Isolation and characterization of homodimeric type-I reaction center complex from Candidatus chloracidobacterium thermophilum, an aerobic chlorophototroph

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5720-5732

  Tsukatani, Yusuke ^a,c   Romberger, Steven P ^a   Golbeck, John H ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE BANDS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROSOMES; CORE PROTEINS; GENE SEQUENCES; HOT SPRING MICROBIAL MATS; ION-EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION CENTER; SEQUENCE DATA; WHOLE CELL;

CHLOROPHYLL; HOT SPRINGS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS; ZINC;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; HOMODIMER; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CBPC; PROTEIN PSCA; TYPE 1 REACTION CENTER COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BLEACHING; CHLORACIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; AEROBIOSIS; APOENZYMES; CAROTENOIDS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857272963     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.323329     Document Type: Article

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