Redox titration of two [Fe-4S] clusters in the photosynthetic reaction center from the anaerobic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 454-461

  Scott, M Paul ^a   Kjœr, Bodil ^b   Scheller, Henrik Vibe ^b   Golbeck, John H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorobium; Iron sulfur cluster; Photosystem I; Potential; Titration

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; IRON; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CHLOROBI; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SULFUR;

EID: 0030609820     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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