Characterization of the FMO protein from the aerobic chlorophototroph, Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Tsukatani, Yusuke ^a   Wen, Jianzhong ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidobacteria; Chloracidobacterium thermophilum; Chlorosome; Exciton coupling; FMO protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FMO BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LIGAND; PIGMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIGANDS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ACIDOBACTERIA; CHLOROBI; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 77953651380     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9517-0     Document Type: Article

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