Quinone reduction via secondary B-branch electron transfer in mutant bacterial reaction centers

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1718-1730

  Laible, Philip D ^a,b   Kirmaier, Christine ^b   Udawatte, Chandani S M ^b   Hofman, Samuel J ^b   Holten, Dewey ^b   Hanson, Deborah K ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DETERGENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDUCTION;

ELECTRON TRANSFER;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; DETERGENT; STIGMATELLIN; TERBUTRYN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BENZOQUINONES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; IMIDOESTERS; KINETICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHEOPHYTINS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TITRIMETRY; TRIAZINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0037452511     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi026959b     Document Type: Article

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