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X-ray scattering and electron cryomicroscopy study on the effect of carotenoid biosynthesis to the structure of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes.
Biophysical journal - 15 Jul 2007
Ikonen T P, Li H, Psencík J, Laurinmäki P A, Butcher S J, Frigaard N-U, Serimaa R E, Bryant D A, Tuma R
Abstract excerpt
Chlorosomes, the main antenna complexes of green photosynthetic bacteria, were isolated from null mutants of Chlorobium tepidum, each of which lacked one enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The effects of the altered carotenoid composition on the structure of the chlorosomes were studied by means of x-ray scattering and electron cryomicroscopy. The chlorosomes from each mutant strain exhibited a...
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