Electron transfers amongst cytochrome f, plastocyanin and photosystem I: Kinetics and mechanisms

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1456, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-26

  Hope, A B ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidic residues; Basic residues; Cytochrome c6; Docking; Electrostatic complex; Ionic strength; Models; pH; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME F; PLASTOCYANIN;

CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROMES; CYTOCHROMES F; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLASTOCYANIN; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 0034598395     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(99)00101-2     Document Type: Review

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