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| ATOMIC MODEL OF PLANT LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX BY ELECTRON CRYSTALLOGRAPHY |
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| Author(s): KUHLBRANDT W, WANG DN, FUJIYOSHI Y |
| Source: NATURE Volume: 367 Issue: 6464 Pages: 614-621 Published: FEB 17 1994 |
| Times Cited: 1,183 References: 53 |
| Abstract: The structure of the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complex, an integral membrane protein, has been determined at 3.4 Angstrom resolution by electron crystallography of two-dimensional crystals. Two of the three membrane-spanning alpha-helices are held together by ion pairs formed by charged residues that also serve as chlorophyll ligands. In the centre of the complex, chlorophyll a is in close contact with chlorophyll b for rapid energy transfer, and with two carotenoids that prevent the formation of toxic singlet oxygen. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: KUHLBRANDT, W (reprint author), EUROPEAN MOLEC BIOL LAB, MEYERHOFSTR 1, D-69117 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY |
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1. PROT ENGN RES INST, SUITA, OSAKA 565 JAPAN |
| Publisher: MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, PORTERS SOUTH, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND N1 9XW |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: MW688 |
| ISSN: 0028-0836 |
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