The PuhB protein of Rhodobacter capsulatus functions in photosynthetic reaction center assembly with a secondary effect on light-harvesting complex 1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1334-1343

  Aklujkar, Muktak ^a   Prince, Roger C ^b   Beatty, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PUHB; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX 1, RHODOSPIRILLUM; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX 1, RHODOSPIRILLUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PUFX PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 14544293950     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.4.1334-1343.2005     Document Type: Article

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