Crystal structure of the electron carrier domain of the reaction center cytochrome cz subunit from green photosynthetic bacterium chlorobium tepidum

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1175-1187

  Hirano, Yu ^a,b   Higuchi, Makoto ^a   Azai, Chihiro ^c   Oh oka, Hirozo ^c   Miki, Kunio ^b   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial ligands; Green sulfur bacteria; Heme; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME CZ SUBUNIT; HEME; MENAQUINOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM REPIDUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 77950517983     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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