Conservation of distantly related membrane proteins: Photosynthetic reaction centers share a common structural core

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2001-2007

  Sadekar, Sumedha ^a   Raymond, Jason ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Photosynthesis; Protein structure; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HOMODIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PIGMENT;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY YIELD; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33749550607     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl079     Document Type: Article

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