Specific Ca2+-binding motif in the LH1 complex from photosynthetic bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum as revealed by optical spectroscopy and structural modeling

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1739-1749

  Ma, Fei ^b,c   Kimura, Yukihiro ^a   Yu, Long Jiang ^a   Wang, Peng ^b   Ai, Xi Cheng ^b   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a   Zhang, Jian Ping ^b  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

3D structural modeling; Light harvesting reaction center core complex (LH1 RC); Photosynthetic purple bacterium; Raman spectroscopy; Thermochromatium (Tch.) tepidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; THERMOCHROMATIUM; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM;

BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CHROMATIACEAE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349147743     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06905.x     Document Type: Article

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