title: Bacteriophytochromes in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.
abstract: Since the first discovery of a bacteriophytochrome in Rhodospirillum centenum, numerous bacteriophytochromes have been identified and characterized in other anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. This review is focused on the biochemical and biophysical properties of bacteriophytochromes with a special emphasis on their roles in the synthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, IRD, CIRAD, AGRO-M, INRA, UM2, TA A-82/J, Campus de Baillarguet, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giraud
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verméglio
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010860:Pigments, Biological