Identification of the intermediate charge-separated state P +βL- in a leucine M214 to histidine mutant of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center using femtosecond midinfrared spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4956-4965

  Pawlowicz, Natalia P ^a   Van Stokkum, Ivo H M ^a   Breton, Jacques ^b   Van Grondelle, Rienk ^a   Jones, Michael R ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Section de Bioenergetique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOPHEOPHYTIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM; WILD TYPE;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 68949083188     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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