PJ ( 2018 ) . Early emergence of the FtsH proteases involved in photosystem II repair . Photosynthetica vol. 56 , ( SPECIAL ISSUE ) 163 - 177 .
Cardona T ( 2017 ) . Early Archean origin of heterodimeric Photosystem I .
Magnuson A, Cardona T ( 2017 ) . Isolation of Intact Thylakoid Membranes from Heterocysts of Filamentous, Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria . Methods in Molecular Biology , Springer New York
Cardona T ( 2017 ) . Photosystem II is a Chimera of Reaction Centers . Journal of Molecular Evolution vol. 84 , ( 2-3 ) 149 - 151 .
Cardona T, Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Rutherford AW, Larkum AWD ( 2017 ) . Early Archean origin of Photosystem II .
Cardona T ( 2017 ) . Evolution of Photosynthesis . Wiley
Cardona T ( 2016 ) . Origin of Bacteriochlorophyll a and the Early Diversification of Photosynthesis . PLOS ONE vol. 11 , ( 3 ) e0151250 - e0151250 .
Cardona T ( 2016 ) . Reconstructing the Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis: Do Assembly and Photoactivation Recapitulate Evolution? . Frontiers in Plant Science vol. 7 ,
Magnuson A, Cardona T ( 2016 ) . Thylakoid membrane function in heterocysts . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1857 , ( 3 ) 309 - 319 .
Cotton CAR, Douglass JS, De Causmaecker S, Brinkert K, Cardona T, Fantuzzi A, Rutherford AW, Murray JW ( 2015 ) . Photosynthetic Constraints on Fuel from Microbes . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology vol. 3 ,
Cardona T, Murray JW, Rutherford AW ( 2015 ) . Origin and Evolution of Water Oxidation before the Last Common Ancestor of the Cyanobacteria . Molecular Biology and Evolution vol. 32 , ( 5 ) 1310 - 1328 .
Cardona T ( 2014 ) . A fresh look at the evolution and diversification of photochemical reaction centers . Photosynthesis Research vol. 126 , ( 1 ) 111 - 134 .
Kato M, Cardona T, Rutherford AW, Reisner E ( 2013 ) . Covalent Immobilization of Oriented Photosystem II on a Nanostructured Electrode for Solar Water Oxidation . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 135 , ( 29 ) 10610 - 10613 .
Kato M, Cardona T, Rutherford AW, Reisner E ( 2012 ) . Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation with Photosystem II Integrated in a Mesoporous Indium–Tin Oxide Electrode . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 134 , ( 20 ) 8332 - 8335 .
Cardona T, Sedoud A, Cox N, Rutherford AW ( 2012 ) . Charge separation in Photosystem II: A comparative and evolutionary overview . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1817 , ( 1 ) 26 - 43 .
Cardona T, Magnuson A ( 2010 ) . Excitation energy transfer to Photosystem I in filaments and heterocysts of Nostoc punctiforme . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1797 , ( 3 ) 425 - 433 .
Cardona T, Battchikova N, Zhang P, Stensjö K, Aro E-M, Lindblad P, Magnuson A ( 2009 ) . Electron transfer protein complexes in the thylakoid membranes of heterocysts from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics vol. 1787 , ( 4 ) 252 - 263 .
Ow SY, Noirel J, Cardona T, Taton A, Lindblad P, Stensjö K, Wright PC ( 2008 ) . Quantitative Overview of N<sub>2</sub> Fixation in <i>Nostoc punctiforme</i> ATCC 29133 through Cellular Enrichments and iTRAQ Shotgun Proteomics . Journal of Proteome Research vol. 8 , ( 1 ) 187 - 198 .
Ow SY, Cardona T, Taton A, Magnuson A, Lindblad P, Stensjö K, Wright PC ( 2008 ) . Quantitative Shotgun Proteomics of Enriched Heterocysts from <i>Nostoc</i> sp. PCC 7120 Using 8-Plex Isobaric Peptide Tags . Journal of Proteome Research vol. 7 , ( 4 ) 1615 - 1628 .
Cardona T, Styring S, Lindblad P, Magnuson A ( 2008 ) . Purified Heterocysts from Nostoc punctiforme Studied by Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy . Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun , Springer Netherlands
Cardona T, Battchikova N, Agervald Å, Zhang P, Nagel E, Aro E, Styring S, Lindblad P et al. ( 2007 ) . Isolation and characterization of thylakoid membranes from the filamentous cyanobacterium<i>Nostoc punctiforme</i> . Physiologia Plantarum vol. 131 , ( 4 ) 622 - 634 .