Structure of the LH1-RC complex from Thermochromatium tepidum at 3.0 Å

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 7495, 2014, Pages 228-232

  Niwa, Satomi ^a   Yu, Long Jiang ^b   Takeda, Kazuki ^a   Hirano, Yu ^a   Kawakami, Tomoaki ^b   Wang Otomo, Zheng Yu ^b   Miki, Kunio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; HETERODIMER; UBIQUINONE; CALCIUM; RHODOVIOLASCIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIUM; CATION; ENERGY FLUX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT HARVESTING CORE ANTENNA; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; COENZYME; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CALCIUM; CHROMATIACEAE; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; UBIQUINONE; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84900331836     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13197     Document Type: Article

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