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Review
. 2004 May-Jun;21(3):183-91.
doi: 10.1080/09687680410001697224.

The structure and function of bacterial light-harvesting complexes

Christopher J Law  1 , Aleksander W Roszak, June Southall, Alastair T Gardiner, Neil W Isaacs, Richard J Cogdell
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The structure and function of bacterial light-harvesting complexes

Christopher J Law et al. Mol Membr Biol. 2004 May-Jun.

Abstract

The harvesting of solar radiation by purple photosynthetic bacteria is achieved by circular, integral membrane pigment-protein complexes. There are two main types of light-harvesting complex, termed LH2 and LH1, that function to absorb light energy and to transfer that energy rapidly and efficiently to the photochemical reaction centres where it is trapped. This mini-review describes our present understanding of the structure and function of the purple bacterial light-harvesting complexes.

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