Structural Basis for the PufX-Mediated Dimerization of Bacterial Photosynthetic Core Complexes

Structure

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1674-1683

  Busselez, Johan ^a   Cottevieille, Magali ^b   Cuniasse, Philippe ^c   Gubellini, Francesca ^a   Boisset, Nicolas ^b   Lévy, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

Author keywords

PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; HETERODIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PUFX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER;

EID: 36749102634     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.09.026     Document Type: Article

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