Electron transport dynamics at the quinone acceptor site of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers as probed using fast temperature changes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 537-543

  Chamorovsky, Sergei K ^a   Knox, Peter P ^a   Chizhov, Igor V ^b   Zubov, Boris V ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Cytochromes; Electron transport; Photosynthetic reaction center; Purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHROMATOPHORE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COOLING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREEZING; LASER; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BENZOQUINONES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FREEZING; HEAT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0242473910     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0289-8     Document Type: Article

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