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ENDOR spectroscopy reveals light induced movement of the H-bond from Ser-L223 upon forming the semiquinone (Q(B)(-)(*)) in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Biochemistry - 17 Jul 2007
Paddock M L, Flores M, Isaacson R, Chang C, Abresch E C, Okamura M Y
Abstract excerpt
Proton ENDOR spectroscopy was used to monitor local conformational changes in bacterial reaction centers (RC) associated with the electron-transfer reaction DQB --> D+*QB-* using mutant RCs capable of photoreducing QB at cryogenic temperatures. The charge separated state D+*QB-* was studied in mutant RCs formed by either (i) illuminating at low temperature (77 K) a sample frozen in the dark (ground state protein...
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