Active photosynthesis in cyanobacterial mutants with directed modifications in the ligands for two iron-sulfur clusters in the PsaC protein of photosystem I

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1826-1833

  Mannan, R Mannar ^a   He, Wei Zhong ^b   Metzger, Sabine U ^c   Whitmarsh, John ^c   Malkin, Richard ^b   Pakrasi, Himadri B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Directed mutagenesis; Iron sulfur centers; Photosynthesis; Photosystem I

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; FERREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029922259     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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