Role of PufX protein in photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. 1. PufX is required for efficient light-driven electron transfer and photophosphorylation under anaerobic conditions.

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Role of PufX protein in photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. 1. PufX is required for efficient light-driven electron transfer and photophosphorylation under anaerobic conditions.

Biochemistry - 21 Nov 1995

Barz W P, Francia F, Venturoli G, Melandri B A, Verméglio A, Oesterhelt D

Abstract excerpt

The pufX gene is essential for photoheterotrophic growth of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. In order to analyze the molecular function of the PufX membrane protein, we constructed a chromosomal pufX deletion mutant and phenotypically compared it to a pufX+ control strain and to two suppressor mutants which are able to grow photosynthetically in the absence of pufX. Using this genetic background, we...

Topics

Adenosine Triphosphate
Anaerobiosis
Bacterial Proteins
Base Sequence
Cytochrome c Group
Electrochemistry
Electron Transport
Gene Deletion
Light
Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes

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Molecular Sequence Data

Mutagenesis

Phenotype

Phosphorylation

Photosynthesis

Plasmids

Rhodobacter sphaeroides

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PMID: 7578139
DOI: 10.1021/bi00046a032

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