Cryo-EM structure of the Blastochloris viridis LH1-RC complex at 2.9 Å

Nature

Volumn 556, Issue 7700, 2018, Pages 203-208

  Qian, Pu ^a   Siebert, C Alistair ^b   Wang, Peiyi ^c   Canniffe, Daniel P ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROME; POLYPEPTIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL B; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM;

BACTERIUM; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME STABILITY; INFRARED RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN STABILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS;

APOPROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BENZOQUINONES; BINDING SITES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 85045236434     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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