Article
Bacteriochlorophyll homolog compositions in the bchU mutants of green sulfur bacteria.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology - 1 Dec 2013
Tsukatani Yusuke, Harada Jiro, Mizoguchi Tadashi, Tamiaki Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Chlorosomes of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum contain a large number of self-aggregated bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) e molecules. The ΔbchU mutant of this organism lacks BchU, a C20-methyltransferase, and therefore produces BChl f, which is the C20-unsubstituted form of BChl e. The BChl e homolog compositions, in terms of degrees of C8(2)-methylation, were not changed in the wild type during...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacteriochlorophylls
- Chlorobi
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Methylation
- Methyltransferases
- Mutation
- Stereoisomerism