Probing structure–function relationships in early events in photosynthesis using a chimeric photocomplex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 41, 2017, Pages 10906-10911

  Nagashima, Kenji V P ^a   Sasaki, Mai ^b   Hashimoto, Kanako ^c   Takaichi, Shinichi ^d,h   Nagashima, Sakiko ^a,e   Yu, Long Jiang ^f   Abe, Yuto ^b   Gotou, Kenta ^b   Kawakami, Tomoaki ^b   Takenouchi, Mizuki ^b   Shibuya, Yuuta ^b   Yamaguchi, Akira ^b   Ohno, Takashi ^c   Shen, Jian Ren ^f   Inoue, Kazuhito ^a   Madigan, Michael T ^g   Kimura, Yukihiro ^c   Wang Otomo, Zheng Yu ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca binding; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Qy transition; Thermochromatium tepidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE CLUSTER; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHOTOTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOCHROMATIUM TEPIDUM; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATIACEAE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 85030755377     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1703584114     Document Type: Article

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