The three-dimensional structure of the FMO protein from Pelodictyon phaeum and the implications for energy transfer

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-150

  Larson, Chadwick R ^a   Seng, Chenda O ^a   Lauman, Lisa ^a   Matthies, Heather J ^b   Wen, Jianzhong ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^b   Allen, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorosome; Energy transfer; Green bacteria; Light harvesting complex; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FMO BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBI; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELODICTYON PHAEUM;

EID: 79953844961     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9604-2     Document Type: Article

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