Acquisition of photosynthetic capacity by a reaction centre that lacks the QA ubiquinone; possible insights into the evolution of reaction centres?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1607, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Wakeham, Marion C ^a   Frolov, Dmitrij ^b   Fyfe, Paul K ^a   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^b   Jones, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Reaction centre; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUINONE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; X RAY;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0141817939     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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