Carotenoids are not required to provide protection of bacteriochlorophyll clusters against photooxidation in light-harvesting complexes of photosynthetic bacteria.
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Institute of Basic Problems in Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 2, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142292 Russia.
Makhneva
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Moskalenko
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D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008027:Light; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009154:Mutation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D012242:Rhodobacter sphaeroides / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects
D001429:Bacteriochlorophylls; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D002338:Carotenoids