Experimental evidence that the membrane-spanning helix of PufX adopts a bent conformation that facilitates dimerisation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides RC-LH1 complex through N-terminal interactions

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1807, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-107

  Ratcliffe, Emma C ^a   Tunnicliffe, Richard B ^a   Ng, Irene W ^a   Adams, Peter G ^a   Qian, Pu ^a   Holden Dye, Katherine ^b   Jones, Michael R ^b   Williamson, Michael P ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial photosynthesis; Membrane protein; Photosynthetic membrane; PufX, light harvesting; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PUFX POLYPETIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; MICELLE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 78249258718     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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