Protein flexibility acclimatizes photosynthetic energy conversion to the ambient temperature

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7104, 2006, Pages 827-830

  Shlyk Kerner, Oksana ^a   Samish, Ilan ^a,b   Kaftan, David ^a,b,c   Holland, Neta ^a,b,d   Maruthi Sai, P S ^a,b,e   Kless, Hadar ^a   Scherz, Avigdor ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e Biological E Limited   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MESOPHILES; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN FLEXIBILITY;

PROTEINS;

CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBULAR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; AMINO ACID; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CATALYSIS; EARTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRON; ENERGY BUDGET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MOBILIZATION; MUTATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33747467088     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04947     Document Type: Article

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