The influence of hydrogen bonds on the electronic structure of light-harvesting complexes from photosynthetic bacteria

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1146-1159

  Uyeda, G ^a   Williams, J C ^a   Roman, M ^b   Mattioli, T A ^b   Allen, J P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ACETYL GROUPS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAS; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTRA; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SIMPLE MODEL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WILD TYPES;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIA; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HARVESTING; HYDROGEN; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ELECTRONS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENYLALANINE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TRYPTOPHAN;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 76749151512     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi901247h     Document Type: Article

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