Structure, function and interactions of the PufX protein

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1777, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 613-630

  Holden Dye, Kate ^a   Crouch, Lucy I ^a   Jones, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Photosystem; PufX; Purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN; PUFX PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER;

PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER;

EID: 46349084478     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.015     Document Type: Review

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