Investigating the mechanisms of photosynthetic proteins using continuum electrostatics

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-53

  Ullmann, G Matthias ^a   Kloppmann, Edda ^a   Essigke, Timm ^a   Krammer, Eva Maria ^a   Klingen, Astrid R ^a   Becker, Torsten ^a   Bombarda, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Docking; Electrostatic potential; Master equation; Membrane potential; pH and redox titration; Poisson Boltzmann equation; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 48449102215     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9306-1     Document Type: Review

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