Construction of photosynthetic antenna complex using light-harvesting polypeptide-α from photosynthetic bacteria, R. rubrum with zinc substituted bacteriochlorophyll a

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-217

  Nagata, Morio ^a   Nango, Mamoru ^a   Kashiwada, Ayumi ^a   Yamada, Shuhei ^a   Ito, Seiji ^a   Sawa, Naoko ^a   Ogawa, Makiko ^a   Iida, Kouji ^b   Kurono, Yukihisa ^c   Ohtsuka, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; OCTYL BETA GLUCOSIDE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MICELLE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0037790983     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2003.216     Document Type: Article

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8. The data were analyzed by using standard Guinier analysis (A. Guinier and G. Fournet, "Small Angle Scattering," Wiley, New York (1955)), fitting with a form factor of a sphere. The data indicated that the diameter of the complex corresponding to that of the subunit-type complex or LH1-type complex between BChl a and the LH-α/-β polypeptides from R. rubrum in the OG micelle is 3.8nm from SAXS measurement at 25°C or 22nm from DLS measurement at 4°C.
9. 3, indicating that the ability was enhanced in the order: ZnMPMME-L-HisOMe > MgMPMME-L-HisOMe > NiMPMME-L-HisOMe.