The 2-methoxy group of ubiquinone is essential for function of the acceptor quinones in reaction centers from Rba. sphaeroides

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1777, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 631-636

  Wraight, Colin A ^a   Vakkasoglu, Ahmet S ^a   Poluektov, Yuri ^a   Mattis, Aidas J ^a   Nihan, Danielle ^b   Lipshutz, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Infrared spectroscopy; Quinone; Rba. sphaeroides; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; QUINONES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; UBIQUINONE;

PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 50949087723     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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