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Bound detergent molecules in bacterial reaction centers facilitate detection of tetryl explosive.

Author(s): Modafferi D, Zazubovich V, Kálmán L

Photosynth Res. 2020 Jul 06;: Authors: Modafferi D, Zazubovich V, Kálmán L

Article GUID: 32632533
Comparison of bacterial reaction centers and photosystem II.

Author(s): Kálmán L, Williams JC, Allen JP

Photosynth Res. 2008 Oct-Dec;98(1-3):643-55 Authors: Kálmán L, Williams JC, Allen JP

Article GUID: 18853275
A simple and efficient method to prepare pure dimers and monomers of the cytochrome b 6 f complex from spinach.

Author(s): Luján MA, Lorente P, Zazubovich V, Picorel R

Photosynth Res. 2017 Jun;132(3):305-309 Authors: Luján MA, Lorente P, Zazubovich V, Picorel R

Article GUID: 28374305
Title:Comparison of bacterial reaction centers and photosystem II.
Authors:Kálmán L,  Williams JC,  Allen JP
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18853275?dopt=Abstract
Category:Photosynth Res
PMID:18853275
Dept Affiliation: PHYSICS
1 Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Comparison of bacterial reaction centers and photosystem II.

Photosynth Res. 2008 Oct-Dec;98(1-3):643-55

Authors: Kálmán L, Williams JC, Allen JP

Abstract

In photosynthetic organisms, the utilization of solar energy to drive electron and proton transfer reactions across membranes is performed by pigment-protein complexes including bacterial reaction centers (BRCs) and photosystem II. The well-characterized BRC has served as a structural and functional model for the evolutionarily-related photosystem II for many years. Even though these complexes transfer electrons and protons across cell membranes in analogous manners, they utilize different secondary electron donors. Photosystem II has the unique ability to abstract electrons from water, while BRCs use molecules with much lower potentials as electron donors. This article compares the two complexes and reviews the factors that give rise to the functional differences. Also discussed are the modifications that have been performed on BRCs so that they perform reactions, such as amino acid and metal oxidation, which occur in photosystem II.

PMID: 18853275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]