The solution structure of the PufX polypeptide from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 6967-6971

  Tunnicliffe, Richard B ^a   Ratcliffe, Emma C ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a   Williamson, Mike P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light harvesting; Membrane protein; NMR structure; Photosynthesis; Reaction centre; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYPEPTIDE; PUFX POLYPEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TITRIMETRY;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 33845433893     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.11.065     Document Type: Article

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