Refinement of the x-ray structure of the RC LH1 core complex from Rhodopseudomonas palustris by single-molecule spectroscopy. 2007

Martin F Richter, and Jürgen Baier, and June Southall, and Richard J Cogdell, and Silke Oellerich, and Jörgen Köhler
Experimental Physics IV and Bayreuth Institute for Macromolecular Research, Universität Bayreuth, Universtitätsstrasse 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.

A unique combination of single-molecule spectroscopy with numerical simulations has allowed us to achieve a refined structural model for the bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a) pigment arrangement in reaction center-light-harvesting 1 core complexes of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Details in the optical spectra, such as spectral separation and mutual polarizations of spectral bands, are compared with results from numerical simulations for various models of the BChl a arrangement that were all well within the 4.8-A limit of the accuracy of the available x-ray structure. The experimental data are consistent with a geometry where 15 BChl a dimers, each taken homologous to those from light-harvesting 2 complex from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, are arranged in an overall elliptical structure featuring a gap on the long side of the ellipse.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D005453 Fluorescence The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D012241 Rhodopseudomonas A genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped, phototrophic bacteria found in aquatic environments. Internal photosynthetic membranes are present as lamellae underlying the cytoplasmic membrane.
D014965 X-Rays Penetrating electromagnetic radiation emitted when the inner orbital electrons of an atom are excited and release radiant energy. X-ray wavelengths range from 1 pm to 10 nm. Hard X-rays are the higher energy, shorter wavelength X-rays. Soft x-rays or Grenz rays are less energetic and longer in wavelength. The short wavelength end of the X-ray spectrum overlaps the GAMMA RAYS wavelength range. The distinction between gamma rays and X-rays is based on their radiation source. Grenz Ray,Grenz Rays,Roentgen Ray,Roentgen Rays,X Ray,X-Ray,Xray,Radiation, X,X-Radiation,Xrays,Ray, Grenz,Ray, Roentgen,Ray, X,Rays, Grenz,Rays, Roentgen,Rays, X,X Radiation,X Rays,X-Radiations
D045331 Photosystem I Protein Complex A large multisubunit protein complex that is found in the THYLAKOID MEMBRANE. It uses light energy derived from LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES to drive electron transfer reactions that result in either the reduction of NADP to NADPH or the transport of PROTONS across the membrane. Photosystem I Reaction Center,Photosystem I
D025541 Bacteriochlorophyll A A specific bacteriochlorophyll that is similar in structure to chlorophyll a.

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