Multiple scattering X-ray absorption studies of Zn2+ binding sites in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 2038-2046

  Giachini, Lisa ^a,b   Francia, Francesco ^a   Mallardi, Antonia ^c   Palazzo, Gerardo ^d   Carpenè, Emilio ^a   Boscherini, Federico ^a,b   Venturoli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CADMIUM; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; WATER; ZINC;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

EID: 21244503204     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050971     Document Type: Article

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