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Refolding of the integral membrane protein light-harvesting complex II monitored by pulse EPR.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Nov 2009
Dockter Christoph, Volkov Aleksei, Bauer Christian, Polyhach Yevhen, Joly-Lopez Zoé, Jeschke Gunnar, Paulsen Harald
Abstract excerpt
The major light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b complex (LHCII) of the photosynthetic apparatus in plants self-organizes in vitro. The recombinant apoprotein, denatured in dodecyl sulfate, spontaneously folds when it is mixed with its pigments, chlorophylls, and carotenoids in detergent solution, and...
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