The position of QB in the photosynthetic reaction center depends on pH: A theoretical analysis of the proton uptake upon QB reduction

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 2090-2098

  Taly, Antoine ^a,b   Sebban, Pierre ^b   Smith, Jeremy C ^a   Ullmann, G Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; NONHEME IRON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRICITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ILLUMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0037342175     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)75016-4     Document Type: Article

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