With or without light: Comparing the reaction mechanism of dark-operative protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase with the energetic requirements of the light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Silva, Pedro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational chemistry; DFT; Electron transfer; Enzymology; Photosynthesis; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE SEQUENCE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907685382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.551     Document Type: Article

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