Identification of proton transfer pathways in the x-ray crystal structure of the bacterial reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Abresch, E G ^a   Paddock, M L ^a   Stowell, M H B ^b   McPhillips, T M ^b   Axelrod, H L ^a   Soltis, S M ^c   Rees, D C ^b   Okamura, M Y ^a   Feher, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Crystal structure; Electron transfer; Proton transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0031830391     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006047519260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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