Probing binding site of bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoid in the reconstituted LH1 complex from Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 by Stark spectroscopy

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 339-344

  Nakagawa, Katsunori ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^b   Fujii, Ritsuko ^b   Gardiner, Alastair T ^c   Cogdell, Richard J ^c   Nango, Mamoru ^a   Hashimoto, Hideki ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll a; Binding site; Carotenoid; LH1 complex; Purple photosynthetic bacterium; Reconstitution; Rhodospirillum rubrum; Stark spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CAROTENOID;

BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BINDING SITES; CAROTENOIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR PROBES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 37749016047     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9261-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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