The photosynthetic reaction centre from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis.
We first describe the history and methods of membrane protein crystallization, and show how the structure of the photosynthetic reaction centre from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis was solved. The structure of this membrane protein complex is correlated with its function as a light-driven electron pump across the photosynthetic membrane. Finally we draw conclusions on the structure of the photosystem II reaction centre from plants and discuss the aspects of membrane protein structure.
Deisenhofer
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
Michel
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003461:Crystallography; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000502:physiology*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins