Conformation analysis of carotenoids in the purple bacterium Rhodobium marinum based on NMR spectroscopy and AM1 calculation

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1311-1319

  Qian, Pu ^a,b   Mizoguchi, Tadashi ^a   Fujii, Ritsuko ^a   Hara, Kazukimi ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CONFORMATION ANALYSIS;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CAROTENOID; POLYENE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CAROTENOIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYENES; PROTEINS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036827076     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0255230     Document Type: Article

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