X-ray structure of the high-salt form of the peridinin-chlorophyll α-protein from the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae: Modulation of the spectral properties of pigments by the protein environment

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4466-4475

  Schulte, Tim ^a   Sharples, Frank P ^b   Hiller, Roger G ^b   Hofmann, Eckhard ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LS Biophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE-SHIFTED; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; GEOMETRY DISTORTION; IDEAL MODEL; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; LIPID MOLECULES; MACROCYCLE; PERIDININ; PIGMENT COMPOSITION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE VARIATIONS; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; TUNING MECHANISM; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; CHLOROPHYLL; DYES; ELECTROSTATICS; HARVESTING; LIGHT; PAINT; SOLAR ENERGY;

PORPHYRINS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPID; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PERIDININ; PHYTOL; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAROTENOIDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 66349088474     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi802320q     Document Type: Article

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