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Peripheral Complexes of Purple Bacteria

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The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria

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This chapter uses the LH2 complex from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila strain 10050 as an example to describe the current understanding of the structure of purple bacterial peripheral antenna complexes. It summarizes both what is and what is not understood. So far the structures of ‘standard’ LH2 complexes, such as those from Rhodopseudomonas acidophila, are rather well characterized. In contrast, there is a dearth of structural information on complexes with more unusual spectroscopic properties. There is also very little information available on how these antenna complexes are assembled.

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Abbreviations

(B)Chl:

(bacterio)chlorophyll a

AFM:

atomic force microscopy

B:

bulk

Chr. :

Chromatium

DPG:

diphosphatidylglycerol

HL:

high light

HPTO:

heptane-1,2,3-triol

ICM:

intracytoplasmic membrane

LDAO:

lauryl dimethyl amine-N-oxide

LH:

light-harvesting

LL:

low light

NIR:

near infra-red

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

Phs. :

Phaeospirillum

PSU:

photosynthetic unit

Rba. :

Rhodobacter

RC:

reaction center

Rdv. :

Rhodovulum

Rps. :

Rhodopseudomonas

Rsp. :

Rhodo spirillum

Rvi. :

Rubrivivax

UDAO:

N,N-dimethyundecylamine-N-oxide

UPB:

upper pigmented band

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    Mads Gabrielsen, Alastair T. Gardiner & Richard J. Cogdell

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Gabrielsen, M., Gardiner, A.T., Cogdell, R.J. (2009). Peripheral Complexes of Purple Bacteria. In: Hunter, C.N., Daldal, F., Thurnauer, M.C., Beatty, J.T. (eds) The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8815-5_8

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