Structural Basis for the Unusual Qy Red-Shift and Enhanced Thermostability of the LH1 Complex from Thermochromatium tepidum

Biochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 47, 2016, Pages 6495-6504

  Yu, Long Jiang ^a,c   Kawakami, Tomoaki ^a   Kimura, Yukihiro ^b   Wang Otomo, Zheng Yu ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; BINS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL BONDS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STABILITY;

ANTENNA COMPLEXES; DIVALENT METAL ION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEXES; METAL BINDING SITES; PURPLE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; POLYPEPTIDE; STRONTIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BARIUM; CALCIUM; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; CRYSTALLIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARIUM; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CHROMATIACEAE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRONTIUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85000997436     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00742     Document Type: Article

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