Which side of the π-macrocycle plane of (bacterio)chlorophylls is favored for binding of the fifth ligand?

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Oba, Toru ^a,c   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterichlorophyll a; Chirality; Chlorophyll a; Chlorophyll a ; Coordination; P700

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036438486     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020816128794     Document Type: Article

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