A time-resolved iron-specific X-ray absorption experiment yields no evidence for an Fe2+ → Fe3+ transition during Q A- → QB electron transfer in the photosynthetic reaction center

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-359

  Hermes, Sabine ^a   Bremm, Oliver ^a   Garczarek, Florian ^a   Derrien, Valerie ^c   Liebisch, Peter ^b   Loja, Paola ^b   Sebban, Pierre ^c   Gerwert, Klaus ^a   Haumann, Michael ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; OXIDATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER; TIME-RESOLVED IRON-SPECIFIC X-RAY ABSORPTION EXPERIMENT;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

IRON; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UBIQUINONE; X-RAYS;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 30744462072     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0515725     Document Type: Article

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