Functional expression and characterization of a bacterial light-harvesting membrane protein in Escherichia coli and cell-free synthesis systems

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1942-1948

  Shimada, Yuichiro ^a   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a   Mochizuki, Yushi ^a   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^a   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell free synthesis; Heterologous expression; Light harvesting complex; Membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONS; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

CELL-FREE SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION; INTEGRAL MEMBRANES; LIGHT-HARVESTING (LH) INTEGRAL MEMBRANES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 7044260891     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1942     Document Type: Article

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