The structure of chloroplast cytochrome c6 at 1.9 Å resolution: Evidence for functional oligomerization

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 627-647

  Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a   Anwar, Haroon P ^a   Interrante, Robert ^a   Merchant, Sabeeha ^a   Yeates, Todd O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Cytochrome c6; Heme; Photosynthesis; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; HEME; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 0029154240     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0404     Document Type: Article

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