Characterization of the Porphyridium cruentum Chl a-binding LHC by in vitro reconstitution: LHCaR1 binds 8 Chl a molecules and proportionately more carotenoids than CAB proteins

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-96

  Grabowski, Beatrice ^b   Tan, Shi ^a,b   Cunningham Jr , Francis X ^b   Gantt, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chl a binding protein; Chlorophyll a; Evolution; LHC 1; Light harvesting complex; Porphyridium cruentum; Reconstitution; Red alga; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM;

EID: 0034007199     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006357107247     Document Type: Article

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