Donald Bryant
Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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403C Althouse Lab
University Park, PA - dab14@psu.edu
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Research Summary
Photosynthesis, structure-function relationships of proteins, gene regulation, and microbial physiology. Cyanobacteria and green sulfur bacteria. Genomics of photosynthetic bacteria.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Cyanobacteria Light Genes Synechococcus Growth Chlorophyll Earth (Planet) Chlorophyll F Acclimatization Chlorobi Photosynthesis Strain Biotechnology Carbohydrate Metabolism Viruses Bacteria Photosystem Ii Protein Complex Genome Infection Molecule Temperature Photosystem I Protein Complex Far Red Light Glycogen AcclimationMost Recent Papers
Changes in supramolecular organization of cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane complexes in response to far-red light photoacclimation
Craig MacGregor-Chatwin, Dennis J. Nürnberg, Philip J. Jackson, Cvetelin Vasilev, Andrew Hitchcock, Ming Yang Ho, Gaozhong Shen, Christopher J. Gisriel, William H.J. Wood, Moontaha Mahbub, Vera M. Selinger, Matthew P. Johnson, Mark J. Dickman, Alfred William Rutherford, Donald A. Bryant, C. Neil Hunter, 2022, Science advances
Structure of a monomeric photosystem II core complex from a cyanobacterium acclimated to far-red light reveals the functions of chlorophylls d and f
Christopher J. Gisriel, Gaozhong Shen, Ming Yang Ho, Vasily Kurashov, David A. Flesher, Jimin Wang, William H. Armstrong, John H. Golbeck, Marilyn R. Gunner, David J. Vinyard, Richard J. Debus, Gary W. Brudvig, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Structure of a photosystem I-ferredoxin complex from a marine cyanobacterium provides insights into far-red light photoacclimation
Christopher J. Gisriel, David A. Flesher, Gaozhong Shen, Jimin Wang, Ming Yang Ho, Gary W. Brudvig, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
Acclimation of the photosynthetic apparatus to low light in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. strain
Nathan Soulier, Karim Walters, Tatiana N. Laremore, Gaozhong Shen, John H. Golbeck, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Photosynthesis Research
Elioraea tepida, sp. Nov., a moderately thermophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium isolated from the mat community of an alkaline siliceous hot spring in yellowstone national park, WY, USA
Mohit Kumar Saini, Shohei Yoshida, Aswathy Sebastian, Eri Hara, Hideyuki Tamaki, Nathan T. Soulier, Istvan Albert, Satoshi Hanada, Marcus Tank, Donald A. Bryant, 2022, Microorganisms
Photosynthesis
Ming Yang Ho, Donald A. Bryant, 2021, on p. 245-255
Carotenoid biomarkers in Namibian shelf sediments
Jian Ma, Katherine L. French, Xingqian Cui, Donald A. Bryant, Roger E. Summons, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Chloracidobacterium Isolates Provides Evidence for Multiple Species
Mohit Kumar Saini, Aswathy Sebastian, Yoshiki Shirotori, Nathan T. Soulier, Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Stephan C. Schuster, Istvan Albert, Shin Haruta, Satoshi Hanada, Vera Thiel, Marcus Tank, Donald A. Bryant, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions
Maureen Berg, Danielle Goudeau, Charles Olmsted, Katherine D. McMahon, Senay Yitbarek, Jennifer L. Thweatt, Donald A. Bryant, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Rex R. Malmstrom, Simon Roux, 2021, ISME Journal on p. 1569-1584
Publisher Correction
Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, Rekha Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, Neha Varghese, Frederik Schulz, Dongying Wu, David Paez-Espino, I. Min Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Krishna Palaniappan, Joshua Ladau, Supratim Mukherjee, T. B.K. Reddy, Torben Nielsen, Edward Kirton, José P. Faria, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Christopher S. Henry, Sean P. Jungbluth, Dylan Chivian, Paramvir Dehal, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Adam P. Arkin, Susannah G. Tringe, Axel Visel, Helena Abreu, Silvia G. Acinas, Eric Allen, Michelle A. Allen, Gary Andersen, Alexandre M. Anesio, Graeme Attwood, Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Yacine Badis, Jake Bailey, Brett Baker, Petr Baldrian, Hazel A. Barton, David A.C. Beck, Eric D. Becraft, Harry R. Beller, J. Michael Beman, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Timothy D. Berry, Anthony Bertagnolli, Stefan Bertilsson, Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Donald A. Bryant, Mónica Medina, 2021, Nature Biotechnology on p. 520
