Crystal structure of plant light-harvesting complex shows the active, energy-transmitting state

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-306

  Barros, Tiago ^a   Royant, Antoine ^b,c   Standfuss, Jörg ^a   Dreuw, Andreas ^d   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Fluorescence; Light harvesting; Nonphotochemical quenching; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BINDING SITES; CHLOROPHYLL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PEAS; PHOTONS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59649083740     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.276     Document Type: Article

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