The photosystem of Rhodobacter sphaeroides assembles with zinc bacteriochlorophyll in a bchD (magnesium chelatase) mutant

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 12491-12500

  Jaschke, Paul R ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOIDS; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BINDING SITES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; CAROTENOID; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM CHELETASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC PROTOPORPHYRIN IX;

ACIDIPHILIUM; ACIDIPHILIUM RUBRUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BCHD GENE; BINDING SITE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LYASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ACIDIPHILIUM RUBRUM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 35648935378     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701407k     Document Type: Article

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