Most-Cited Papers
Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light
Fei Gan, Shuyi Zhang, Nathan C. Rockwell, Shelley S. Martin, J. Clark Lagarias, Donald A. Bryant, 2014, Science on p. 1312-1317
Complete genome of Ignavibacterium album, a metabolically versatile, flagellated, facultative anaerobe from the phylum Chlorobi
Zhenfeng Liu, Niels Ulrik Frigaard, Kajetan Vogl, Takao Iino, Moriya Ohkuma, Jörg Overmann, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology
Occurrence of far-red light photoacclimation (FaRLiP) in diverse cyanobacteria
Fei Gan, Gaozhong Shen, Donald A. Bryant, 2015, Life on p. 4-24
Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 transcriptome
Marcus Ludwig, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology on p. 1-14
Light-dependent chlorophyll f synthase is a highly divergent paralog of PsbA of photosystem II
Ming Yang Ho, Gaozhong Shen, Daniel P. Canniffe, Chi Zhao, Donald A. Bryant, 2016, Science
A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes
Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, Rekha Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, Neha Varghese, Frederik Schulz, Dongying Wu, David Paez-Espino, I. Min Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Krishna Palaniappan, Joshua Ladau, Supratim Mukherjee, T. B.K. Reddy, Torben Nielsen, Edward Kirton, José P. Faria, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Christopher S. Henry, Sean P. Jungbluth, Dylan Chivian, Paramvir Dehal, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Adam P. Arkin, Susannah G. Tringe, Axel Visel, Helena Abreu, Silvia G. Acinas, Eric Allen, Michelle A. Allen, Lauren V. Alteio, Gary Andersen, Alexandre M. Anesio, Graeme Attwood, Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Yacine Badis, Jake Bailey, Brett Baker, Petr Baldrian, Hazel A. Barton, David A.C. Beck, Eric D. Becraft, Harry R. Beller, J. Michael Beman, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Timothy D. Berry, Anthony Bertagnolli, Stefan Bertilsson, Donald A. Bryant, Mónica Medina, 2021, Nature Biotechnology on p. 499-509
Acclimation of the global transcriptome of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 to nutrient limitations and different nitrogen sources
Marcus Ludwig, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology
Electronic coherence lineshapes reveal hidden excitonic correlations in photosynthetic light harvesting
Cathy Y. Wong, Richard M. Alvey, Daniel B. Turner, Krystyna E. Wilk, Donald A. Bryant, Paul M.G. Curmi, Robert J. Silbey, Gregory D. Scholes, 2012, Nature Chemistry on p. 396-404
Adaptive and acclimative responses of cyanobacteria to far-red light
Fei Gan, Donald A. Bryant, 2015, Environmental Microbiology on p. 3450-3465
Altered carbohydrate metabolism in glycogen synthase mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002
Yu Xu, L. Tiago Guerra, Zhongkui Li, Marcus Ludwig, G. Charles Dismukes, Donald A. Bryant, 2013, Metabolic Engineering on p. 56-67
News Articles Featuring Donald Bryant
Apr 09, 2020
Bryant honored with Kettering Award for excellence in photosynthesis research
Donald A. Bryant, Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, has been awarded the Charles F. Kettering Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists. The award was established by an endowment from the Kettering Foundation in 1962 and recognizes meritorious work in photosynthesis.
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Feb 05, 2020
Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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