The photo-oxidation of low-potential hemes in the tetraheme cytochrome subunit of the reaction center in whole cells of Blastochloris viridis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-197

  Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Shimada, Keizo ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastochloris (Rhodopseudomonas) viridis; Electron transfer; Photosynthesis; Purple bacteria; Reaction center; Tetraheme cytochrome

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HEME; PHOTOOXIDATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UBIQUINONE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033048332     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029527     Document Type: Article

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