Peridinin-chlorophyll-protein reconstituted with chlorophyll mixtures: Preparation, bulk and single molecule spectroscopy

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5257-5262

  Brotosudarmo, T H P ^a   Hofmann, E ^b   Hiller, R G ^c   Wormke S ^a   Mackowski, S ^a   Zumbusch, A ^d   Brauchle C ^a   Scheer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Energy transfer; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Single molecule spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PERIDININ CHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SINGLE MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33748804714     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.049     Document Type: Article

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