Examination of the putative Ca2+-binding site in the light-harvesting complex 1 of thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-220

  Yu, Long Jiang ^a   Kato, Shogo ^a   Wang, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Membrane protein; Photosynthesis; Sulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM;

CALCIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CHROMATIACEAE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650872632     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9596-y     Document Type: Article

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