Search Results - "Fyfe, P."
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Ubiquinone Binding, Ubiquinone Exclusion, and Detailed Cofactor Conformation in a Mutant Bacterial Reaction Center
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (12-12-2000)“…The X-ray crystal structure of a Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center with the mutation Ala M260 to Trp (AM260W) has been determined. Diffraction data were…”
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Structural Details of an Interaction between Cardiolipin and an Integral Membrane Protein
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-12-1999)“…Anionic lipids play a variety of key roles in biomembrane function, including providing the immediate environment for the integral membrane proteins that…”
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An examination of how structural changes can affect the rate of electron transfer in a mutated bacterial photoreaction centre
Published in Biochemical journal (01-11-2000)“…A series of reaction centres bearing mutations at the (Phe) M197 position were constructed in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. This…”
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Lipids in and around photosynthetic reaction centres
Published in Biochemical Society transactions (01-11-2005)“…Reaction centres are membrane-embedded pigment-protein complexes that transduce the energy of sunlight into a biologically useful form. The most heavily…”
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Probing the interface between membrane proteins and membrane lipids by X-ray crystallography
Published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences (01-02-2001)“…Biological membranes are composed of a complex mixture of lipids and proteins, and the membrane lipids support several key biophysical functions, in addition…”
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Proteins, chlorophylls and lipids: X-ray analysis of a three-way relationship
Published in Trends in plant science (01-06-2005)“…Photosynthetic reaction centres and light harvesting complexes have been at the forefront of crystallographic studies of integral membrane proteins. In recent…”
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Is There a Conserved Interaction between Cardiolipin and the Type II Bacterial Reaction Center?
Published in Biophysical journal (01-03-2001)“…In a recent publication, the structural details of an interaction between the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction center and the anionic phospholipid…”
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Re-emerging structures: continuing crystallography of the bacterial reaction centre
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (15-08-2000)“…The reaction centre is nature’s solar battery, and is found in a number of variations on a common theme in plants, algae and photosynthetic bacteria. During…”
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X-ray crystal structure of the YM210W mutant reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Published in FEBS letters (11-02-2000)“…The X-ray crystal structure of a reaction centre from Rhodobacter sphaeroides with a mutation of tyrosine M210 to tryptophan (YM210W) has been determined to a…”
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Purple bacterial antenna complexes
Published in Current opinion in structural biology (01-08-1996)“…The purple bacterial antenna complexes continue to provide an area of very active and fertile research. During the past year, exciting advances have been made…”
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Structural Studies of Wild-Type and Mutant Reaction Centers from an Antenna-Deficient Strain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: Monitoring the Optical Properties of the Complex from Bacterial Cell to Crystal
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (07-04-1998)“…Reaction centers have been crystallized from the antenna-deficient RCO2 strain of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and a structural model has been constructed at 2.6 Å…”
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Photosynthesis: new light on biological oxygen production
Published in Current biology (17-04-2001)“…In oxygenic photosynthesis, a highly oxidising chlorophyll species strips electrons out of two water molecules, generating molecular oxygen as a waste product…”
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Structural Consequences of the Replacement of Glycine M203 with Aspartic Acid in the Reaction Center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (23-05-2000)“…Reaction centers with the double mutation Phe M197 to Arg and Gly M203 to Asp (FM197R/GM203D) have been crystallized from an antenna-deficient strain of…”
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Structure of Staphylococcus aureus EsxA Suggests a Contribution to Virulence by Action as a Transport Chaperone and/or Adaptor Protein
Published in Journal of molecular biology (14-11-2008)“…Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis depends on a specialized protein secretion system (ESX-1) that delivers a range of virulence factors to assist infectivity…”
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The purple bacterial photosynthetic unit
Published in Photosynthesis research (01-05-1996)“…Now is a very exciting time for researchers in the area of the primary reactions of purple bacterial photosynthesis. Detailed structural information is now…”
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Specificity and Reactivity in Menaquinone Biosynthesis: The Structure of Escherichia coli MenD (2-Succinyl-5-Enolpyruvyl-6-Hydroxy-3-Cyclohexadiene-1-Carboxylate Synthase)
Published in Journal of molecular biology (31-12-2008)“…The thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) and metal-ion-dependent enzyme 2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate synthase, or MenD, catalyze…”
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Effects of mutagenesis on the detailed structure of spheroidenone in the Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre examined by resonance Raman spectroscopy
Published in Photosynthesis research (01-03-1999)“…The effect of mutagenesis on the detailed conformation of the carotenoid cofactor of the bacterial reaction centre has been examined using resonance Raman…”
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Multichannel Flash Spectroscopy of the Reaction Centers of Wild-type and Mutant Rhodobacter Sphaeroides: BacteriochlorophyllB -mediated Interaction Between the Carotenoid Triplet and the Special Pair
Published in Photochemistry and photobiology (01-01-2004)“…Multichannel flash spectroscopy (with microsecond time resolution) has been applied to carotenoid (Car)-containing and Car-less reaction centers (RC) of…”
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Reaction centres: the structure and evolution of biological solar power
Published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences (01-02-2002)“…Reaction centres are complexes of pigment and protein that convert the electromagnetic energy of sunlight into chemical potential energy. They are found in…”
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Structure of pteridine reductase (PTR1) from Trypanosoma brucei
Published in Acta crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of crystallography (23-08-2005)“…Abstract only…”
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