title: The photosynthetic reaction centre from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA.
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deisenhofer
authors.forename: Harmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Michel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins / Q000737:chemistry; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003461:Crystallography; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000737:chemistry; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004583:Electrons; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008853:Microscopy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010788:Photosynthesis; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000502:physiology; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003580:Cytochromes; D003902:Detergents; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water; D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins