Proton and electron transfer in the acceptor quinone complex of photosynthetic reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 309-337

  Wraight, Colin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrron Transfer; Photosynthetic Reaction Centers; Proton Transfer; Quinones; Rba. sphaeroides; Review

Indexed keywords

SEMIQUINONE; PROTON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTONS; QUINONES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 1242347393     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1236     Document Type: Review

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