Understanding the changes in the circular dichroism of light harvesting complex II upon varying its pigment composition and organization

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4745-4754

  Georgakopoulou, Sofia ^a,b   Van Der Zwan, Gert ^c   Bassi, Roberto ^d   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^c   Van Amerongen, Herbert ^e   Croce, Roberta ^a,f  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE MOMENT; PIGMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LIGHT HARVESTING ANTENNA; MONOMELIC SUBUNITS; MONOMER-MONOMER INTERACTIONS; NEGATIVE BANDS;

DICHROISM;

CAROTENOID; DETERGENT; MONOMER; NEOXANTHIN; PIGMENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOPHORE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION; SIMULATION; SPINACH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 34247472611     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi062031y     Document Type: Article

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