Significance of protein crowding, order and mobility for photosynthetic membrane functions

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 967-970

  Kirchhoff, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lateral diffusion; Molecular crowding; Photosystem II; Plastoquinone; Protein order

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PLASTOQUINONE;

BIOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTOQUINONE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THYLAKOIDS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 53849144311     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0360967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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