Energetics of quinone-dependent electron and proton transfers in Rhodobacter sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-96

  Zhu, Zhenyu ^a   Gunner, M R ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; KETONES; NEGATIVE IONS; PROTONS; REACTION KINETICS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL MIDPOINTS; MULTIPLE CONFORMATION CONTINUUM ELECTROSTATICS (MCCE); REDOX STATES; SOLVATION ENERGY;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DETERGENTS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; THERMODYNAMICS; UBIQUINONE;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 11844302809     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048348k     Document Type: Article

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