The purple bacterial photosynthetic unit
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Photosynthesis Research
- Vol. 48 (1-2) , 55-63
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00040996
Abstract
Now is a very exciting time for researchers in the area of the primary reactions of purple bacterial photosynthesis. Detailed structural information is now available for not only the reaction center (Lancaster et al. 1995, in: Blankenship RE et al. (eds) Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, pp 503–526), but also LH2 from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila (McDermott et al. 1995, Nature 374: 517–521) and LH1 from Rhodospirillum rubrum (Karrasch et al. 1995. EMBO J 14: 631–638). These structures can now be integrated to produce models of the complete photosynthetic unit (PSU) (Papiz et al., 1996, Trends Plant Sci, in press), which opens the door to a much more detailed understanding of the energy transfer events occurring within the PSU.Keywords
This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
- Consequences for the Organization of Reaction Center-Light Harvesting Antenna 1 (LH1) Core Complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Arising from Deletion of Amino Acid Residues from the C Terminus of the LH1 α PolypeptidePublished by Elsevier ,1996
- PROTEIN STRUCI'URE MODELLING OF THE BACTERIAL LIGHT‐HARVESTING COMPLEXPhotochemistry and Photobiology, 1994
- The Rhodobacter sphaeroides PufX protein is not required for photosynthetic competence in the absence of a light harvesting systemFEBS Letters, 1994
- Cloning of a new antenna gene cluster and expression analysis of the antenna gene family of Rhodopseudomonas palustrisEuropean Journal of Biochemistry, 1993
- SITE‐DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS OF THE LH2 LIGHT‐HARVESTING COMPLEX OF Rhodobacter sphaeroides: CHANGING βLys23 TO Gin RESULTS IN A SHIFT IN THE 850 nm ABSORPTION PEAKPhotochemistry and Photobiology, 1993
- Pleiotropic effects of pufX gene deletion on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter capsulatusBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1992
- Single amino acid substitutions in the B870 α and β light‐harvesting polypeptides of Rhodobacter capsulatusEuropean Journal of Biochemistry, 1991
- Size and structure of antenna complexes of photosynthetic bacteria as studied by singlet-singlet quenching of the bacteriochlorophyll fluorescence yieldBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, 1983
- Three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic membraneNature, 1982
- CONTROL OF SYNTHESIS OF REACTION CENTER BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAPhotochemistry and Photobiology, 1972