title: The structure and function of bacterial light-harvesting complexes.
abstract: The harvesting of solar radiation by purple photosynthetic bacteria is achieved by circular, integral membrane pigment-protein complexes. There are two main types of light-harvesting complex, termed LH2 and LH1, that function to absorb light energy and to transfer that energy rapidly and efficiently to the photochemical reaction centres where it is trapped. This mini-review describes our present understanding of the structure and function of the purple bacterial light-harvesting complexes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: Aleksander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Roszak
authors.forename: June
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Southall
authors.forename: Alastair T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: Neil W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cogdell
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D004735:Energy Transfer; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C081521:B800-850 light-harvesting complex, bacteria; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; C094744:light-harvesting complex 1, Rhodospirillum