Density functional studies of the spin density distribution of the P865 cation radical in the reaction center of Rb sphaeroides

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 13261-13266

  Robotham, Benjamin ^a   O'Malley, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; COUPLINGS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POSITIVE IONS;

ACID ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CATION RADICALS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIMER CATION RADICALS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATIONS; HYPERFINE COUPLINGS; MACROCYCLES; METHYL GROUPS; MUTATIONAL CHANGES; REACTION CENTERS; SPHAEROIDES; SPIN DENSITIES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID; CATION; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RB SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 57649133945     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801395s     Document Type: Article

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