Lipidic cubic phase crystal structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides at 2.35 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 681-692

  Katona, Gergely ^a   Andréasson, Ulf ^b   Landau, Ehud M ^c   Andréasson, Lars Erik ^b   Neutze, Richard ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthetic reaction centre; Lipidic cubic phase crystallisation; Membrane proteins; Photosynthesis; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CHLORIDE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIGHT; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0043095535     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00751-4     Document Type: Article

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