STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY The purple heart of photosynthesis

被引:14
作者
Cogdell, Richard J. [1 ]
Roszak, Aleksander W. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Glasgow, Inst Mol Cell & Syst Biol, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Glasgow, WestCHEM, Sch Chem, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
关键词
RHODOBACTER-SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM-RUBRUM; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; COMPLEX; BACTERIA; PROTEIN; PUFX;
D O I
10.1038/nature13219
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The structure of a photosynthetic complex from a purple bacterium reveals a new class of light-harvesting protein and the channels that might allow electron-transporting molecules to escape this otherwise closed system. See Article p.228
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页码:196 / 197
页数:2
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