Bacteriochlorophyllide c C-82 and C-121 methyltransferases are essential for adaptation to low light in Chlorobaculum tepidum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6176-6184

  Chew, Aline Gomez Maqueo ^a   Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL D; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL E; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLIDE C METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PIGMENT; PROTEIN BCHQ; PROTEIN BCHR; RADICAL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BCHQ GENE; BCHR GENE; CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBI; CHLOROPHYLLIDES; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORGANELLES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 34548515064     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00519-07     Document Type: Article

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